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Tooling around: crafty creatures and the tools they use
By Ellen Jackson, Renne Benoit. 2014
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Nature, Animals and wildlife
Human-transcribed braille
Presents rhyming text with realistic nature artwork in an introduction to animals and the surprising tools they use, from a…
dolphin that protects its nose with a sponge to a deer that bedecks its antlers with mud and grass. Grades K-3. 2014.Available copies:
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The talking earth
By Jean Craighead George. 1983
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General fiction, Indigenous peoples fictionNature
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Now that Billie Wind is going to school at the Kennedy Space Center, she finds it more and more difficult…
to understand the old ways of her people, the Seminole Indians. But when the tribal council sends her into the wilds of the Florida Everglades to rethink her doubts, Billie discovers that she must listen to the earth and the animals to survive. For grades 5-8A walk on the tundra
By Rebecca Hainnu. 2021
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General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Canadian fiction, Multi-cultural fictionNature
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During the short Arctic summers, the tundra, covered most of the year under snow and ice, becomes filled with colourful…
flowers, mosses, shrubs, and lichens. These hardy little plants transform the northern landscape, as they take advantage of the warmer weather and long hours of sunlight. Caribou, lemmings, snow buntings, and many other wildlife species depend on tundra plants for food and nutrition, but they are not the only ones... A Walk on the Tundra follows Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra. There, Inuujaq learns that these tough little plants are much more important to Inuit than she originally believed. In addition to an informative storyline that teaches the importance of Arctic plants, this book includes a field guide with photographs and scientific information about a wide array of plants found throughout the ArcticThe Talking Earth
By Jean Craighead George. 1983
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General fiction, Indigenous peoples fictionNature
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital messages.