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Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
By Basil Johnston. 1981
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Folklore, fables and fairy tales, General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fictionCanadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Literature
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.The rez sisters: a play in two acts
By Tomson Highway. 1988
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fictionCanadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Drama
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Seven women attempt to beat the odds by winning the biggest bingo in the world and escaping their tortured lives.…
Winner of the 1986 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play and nominated for the Governor General's Award. 1988.A walk on the tundra
By Rebecca Hainnu. 2021
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Canadian fiction, Multi-cultural fictionNature
Human-narrated audio
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 Arctic