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Iceberg
Follow an iceberg's seasonal life cycle as it shears, drifts, melts and moves in the Antarctic Ocean, kept company by animals, fish, birds and organisms.
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A lovely testament to community and cultural diversity.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“The exquisite paintings are full of colour and detail, and they beautifully depict the environment, time of day, and season of each setting. ... Ippiksaut Friesen captures the essence and beauty of growing up in a small town in the North.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCM: Canadian Review of Materials\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"CM: Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“It is a book to share with children who need to see themselves in the book or learn about others. 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ages 3
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani / Only in My Hometown
A celebration of a tight-knit community in the Arctic.
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Loon
Loon is a gorgeously illustrated, lyrical non-fiction picture book about the life cycle and habitat of loons.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Maggie Lou Meets Her Match
In this sequel to Maggie Lou, Firefox, the irrepressible Maggie Lou acquires a new cousin, and a horse — both of whom have minds of their own.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Maggie Lou, Firefox
Maggie Lou’s grandpa doesn’t call her Firefox for nothing. She’s always finding ways to make life more interesting — even if this means big trouble.
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to 7
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Malaika’s Winter Carnival
When Malaika moves to a cold northern city, there's a lot to get used to, especially Carnival in the wintertime!
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A deeply felt, imaginative, beautifully illustrated story about what it's like to be the child of migrant farm workers.
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Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin
In this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains.
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The nuns call her Martha and cut her hair. Worst of all, she is forbidden to “talk Indian,” even with her sisters and cousins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, Seepeetza looks for bright spots — the cookie she receives at Halloween, the dance practices. Most of all, there are her memories of holidays back at the ranch — camping trips, horseback riding, picking berries and cleaning fish with her mother, aunt and grandmother. Always, thoughts of home make school life bearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on her own experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, this powerful novel by Nlaka’pamux author Shirley Sterling is a moving account of one of the most blatant expressions of racism in the history of Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a new afterword by acclaimed Cree author Tomson Highway of the Barren Lands First Nation in northern Manitoba.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eafterword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ejournal entries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emaps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2\u003cbr\u003e\nDetermine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1\u003cbr\u003e\nQuote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6\u003cbr\u003e\nExplain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773068848","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"\u003cp\u003eafterword;dialogue;journal entries;maps\u003c\/p\u003e","MetaKeywords":"First Nations children;child abuse;bullying;Indigenous heritage and culture;cultural genocide;child as narrator;first person narration;own voice;20th century history;point of view;Canadian history;social justice;afterword;dialogue;journal entries","NumberOfPages":"144","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis book has been in demand since it was first published thirty years ago.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe novel is based on the author’s own experience at Kamloops Indian Residential School, where — tragically — the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves were found in 2021.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis edition will be published with a new cover, a fresh interior design and a new afterword by acclaimed author, playwright and musician Tomson Highway, who is Cree and a member of the Barren Lands First Nation in northern Manitoba, just south of Nunavut.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe new cover features beadwork by Speplól Tanya Zilinski, an Anishinaabe artist. The image was inspired by the end of the story where Seepeetza thinks about asking her grandmother to bead fireweed flowers on a buckskin cover for her journal. 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ages 9
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My Name Is Seepeetza
An honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.
