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Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel: story and pictures (Sandpiper books)
By Virginia Burton. 1967
Lune d'érable
By Connie Brummel Crook, Marie-Andrée Clermont. 2001
Ce récit inspiré des légendes indiennes raconte la découverte du sirop d'érable. Dans la nation des Missisaugas, un jeune garçon…
aperçoit un écureuil gratter l'écorce d'une branche d'érable et y boire. Il goute à la sève à son tour et, la trouvant sucrée, il décide d'entailler l'arbre pour en récolter davantage. Années 1-3. 2001.Edànì nôgèe dône gok'eîdì: How fox saved the people (Fox Ser.)
By Virginia Football, Mary Siemens, Rosa Mantla. 2010
Blackflies (Robert Munsch Ser.)
By Robert N Munsch, Jay Odjick. 2017
One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows…
that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear. Grades K-3. 2017.A salmon for Simon
By Betty Waterton. 1978
Simon has always wanted to catch a salmon. When an eagle accidentally drops one into a tidal pool, Simon is…
torn between sympathy for the fish and the desire to catch something of his own. Grades K-3. 1978.Whale snow
By Debby Dahl Edwardson. 2003
At the first whaling feast of the season, a young Inupiat boy learns about the importance of the bowhead whale…
to his people and their culture. Includes facts about the Inupiat and the bowhead whale. Grades K-3. 2003.Un saumon pour Simon
By Betty Waterton, Dominique Wanin. 1992
Simon a toujours rêvé d'attraper un saumon. Mais quand la chance lui sourit et qu'un aigle en lâche un accidentellement…
dans une flaque d'eau de mer, Simon est partagé entre sa sympathie pour le poisson et son désir d'en attraper un lui-même. Années 1-3. 1992. Titre uniforme: A salmon for Simon.The legend of the fog
By Qaunak Mikkigak, Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher, Danny Christopher, Joanne Schwartz. 2011
In this traditional Inuit story, a simple walk on the tundra becomes a life or death journey for a young…
man. When he comes across a giant who wants to take him home and cook him for dinner, the young man’s quick thinking saves him from being devoured by the giant and his family, and in the process releases the first fog into the world. Grades K-3. Includes violence. 2011.Madeline
By Ludwig Bemelmans. 1939
Madeline and eleven other girls live in an orphanage in Paris, looked after by Miss Clavel. One night, Madeline becomes…
ill and must go to the hospital. 1940 Caldecott Honor book. Grades K-3. 1939.Fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen
By H. C Andersen, Hans Christian Anderson, Isabelle Brent, Neil Philip. 1995
Twelve of Andersen's stories translated by Neil Philip. He has included such well known tales as "The Princess and the…
Pea," "Thumbelina," and "The Ugly Duckling," as well as several lesser known, such as "The Shadow," "Grief," and "Father's Always Right." For grades 2-4 and older readersSweetest Kulu
By Celina Kalluk, Alexandria Neonakis. 2014
This bedtime poem, written by acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by…
all the animals of the Arctic. Lyrically and tenderly told by a mother speaking to her own little "Kulu," an Inuktitut term of endearment often bestowed upon babies and young children, this book is infused with the traditional Inuit values of love and respect for the land and its animal inhabitants. Grades K-3. 2014.Blackflies
By Robert N Munsch, Jay Odjick. 2017
One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows…
that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear. Grades K-3. 2017.Siuluk: the last tuniq
By Nadia Sammurtok, Rob Nix. 2018
Siuluk is a very strong man. He's so strong that people tell him he must be the last of the…
Tuniit, friendly giants who once lived in the North. Just like those giants, Siuluk is so strong that he can carry an entire walrus over his shoulder. But not everyone believes that Siuluk is strong. One day, when a group of men tease Siuluk about his size, he has to find a way to prove his strength once and for all--but how? Based on traditional stories from the Chesterfield Inlet area of the Kivalliq region of Nunavut. Grades K-3. 2018.The gnawer of rocks
By Jim Nelson, Louise Flaherty. 2017
While everyone is busy preparing for the coming winter, two Inuit girls wander away from their camp, following a path…
of strange, beautiful stones. Each stone is lovelier than the last, and the trail leads them farther and farther away from camp. But what starts out as a peaceful afternoon on the tundra quickly turns dangerous when the girls find themselves trapped in the cave of Mangittatuarjuk--the Gnawer of Rocks! Based on a traditional Inuit story, this story introduces readers to a dark and twisted creature that haunts the Arctic landscape and preys on unsuspecting children. Descriptions of violence. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2017.You hold me up
By Monique Gray Smith, Danielle Daniel. 2017
Stolen words
By Gabrielle Grimard, Melanie Florence. 2017
Explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the…
pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. "Stolen Words" captures the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks him how to say something in his language - Cree - her grandpa admits that his words were stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather regain his language. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2017.What's my superpower?
By Aviaq Johnston, Tim Mack. 2017
Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has a friend with super speed, a…
friend who can hold his breath underwater the longest, a friend who can carve any shape, and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special--and that her superpower was right in front of her all along. Grades K-3. 2017.When we were alone
By David Robertson, Julie Flett. 2016
When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why…
does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things were taken away. Winner of the 2017 McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards (younger). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2016.The thundermaker
By Alan Syliboy. 2015
Based on Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy's mixed-media exhibit. Big Thunder teaches his son, Little Thunder, about the important responsibility he…
has making thunder for his people. Little Thunder learns about his Mi’kmaw identity through his father’s teachings and his mother’s traditional stories. Grades K-3. 2015.The legend of the fog
By Qaunak Mikkigak, Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher, Danny Christopher, Joanne Schwartz. 2011
In this traditional Inuit story, a simple walk on the tundra becomes a life or death journey for a young…
man. When he comes across a giant who wants to take him home and cook him for dinner, the young man’s quick thinking saves him from being devoured by the giant and his family, and in the process releases the first fog into the world. Grades K-3. 2011.