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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.

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

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

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

Genocide

What is genocide? Why does it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again? These urgent questions are explored in an expanded edition.

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

Topics: Human Rights & Activism, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 14 to 18 / grades 9 to 12