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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.

Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know Written by Brittany Luby Illustrated by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley Translated by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere

This is How I Know

An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem.

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

Topics: Indigenous Voices, Nature & the Natural World

Audience: ages 3 to 7 / grades P to 2

Out Little Kitchen Written by Jillian Tamaki Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

Our Little Kitchen

A picture book about a lively evening in a community kitchen from Governor General’s Award–winning author and illustrator Jillian Tamaki.

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

Topics: Diversity, Nature & the Natural World

Audience: ages 4 to 8 / grades K to 3

Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani / Only in My Hometown Written by Angnakuluk Friesen Illustrated by ppiksaut Friesen Translated by Jean Kusugak

Only In My Hometown

The northern lights shine, women gather to eat raw caribou meat and everyone could be family in this ode to small-town life in Nunavut, written in English and Inuktitut.

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

Topics: Indigenous Voices, Nature & the Natural World

Audience: ages 3 to 7 / grades P to 2

Idaa Trail Written by. Wendy Stephenson Illustrated by Autumn Downey

Idaa Trail

This is a fictional story of a modern-day canoe trip along the Idaa trail, a traditional route that the Dogrib people traveled from Great Slave Lake to Great Bear Lake.

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

Topics: Indigenous Voices, Nature & the Natural World

Audience: ages 7 to 10 / grades 2 to 5

How to Bee Written by Bren MacDibble

How to Bee

A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the way we live.

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

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

Audience: ages 9 to 12 / grades 4 to 7