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  • Native HomesNative Homes Inside

    Native Homes

    $10.95

    This fascinating book looks at many of the lodges, or dwellings, built and used by the aboriginal nations across the continent.

    A map showing the lodges appears at the beginning of the book, and beautiful, detailed illustrations show the exteriors, interiors, and way of life in each lodge.

    • ISBN: 9780778704638
    • Author: Bobbie Kalman
    • 32 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Native North American Wisdom and Gifts

    Native North American Wisdom and Gifts

    $10.95

    Many of the foods we eat, the tools we use, the games we play, and even the ideas in which we believe, originated with North American Native peoples.

    Beautiful images and easy-to-follow text help young readers discover the Native traditions and practices that were adopted by European explorers, North American settlers, and other people around the world.

    • ISBN: 9780778704768
    • Author: Bobbie Kalman & Niki Walker
    • 32 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Not My GirlNot My Girl Inside 1

    Not My Girl

    $9.99

    Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and complemented by evocative illustrations, Not My Girl makes the original, award-winning memoir, A Stranger at Home, accessible to younger children. It is also a sequel to the picture book When I Was Eight.

    • ISBN: 9781554516247
    • Author: Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
    • 36 pages
    • Ages: 6-9
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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.

    • ISBN: 9780395975671
    • Author: Lydia Dabcovich
    • 37 pages
    • Ages: 5-7, 8-12
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  • The Porcupine Year

    Porcupine Year (Birchbark House #3)

    $12.50

    Here follows the story of a most extraordinary year in the life of an Ojibwe family and of a girl named “Omakayas,” or Little Frog, who lived a year of flight and adventure, pain and joy, in 1852.

    • ISBN: 9780064410304
    • Author: Louise Erdrich
    • 193 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Secret of the DanceSecret of the Dance Inside

    Secret of the Dance

    $12.99

    Watlkina 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
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  • Sign of the Beaver

    Sign of Beaver Audio CD

    $16.99

    In 18th century Maine, twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief’s grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move north. Should Matt abandon his hopes of ever seeing his family again and go on to a new life?

    • ISBN: 9781400084975
    • Author: Elizabeth George Speare
    • Running time: 3 hours, unabridged
    • Ages: 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?

    • ISBN: 9780547577111
    • Author: Lois Lenski
    • 144 pages
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Sale! Sign of the Beaver Novel Study Guide

    Sign of the Beaver Novel Study

    $11.99

    Learn the importance of having skills for wilderness survival. Offer students a variety of objective and subjective questions.

    • ISBN: 9781553193395
    • Author: Classroom Complete Press
    • Ages: 8-12
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  • Sale! Sky Sisters

    Sky Sisters

    $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

    $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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  • Sale! Stranger at HomeMargaret Pokiak-Fenton

    Stranger at Home

    $10.50

    This story is a powerful memoir of an Inuit girl searching for her true self when she returns from residential school.

    Highlighted by archival photos and striking artwork, this first-person account of a young girl’s struggle to find her place will inspire young readers to ask what it means to belong.

    A True Story. Sequel to Fatty Legs

    Not My Girl is the same story in picture book form for younger children.

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