Author: Gillian Richardson
Illustrator: Oksana Kemarskaya
Scholastic Literary Place for the Early Years, 2006
This book is available only to schools as part of a complete Grade 2 classroom set or in guided reading packages of six books. Each package comes with a teacher’s guide.
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Author: Sharon Plumb Hamilton
Illustrator: Ted Hammond
Publisher: Scholastic Literary Place for the Early Years, 2006
Bill Bruin’s bathroom door won’t open because there is too much snow on his roof, so he can’t have his hot, bubbly bath. But will he get it all cleared off before the sun goes down?
This book is available only to schools as part of a complete Grade 2 classroom set or in guided reading packages of six books. Each package comes with a teacher’s guide. It is available in many school libraries and in the Saskatchewan Public Library system.
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Author: Myrna Guymer
Illustrator: RoseMarie Condon
Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing, 2008
ISBN 978-1-894431-23-1 (hardcover) $24.95
ISBN 978-1-894431-28-6 (softcover) $14.95
A beautifully illustrated and informative children’s picture book, The Canadian Shield Alphabet is chock full of interesting and little-known facts that highlight, letter by letter, the vast regions of the Canadian Shield–a 4.8 million square mile area (almost half of Canada!)–and the people who live there.
Winner of the 2008 Canadian Science Writers Association Science in Society Journalism Award in the Children’s Book category.
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Authors: Anne Patton and Wilfred Burton
Illustrator: Sherry Farrell Racette
Publisher: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2007
Dancing in My Bones, the sequel to the highly successful book Fiddle Dancer, returns us to the story of a young Metis boy named Nolin, as he continues to discover his Metis heritage. Dancing in My Bones will take you on a journey to discover Moushoom’s first moose hunt, red lipstick kisses, Uncle Bunny’s fiddling, and the return of the “Bannock Jig”. But most importantly, by the end of the story, you might feel like you have dancing in your bones!
Winner of three 2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards (Award for Publishing, First Peoples’ Publishing Award, First Peoples’ Writing Award)
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Authors: Anne Patton and Wilfred Burton
Illustrator: Sherry Farrell Racette
Publisher: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2007
While spending time with his grandfather, or “Moushoom”,
Nolin discovers his Metis heritage and learns to jig. This delightful story captures the importance of Elders as role models, a child’s apprehension at learning new things, and the special bond between grandparents and grandchildren.
Shortlisted for the 2007Saskatchewan Book Awards in the First Book, Children’s, and Regina categories.
Shortlisted for Children’s Book of the Year at the 2007 Anskohk Book Awards
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Author: Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
Illustrator: Song Nan Zhang
Publisher: Tundra Books, 2000, re-released with a new cover in 2008
Nominated for the Diamond Willow Award in 2002 under its original title, From Far and Wide, a Canadian Citizenship Scrapbook.
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Author: Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
Illustrator: Yvette Moore
Publisher: Tundra Books
Shortlisted for the 2002 Saskatchewan Book Awards
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Author: Alison Lohans
Illustrator: Marlene Watson
Publisher: Orca Books
Price: $7.95 + shipping
When a mysterious peddler gives Nathaniel a violin to play, everything begins to change on the farm.
Shortlisted for the 1996 Saskatchewan Book Awards in the Children’s Literature Category
Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice Selection, 1996
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