nipehon-I Wait

A quiet, gentle story about a family working together in the Cree tradition.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Comprehension Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Integrated Learning, Developing & Creating Texts, Further Research

Topics: Diversity, Indigenous Voices

Audience: ages 4 to 7 / Grades K to 2

My Name is Seepeetza

An honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Key Ideas & Details, Further Research, Developing & Creating Texts, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Comprehension Strategies, Oral Language

Topics: Diversity, Human Rights & Activism, Indigenous Voices, Mental Health, Prejudice & Racism, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 9 to 12 / grades 4 to 7

Mustafa

Young Mustafa feels invisible in his adopted home until a girl extends a welcoming hand. From world-renowned author-illustrator Marie-Louise Gay.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Comprehension Strategies, Key Ideas & Details, Oral Language, Vocabulary Acquisition, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Developing & Creating Texts, Text Forms & Genres, Integrated Learning, Further Research

Topics: Emigration & Immigration

Audience: ages 4 to 8 / grades K to 3

Mud City

A re-issue of Mud City, the third book in the bestselling Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis. Includes a new cover and map, and an updated author's note.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Integrated Learning, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Key Ideas & Details, Comprehension Strategies, Text Forms & Genres, Developing & Creating Texts

Topics: Emigration & Immigration, Human Rights & Activism, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 10 to 14 / grades 5 to 9

Mnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin

In this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Integrated Learning, Comprehension Strategies

Topics: Diversity, Indigenous Voices

Audience: ages 3 to 6 / grades P to 1