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Missing Nimâmâ

Florence, Melanie


A young mother, one of the many missing Indigenous women, watches over her small daughter as she grows up without her nimâmâ, experiencing important milestones - her first day of school, first dance, first date, wedding, first child - from afar. A free verse story of love, loss, and acceptance told in alternating voices. Missing Nimama shows the human side of a tragic set of circumstances.
Date Published:2015

Residential schools : the devastating impact on Canada's Indigenous peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's findings and calls for action

Florence, Melanie


Canada's residential school system for aboriginal young people is now recognized as a grievous historic wrong committed against First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this book offers an account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged.
Date Published:2021

Canada's residential school system for aboriginal young people is now recognized as a grievous historic wrong committed against First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this book offers an account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged.

Date Published:2021

Walking together

Marshall, Albert (Albert D.),


This picture book introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk—or Two-Eyed Seeing, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language—as we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher. A celebration of the Lands and Waters as spring unfolds: we watch for Robin's return, listen for Frog's croaking, and wonder at maple tree's gift of sap. Grounded in Etuaptmumk, also known as Two-Eyed Seeing—which braids together the strengths of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of knowing—and the Mi’kmaq concept of Netukulimk—meaning to protect Mother Earth for the ancestors, present, and future generations—Walking Together nurtures respectful, reciprocal, responsible relationships with the Land and Water, plant-life, animals and other-than-human beings for the benefit of all.
Date Published:2024

This picture book introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk—or Two-Eyed Seeing, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language—as we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher. A celebration of the Lands and Waters as spring unfolds: we watch for Robin's return, listen for Frog's croaking, and wonder at maple tree's gift of sap. Grounded in Etuaptmumk, also known as Two-Eyed Seeing—which braids together the strengths of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of knowing—and the Mi’kmaq concept of Netukulimk—meaning to protect Mother Earth for the ancestors, present, and future generations—Walking Together nurtures respectful, reciprocal, responsible relationships with the Land and Water, plant-life, animals and other-than-human beings for the benefit of all.

Date Published:2024

The kindest red : a story of hijab and friendship

Muhammad, Ibtihaj, 1985-


Sisters Faizah and Asiyah learn how to spread kindness on school picture day.
Date Published:2023

Factory girl

Greenwood, Barbara, 1940-



Date Published:2007

Fight to learn : the struggle to go to school

Scandiffio, Laura,


Shares the experiences of youngsters from around the world who have fought for educational opportunities for their peers, including Maria Taqdees, who ran a class from her bedroom for impoverished young girls in Karachi, Pakistan.
Date Published:2016

Adrift at sea : a Vietnamese boy's story of survival

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk, 1954-,


Tuan and his family survive bullets, a broken motor, and a leaking boat in the long days they spend at sea after fleeing Vietnam. A true story as told to the author by Tuan Ho. Includes family photographs and a historical note about the Vietnamese refugee crisis.
Date Published:2016

Courage and compassion : ten Canadians who made a difference

Arato, Rona


Includes index. Jeanne Mance -- Josiah Henson -- Nellie McClung -- Lester B. Pearson -- Roger Obata -- June Callwood -- Judy Feld Carr -- Elijah Harper -- Craig Kielburger -- Hannah Taylor.
Date Published:2008

The stamp collector

Lanthier, Jennifer.


Tells the story of a city boy who loves stamps and a country boy who loves reading and writing and how they form a friendship under tragic and trying circumstances.
Date Published:2012

Residential schools : with the words and images of survivors

Loyie, Oskiniko Larry, 1933-


A National history--cover. Honours the survivors, the former students, who attended residential schools. Offers a first-person perspective of the residential school system in Canada, as it shares the memories of more than 70 survivors from across Canada as well as 125 archival and contemporary images (65 black & white photographs, 51 colour, some never before published). Expresses the truths about residential school experiences and honours the survivors. Along with the survivors voices, are the evocative, archival photographs provided by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Research Centre with the assistance of curator Krista McCracken. Begins with the moving introduction by Larry Loyie, and moves to seven chapters that explore the purpose of this school system; cultures and traditions; leaving home; life at school the half-day system; the dark side of the schools; friendship and laughter coping with a new life; changing world--the healing begins; and an afterword. A detailed, full colour map showing residential schools, timeline with key dates, glossary, and a helpful index (including names of survivors and schools).
Date Published:2014

