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Stories of Resilience

Books & Accompanying Learning Resources

The books and related learning resources in this collection will introduce young readers to characters who overcome immense struggles, conquer their fears and strengthen their resolve. Children will discover heroes and role models for a life of participation and working towards a better world.

Prisoner and the Writer

An illustrated, middle-grade treatment of the Dreyfus Affair told from the perspectives of Jewish army captain Alfred Dreyfus and writer Emile Zola.

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

Topics: Human Rights & Activism, Prejudice & Racism, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 9 to 12 / grades 4 to 7

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

Sunny Days Inside

Linked short stories follow the interconnected lives of children living in one apartment building as they shelter in place during the pandemic.

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

Topics: Diversity, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 9 to 12 / grades 4 to 7

Two White Rabbits

In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.

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

Topics: Emigration & Immigration, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 4 to 7 / Grades K to 2