"In this introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals, young children explain why they identify with different creatures such as a deer, beaver or moose. Delightful illustrations show the children wearing masks...
Juvenile poetry
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Author:Daniel, DanielleSummary: - Author:Daniel, DanielleSummary:
Following the huge success of Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox, this companion book is a lyrical celebration of our relationship to the natural world. In each of twelve short poems, a child tells us how or why they feel like the sun, a river...
- Author:Heidbreder, RobertSummary:
As night falls on a soft summer evening, neighborhood children are drawn out of their houses by the sights and sounds of the world after dark. First the fireflies come sparkling past, followed by a host of domestic and wild animals,...
- Author:Duguay Mallet, ChantalSummary:
Sous l'arbre, une drôle de faune grouille et pépie. Il y a le bruant familier qui joue au chevalier, le colibri qui prépare une salade de fruits, un geai bleu qui mélange des oeufs, une hirondelle qui lave une montagne de vaisselle, un...
- Author:Kalluk, CelinaSummary:
In this bedtime poem, written by Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, an Inuit mother sings to her Kulu--or baby--about animals and other elements in their Arctic world and the gifts they bring to the child, from the summer sun's warm...
- Author:Martin, Dayna, Roumanis, A.R.Summary:
The Baby’s Handbook includes 21 popular nursery rhyme songs. Black and white illustrations are essential as a newborn’s retina can only distinguish between light and dark contrasts. Research shows that black and white images promote...
- Author:Alderson, Sue AnnSummary:
Introduces children to the urgent concerns of saving the earth, by starting with a child's eye view of one cherished part of it. Musical poems convey not only the sights and sounds of a nature preserve, but its textures and seasons, its...
- Author:Macfarlane, Robert, Morris, Jackie, Bowman, Edith, Garvey, Guy, Matthews, Cerys, Zephaniah, BenjaminSummary:
FINALIST, WAINWRIGHT PRIZE. In 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary - widely used in schools around the world - was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had...
- Author:Junaid, BushraSummary:
'What truths would you utter from your mouthIf you could tell us your story'- The Possible Lives of W.H., SailorIn this powerful and deeply moving poetic narrative, author/artist Bushra Junaid gives presence to W.H., a...
- Author:Ward, Meghan J.Summary:
Vibrant, whimsical illustrations accompany this thoughtful poem, which will quickly become a favourite for both parents and children to read together. It's a beautiful summer day and Geneva's parents have something special in mind: a...
- Author:Wolfe, SuzanneSummary:
Hanukkah is a very busy time! Join the young rabbi as she makes festive preparations--spinning the dreidel, cooking a tasty meal, lighting the menorah, and more--in this cumulative, rhyming story reminding readers of the Hanukkah...
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A collection of poems, stories, and essays written by girls twelve to eighteen years of age and revealing the secrets which enabled them to overcome the challenges they faced.
- Author:Fitch, Sheree, Smith, SydneySummary:
I stuck my toes In my nose And I couldn’t get them out… Silly, funny, and outrageous, Toes in My Nose is the book that launched Sheree Fitch’s career as Canada’s premiere nonsense poet. From Popcorn Pete and Mabel Murple to Zelba...
- Author:Flaherty, Louise, Williamson, Karla JessenSummary:
This richly illustrated Inuktitut book makes the story of Uumasuusivissuaq accessible to Inuit everywhere. This important story from Inuit cosmology tells how a powerful woman has filled the world with marine life, and continues to...
- Author:Coombs, KateSummary:
Come down to the shore with this rich and vivid celebration of the ocean! With moving poems by Kate Coombs, this collection of poems evokes the beauty and power, the depth and mystery, and the endless resonance of the sea.
- Author:Bouchard, DavidSummary:
'We Learn from the Sun' is an Indigenous rhyming poem with colourful illustrations about the seven sacred teachings that can be learned from the sun. This richly illustrated book by Metis writer David Bouchard and Metis illustrator...
- Author:Van Camp, RichardSummary:
A dual-language poem for newborns by well known First Nations writer Richard Van Camp accompanied by photographs. In English and Plains Cree.
- Author:Skene, Pat, Ross, GrahamSummary:
The poems in this book tell stories of animals and nature, from two sweaty hippos, a smiling lizard and some creepy crawlers to a few tricky dandelions. At the end of each poem, find out more in an interview with a key character or a...
- Author:Syliboy, AlanSummary:
'The Owl Song' by Alan Syliboy & the Thundermakers is now a gorgeously illustrated book for all ages, exploring Mi'kmaw spirituality, life and death.
- Author:Lewis, J. PatrickSummary:
Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis crafts poetic portraits of civil rights luminaries in this important work. From Coretta Scott King and Gandhi to Nelson Mandela and Jackie Robinson, When Thunder Comes resounds with the voices...
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