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Nature & the Natural World

Books & Accompanying Learning Resources

Designed to intrigue, engage and inspire, this collection of books and related learning resources investigate the incredible diversity of our planet’s natural world. As their understanding grows, so will their appreciation for what we have and the necessity to protect it.

The Sunshine Project

In the final book in the Book Uncle trilogy, Anil faces a dilemma when the city decides to build a solar panel factory on the site of a mangrove forest.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Key Ideas & Details, Text Forms & Genres, Comprehension Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition, Writing, Integrated Learning

Topics: Environment & Climate Change, Human Rights & Activism, Nature & the Natural World

Audience: ages 8 to 12 / grades 3 to 7

Cover of Loop de Loop by Andrea Curtis

Loop de Loop: Circular Solutions for a Waste-free World

Get loopy with this playful introduction to the hopeful, transformative possibilities of circular systems!

Resource Skills & Subjects: Integrated Learning, Key Ideas & Details, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Developing & Creating Texts, Oral Language, Just for Fun!

Topics: Environment & Climate Change, Nature & the Natural World

Audience: ages 6 to 9 / grades 1 to 3

Shin-chi’s Canoe

Shi-shi-etko is about to return to residential school, but this time she is not alone — her six-year-old brother, Shin-chi, is going, too.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Further Research, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Integrated Learning, Key Ideas & Details, Comprehension Strategies

Topics: Indigenous Voices, Nature & the Natural World, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 4 to 7 / grades P to 2

Shi-shi-etko

A gently moving and poetic account of a child who finds solace all around her even though she is on the verge of great loss.

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

Topics: Diversity, Indigenous Voices, Nature & the Natural World, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 4 to 7 / grades P to 2

Lessons from Mother Earth

A gentle, beautifully illustrated story demonstrating the First Nations' tradition of taking care of Mother Earth.

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

Topics: Environment & Climate Change, Indigenous Voices, Nature & the Natural World

Audience: ages 2 to 5 / grades P to K