Outcast of River Falls
Original price was: $9.95.$8.50Current 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
Showing 121–132 of 163 results
-
Sale!
-
Polar Bear Son
$10.99In 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
-
Secret of the Dance
$12.99Watlkina slipped from his bed. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew.
This is a true childhood tale by aboriginal elder Alfred Scow of a delightful childhood memory and aboriginal tradition carried down through the years. Award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborates to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance.
- ISBN: 9781554691296
- Author: Andrea Spalding
- 32 pages
- Ages: 5-7
-
Sign of the Beaver
$12.50Matt’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
-
Sale!
Sign of the Beaver Novel Study
Original price was: $14.99.$11.99Current price is: $11.99.Learn the importance of having skills for wilderness survival. Offer students a variety of objective and subjective questions.
- Ages: 8-12
-
Sky Sisters
$8.99Two 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.
- 32 pages
- Ages: 5-7
-
Sale!
Storm at Batoche
Original price was: $9.99.$6.99Current 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
-
Tuk and the Whale
$12.50This 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
-
Walk on the Tundra
$10.95A Walk on the Tundra follows Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra. There, Inuujaq learns that these tough little plants are much more important to Inuit than she originally believed.
Beautiful book but we ordered for conferences….which were cancelled. Your gain.
- ISBN: 9781772271850
- Authors: Rebecca Hainnu and Anna Ziegler
- Pages: 40
- Ages: 5-7
-
Hatchet (Hatchet Adventure #1)
$11.99Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and a hatchet.
- 192 pages
- Ages: 8-12
-
Uncovering the Past: Immigration
$11.99Readers will learn how to use critical thinking in their own examinations of evidence regarding Canadian immigration.
- ISBN: 9780778715542
- Author: Lizann Flatt
- 48 pages
- Ages 8-12
-
Amazing Stories: Risk Takers and Innovators
$9.99Harnessing their creativity, technology skills, and entrepreneurship, the tenacious individuals featured in these stories have realized their dreams and, in many cases, developed their innovation into a viable business venture. From the first glimmer of an idea to the fruition of the invention, these great Canadian discoveries are an inspiration to aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs everywhere.
- Pages: 144
- Ages: 12+, Adult
