Autumn's Dawn
A Native girl struggles with becoming who she thinks she should be and accepting who she really is.
The Train
Ashley meets her great-uncle by the old train tracks near their community in Nova Scotia. When she sees his sadness, he tells her of the day when he and the other children were taken to residential school, their lives changed forever. Uncle also explains how Ashley gives him hope. She promises to wait with him in remembrance of what was lost.
The Case of the Missing Auntie
In the bright lights of the big city, the Mighty Muskrats search for an auntie lost long ago.
J’ai le cœur rempli de bonheur / sâ kask inêw nitêh miy wêyi htamowin ohci
Cet album invite les enfants à se réjouir des petits bonheurs de la vie.
May We Have Enough to Share
A beautiful board book about gratitude by celebrated Indigenous author Richard Van Camp, complemented by photos from Tea & Bannock, a collective blog by Indigenous women photographers.
Meennunyakaa / Blueberry Patch
In this dual-language book, the story of how Indigenous people harvested berries and how that tradition continues to this day.
Sus Yoo / The Bear's Medicine
In this dual-language book, a mother bear takes her cubs out on the land to teach them how to survive.
Nibi Emosaawdang / The Water Walker
The dual language edition, in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) and English, of the award-winning story of a determined Ojibwe Nokomis (Grandmother) who walked around all of the Great Lakes to protect our water.
Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii / I Am Not a Number
The dual language edition, in Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe) Nbisiing dialect and English, of the award-winning book I Am Not a Number. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from.
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina / Stolen Words
The dual language edition, in Plains Cree and English, of the story of a little girl who sets out to help her grandfather discover the Cree language that was stolen from him when he was sent away to residential school as a boy.
Standing Strong
When a suicidal Native American teen leaves her reservation to join a large-scale oil-pipeline protest, she gets caught up in a dangerous situation and goes through a life-changing transformation that sets her on a new path to become a Water Protector.
Legends and Teachings of Xeel's, the Creator
This is the last book by celebrated Indigenous educator Ellen White.
Inconvenient Skin / nayêhtâwan wasakay
This powerful and thought-provoking collection of poems will draw you in and make you reconsider Canada's colonial legacy.
The Girl and the Wolf
This picture book for young children is an empowering Indigenous twist on a classic wolf narrative.
Speaking Our Truth Teacher Guide
A comprehensive guide for teachers using Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation, a nonfiction book for middle readers, in the classroom.
Kiss by Kiss / ocêhtowina
Count your kisses with baby in this delightful rhyming board book. In English and Plains Cree.
Welcome Song for Baby / Ni Nikamon ‘Tawâw Nipepîmis’
A dual-language poem for newborns by renowned storyteller Richard Van Camp accompanied by photographs. In English and Plains Cree.
You Hold Me Up / ê-ohpiniyan
An evocative picture book intended to foster empathy among children and encourage them to show each other love and support. In English and Plains Cree.
A Day with Yayah
Nikki and her friends go foraging with Nikki's grandmother, her yayah. Yayah teaches them the Interior Salish—N?e?kepmxcín—words for the herbs and plants they find. Beautifully illustrated by the award-winning illustrator Julie Flett, young readers will appreciate how much we can learn from exploring our countryside.
Speaking Our Truth
This nonfiction book examines how we can foster reconciliation with Indigenous people at individual, family, community and national levels.
Pikiq
An Inuit child draws colorful creatures in the white landscape.
Stolen Words
A little girl sets out to help her grandfather discover the Cree language that was stolen from him when he was sent away to residential school as a boy.
