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Author Deborah Ellis travels across the continent, interviewing more than forty Native American kids and letting them tell their own stories.
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Kids of Kabul
What happened to Afghanistan's children after the fall of the Taliban in 2001? Deborah Ellis, author of The Breadwinner, went to Kabul to find out.
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to 7
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Parfois je suis un renard
Dans cette introduction enjouée à la tradition anichinabée des animaux totems, de jeunes enfants expliquent pourquoi ils ou elles s’identifient à différents animaux tels que les cerfs, castors ou orignaux.
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ages 5
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
The Red Sash
The Red Sash is the story of a young Metis boy who lives near the fur trading post of Fort William, on Lake Superior, nearly 200 years ago.
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Chrysalis
Genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.
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In Exile
Award-winning journalist Sadiya Ansari’s deeply personal investigation of a family secret with lingering consequences.
