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  • Hidden Buffalo

    Hidden Buffalo

    $11.99

    In this lyrical coming-of-age story, Governor General’s Award-winner Rudy Wiebe captures the anxiety of a boy who feels powerless to help his people, but who must speak his dreams if they are to survive. Steeped in aboriginal myth and lore, Hidden Buffalo is also the tale of how a whole tribe can turn its gaze from the horizon to see to the wisdom of a child.

    • 48 pages
    • Ages: 5-7, 8-12
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  • Indian CaptiveIndian Captive

    Indian Captive

    $12.50

    A fictional retelling of the experiences of twelve-year-old Mary Jemison, who after being captured by a Shawnee war party during the Seven Years War, is rescued and subsequently adopted by two Seneca sisters with whom she ultimately chooses to stay. This is the unforgettable tale of the legendary “White Woman of the Genesee.”

    • 298 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Maple Moon

    Maple Moon

    $12.95

    A native boy named Rides the Wind is able to help his people through a harsh winter when he discovers a new source of food, maple syrup.

    • ISBN: 9780773760981
    • Author: Connie Crook
    • 32 pages
    • Ages: 5-7, 8-12
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  • Our First Caribou HuntOur First Caribou Hunt

    Our First Caribou Hunt

    $10.95

    Nutaraq and Simonie are eager to go on their first hunting trip with their father. As they load up their snow machine and sled for the trip, Nutaraq hopes that she will be able to catch her first caribou that weekend, with some help from her dad. But when the trip nears its end and Nutaraq still hasn’t caught her first caribou, she tries her very hardest to follow all of her father’s advice about how Inuit traditionally hunted on the land.

    This book focuses not only on basic, practical hunting techniques, but also on traditional values around the treatment of animals and the sharing of food.

    • ISBN: 9781772270228
    • Author: Jennifer Noah & Chris Giroux
    • 32 pages
    • Ages: 5-7
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    Outcast of River Falls

    Original price was: $9.95.Current price is: $8.50.

    Outcasts of River Falls is a next-generation sequel to the award-winning Belle of Batoche, stories of a a Métis community in Alberta.

    • 245 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Polar Bear SonPolar Bear Son

    Polar Bear Son

    $10.99

    In this traditional Inuit folktale, an old woman solves her loneliness when she raises a polar bear as her own son. Since the bear is a good hunter, the jealous villagers threaten its life and force him to leave his ‘mother’ and return to the wilderness.

    This inspiring tale with great illustrations offers a look into the Inuit culture from days gone by.

    • 37 pages
    • Ages: 5-7, 8-12
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  • Sign of the BeaverSign of the Beaver

    Sign of the Beaver

    $12.50

    Matt’s father leaves their wilderness cabin with the promise that he will return. Until then, the 12-year-old boy knows that he must bravely fend for himself. Time passes without a sign of his father and Matt nearly dies when he disturbs a bee hive.

    Thankfully, Attean, a First Nations teen and his father, the chief, rescue him in the nick of time. A lot of time passes and eventually Matt teaches Attean how to speak English and Attean teaches Matt how to hunt.

    Realizing that the boy’s father will probably never return, the chief asks him to join the tribe. Should Matt leave his old life as a white settler child behind and start fresh as a Penobscot?

    • 144 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Sale! Sky Sisters

    Sky Sisters

    Original price was: $8.99.Current price is: $6.99.

    Two Ojibway sisters set off across the frozen north country to see the SkySpirits’ midnight dance. This powerful story, with its stunning illustrations, captures the chill of a northern night, the warmth of the family circle and the radiance of a child’s wonder.

    • ISBN: 9781550746990
    • Author: Jan Bourdeau Waboose
    • 32 pages
    • Ages: 5-7
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  • Sale! Storm at Batoche

    Storm at Batoche

    Original price was: $9.99.Current price is: $6.99.

    During a fierce prairie storm, James falls out of his family’s wagon and his calls for help are lost in the howl of the wind. After his parents vanish into the blizzard, a man on horseback appears and takes James to the safety and warmth of his small cabin. The man will only say that his name is Louis. While he prepares an evening meal of gallette, Louis promises to teach James how to make it in the morning. When he does, James declares his mother makes the same type of bread but she calls it “bannock,” not “gallette,” underscoring the differences and similarities between their cultures.

    We ordered for conferences that were cancelled….your gain.

    • ISBN: 9781550051032
    • Author: Maxine Trottier
    • 32 pages
    • Ages: 5-7
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  • Tuk and the WhaleTuk and the Whale

    Tuk and the Whale

    $12.50

    This story is set on the eastern coast of Baffin Island in the early decades of the 1600s.

    Scrupulously researched, this beautifully told story will inspire extremely topical discussion about communication between two groups of people with entirely different world views.

    • 96 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Hatchet (Hatchet Adventures #1)Hatchet (Hatchet Adventure #1)

    Hatchet (Hatchet Adventure #1)

    $11.99

    Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and a hatchet.

    • 192 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Sale! Hatchet Audio CD

    Hatchet Audio CD

    Original price was: $29.95.Current price is: $21.00.

    Bargain products are non-refundable.

    Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present—and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parents’ divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self-pity, or despair—it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.

    • ISBN: 9780807204771
    • Author: Gary Paulsen
    • Running Time: 3:42 hrs
    • Ages: 8-12
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