A National history--cover. Honours the survivors, the former students, who attended residential schools. Offers a first-person perspective of the residential school system in Canada, as it shares the memories of more than 70 survivors from across Canada as well as 125 archival and contemporary images (65 black & white photographs, 51 colour, some never before published). Expresses the truths about residential school experiences and honours the survivors. Along with the survivors voices, are the evocative, archival photographs provided by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Research Centre with the assistance of curator Krista McCracken. Begins with the moving introduction by Larry Loyie, and moves to seven chapters that explore the purpose of this school system; cultures and traditions; leaving home; life at school the half-day system; the dark side of the schools; friendship and laughter coping with a new life; changing world--the healing begins; and an afterword. A detailed, full colour map showing residential schools, timeline with key dates, glossary, and a helpful index (including names of survivors and schools).

Date Published:2014

Fatty legs : a true story

Jordan-Fenton, Christy


Margaret, an Inuit child attending Catholic school, cleverly battles for respect from a bullying teacher.
Date Published:2010

Dog Man. 3, A tale of two kitties

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


Dog Man, the newest hero from the creator of Captain Underpants, hasn't always been a paws-itive addition to the police force. While he can muzzle miscreants, he tends to leave a slick of slobber in his wake! This time, Petey the cat's dragged in a tiny bit of trouble-- a double in the form of a super-cute kitten. Dog Man will have to work twice as hard to bust these furballs and remain top dog!
Date Published:2017

I am a taxi

Ellis, Deborah, 1960-


Living with his family in a prison in Bolivia due to his parents' convictions for drug trafficking, twelve-year-old Diego does his best to live a normal life, but when his mother receives additional fines, Diego risks everything to earn quick money.
Date Published:2006

Little acorn

Joyce, Melanie,


On board pages. Have you ever wondered what happens when a little acorn becomes a big oak tree?
Date Published:2018

Squish. 2, Brave new pond /

Holm, Jennifer L.


He's baa-ack!. It's a brand new school year for everyone's favorite amoeba! Will Squish finally get to sit with the cool kids at lunch? Will Pod stop the giant asteroid from destroying the world? Will the leeches be the end of Super Amoeba? And what makes cafeteria nachos so delicious anyway?
Date Published:2011

Another book about bears

Bunting, Laura,


Illustrations by Philip Bunting. "Bears are tired. Sick and tired. And just when they are in the middle of something really good – like sleeping, snoozing or napping – too many storybooks mean they have to stop what they are doing, that is, sleeping, and get up and be part of a story. Every story. Well, the bears have had enough. They are going on strike. This hilarious book looks at some alternatives for all the parts bears play in stories. But what sort of animal could be … just right?"--
Date Published:2020

Illustrations by Philip Bunting. "Bears are tired. Sick and tired. And just when they are in the middle of something really good – like sleeping, snoozing or napping – too many storybooks mean they have to stop what they are doing, that is, sleeping, and get up and be part of a story. Every story. Well, the bears have had enough. They are going on strike. This hilarious book looks at some alternatives for all the parts bears play in stories. But what sort of animal could be … just right?"--

Date Published:2020

One hen : how one small loan made a big difference

Milway, Katie Smith, 1960-


Based on a true story, tells of how a poor Ghanaian boy buys a chicken through a community loan program, which eventually helps lift him, his mother, and his community out of poverty.
Date Published:2020

Imagine a place

Thomson, Sarah L.


Illustrations and evocative text show how imagination can reveal the extraordinary in the everyday.
Date Published:2008

Bobbie Rosenfeld : the Olympian who could do everything

Dublin, Anne



Date Published:2004

Hotel Bruce

Higgins, Ryan T.,


A reluctant mother to four young geese, grumpy Bruce the bear loses his temper when he migrates home in the spring only to discover that mice have converted his den into a hotel.
Date Published:2018