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Sweetest 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.Angela's airplane (Munsch for kids.)
By Michael Martchenko, Robert N Munsch. 1988
Sugar and snails
By Sonja Wimmer, Sarah Tsiang. 2018
I am bat
By Morag Hood. 2017
You hold me up
By Monique Gray Smith, Danielle Daniel. 2017
Jammie day!
By Carrie Snyder, Brooke Kerrigan. 2017
If you're a kid like Cliffy, you know what you like. And one morning, he decides to stay in his…
cozy flannel pajamas. He tells his mom it's Jammie Day and scoots out the door. His mom might not have been paying attention. His dad and his teacher are distracted too. How long can Cliffy make Jammie Day last? Grades K-3. 2017.Even superheroes have bad days
By Eda Kaban, Shelly Becker. 2016
When superheroes don't get their way, when they're sad, when they're mad, when they've had a bad day, they could…
super-rampage - they could, but they don't - because real superheroes just wouldn't - they won't! Grades K-3. 2016.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.The alphabet thief
By Bill Richardson, Roxanna Bikadoroff. 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.Over-scheduled Andrew
By Ashley Spires. 2016
Solutions for cold feet and other little problems
By Carey Sookocheff. 2016
What do you do when you're missing a shoe? When you're caught in the rain? Or when your ice cream…
melts? A sweet and gently humorous look at practical and creative answers for all the little daily problems in one young girl's life, including her exuberant and pesky dog. Will her dog, who starts out as a problem, end up as solution? Grades K-3. 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.Peanut butter & brains: a zombie culinary tale
By Charles Santoso, Joe McGee. 2015
Unlike the other zombies in Quirkville, Reginald would rather eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich than brains, but getting…
his hands on one--and keeping the other zombies' hands off the girl who is carrying the sandwich--will not be easy. Grades K-3. 2015.Goldilocks and just one bear
By Leigh Hodgkinson. 2012
Little Bear, all grown up, finds himself lost in a noisy, busy city where he happens to bump into someone…
with golden hair who remembers exactly how he likes his porridge. Grades K-3. 2012.Meaniehead
By Bruce Eric Kaplan. 2014
Henry and Eve are going through a phase of fighting with each other all the time, and their battle quickly…
escalates from arguing over a toy to leaving a path of destruction across the United States and beyond. Grades K-3. 2014.