A blue jay called Pineshish is wounded and needs help. Trees should provide shelter, but not every tree wants to, only the pine tree does. Mother nature then punishes the selfish trees. They will lose their leaves in the fall from now on.
A child at daycare—away from his family for the first time—finds belonging through the music of the powwow drum, in this illustrated picture book.
In this dual-language illustrated picture book, a child who's away from his family for the first time at daycare finds belonging through the music of the powwow drum. In English and Plains Cree.
This gentle picture-book lullaby, in both Plains Cree and English, is a celebration of the plants and animals of the Prairies and the Plains and a meditation on the sacred, ancestral connections between Indigenous children and their Traditional Territories.
This illustrated nonfiction picture book tells the true story of how a resilient group of girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their clothes to hide food.
This nonfiction book introduces middle-grade readers to marine archaeology. Illustrated with photographs throughout, in this book young people will discover how understanding our ancient ancestors' relationships with the ocean can help the planet today and in the future.
In this novel for middle readers told in vignettes, Mia and her best friend, Lara, have very different experiences growing up in a northern fishing community in the 1980s.
This beautifully illustrated dual-language picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives. In English and Plains Cree.
Cet album aux illustrations magnifiques, écrit par l’autrice autochtone primée Monique Gray Smith, fait un survol des espoirs que les adultes nourrissent pour les enfants de leur vie.
This dual-language book celebrates baby and welcomes them into the world. In English and Plains Cree.
This dual-language, poetic book for babies and toddlers celebrates every child and the joy babies bring into the world. In English and Plains Cree.
This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Carey Newman that includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the Survivors who donated them.
A direct window into the lives of settlers and Indigenous Peoples in eras of upheaval, uncertainty and reform, this collection is a much-needed lens into histories too often told by the colonial state.
Un album évocateur qui met en valeur les relations harmonieuses entre les enfants et les encourage à exprimer leur affection et à se soutenir mutuellement.
This dual-language, poetic picture book for babies and toddlers celebrates every child and the joy babies bring into the world. In English and Anishinaabemowin.
An evocative picture book intended to foster empathy among children and encourage them to show each other love and support. In English and Anishinaabemowin.
This volume contains two novellas by Richard Wagamese, Him Standing and The Next Sure Thing. Both stories follow the lives of young artists who have dreams for a better future.
A little girl meets a water spirit who asks her to protect and care for the water.
Beaver shares his teachings on how he shapes the land.
The journey and transformation of water from the tops of the mountains down through the rivers and streams, told from a Syilx perspective.
Muskrat takes the children through all the many fish that live in the water of the Okanagan valley.
Un album qui encourage les enfants à être gentils avec les autres et avec eux-mêmes.
This dual-language beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child’s life. In English and Diné.
Un álbum ilustrado que celebra la felicidad invitando a los niños a reflexionar sobre las pequeñas cosas de la vida que les hacen sentir alegres.
