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First Nations Communities Read 2023

First Nations Communities Read (FNCR) is an annual reading program launched in 2003 by the First Nations public library community in Ontario. The program is designed to encourage family literacy, and promote the voices of indigenous authors, illustrators, and publishers. Learn more from the FNCR website.

  • Author:
    Shannacappo, Neal
    Summary:

    Debut poetry collection by Nakawe writer, illustrator and graphic artist NShannacappo, the poetry best encapsulates the idea of someone who is Asunder. Being broken, but not staying broken and perhaps not being quite whole in the end...

  • Author:
    Sammurtok, Nadia
    Summary:

    In this lovingly told book, a mother recounts for her daughter all the things she loves about her, connecting each attribute to an element of the Arctic landscape or Inuit traditional life. As her daughter's eyes glistens like the fire...

  • Author:
    Dion-Glowa, Justene
    Summary:

    Indigenous Poetry; Métis Poetry; Working-Class Poetry; Grief; Trauma; Belonging; Childhood Home; Stream of Consciousness; Death; Culture; Neurodivergence; Win-Nipi; Winnipeg

  • Author:
    Joyal, Michael, Hemphill, Lucy
    Summary:

    In this final installation of the Overhead Series, Lucy Hemphill once again transports the reader with intimate revelations on identity by exploring both her personal and ancestral relationship to the forest and the quiet sentinels that...

  • Author:
    Sanderson, Douglas, Sniderman, Andrew Michael Stobo
    Summary:

    A heartrending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward. Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours nearly as long as...

  • Author:
    Henderson, Scott B., Yaciuk, Donovan, Robertson, David
    Summary:

    "Brady is abducted by the Mikho corporation, while Eva and Cole fight an old enemy. Cole barely escapes the fight alive, so once again, it's up to Eva to save the day. After a vicious battle with Mihko's newest test subject, Eva...

  • Author:
    Cook, Marlyn
    Summary:

    Pinesiw Iskwew, Thunder Woman, Dr. Marlyn Cook, member of Misipawistik Cree Nation is the author of Walking the Red Road for Healing. This book is based on her life and journey as a Cree Woman, Pipe Carrier, Sundancer, Sweat Lodge...

  • Author:
    Qilavaq-Savard, Ashley
    Summary:

    A "kunik" is a traditional Inuit greeting, often given to loved ones, in which a person places their nose on another's cheek and breathes them in. Where the Sea Kuniks the Land extends that gesture of love to the Arctic landscape, in a...

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