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Education - Children's Literature in the Classroom
A guide for locating grade-appropriate children's literature for use in the classroom.
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EDCI 591 – Research in Children’s Literature
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The following children's literature can be found in the Curriculum Library:
Inuit Children's Literature
Northwest Territories
Dene
Arctic
Nunavut
Iqaluit
Featured Resources
When I Was Eight
by
Christy Jordan-Fenton; Gabrielle Grimard (Illustrator); Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
ISBN: 1554514908
Publication Date: 2013-02-01
Fatty Legs
by
Christy Jordan-Fenton; Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554512468
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
A Stranger at Home
by
Christy Jordan-Fenton; Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554513618
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
At the Heart of It
by
Mindy Willett; Raymond Taniton; Tessa Macintosh (Photographer)
ISBN: 1897252692
Publication Date: 2011-10-26
Caribou Feed My Soul
by
Mindy Willett; Peter Enzoe; Tessa Macintosh (Photographer)
ISBN: 1897252676
Publication Date: 2010-11-30
T Is for Territories
by
Michael Kusugak; Iris Churcher (Artist)
ISBN: 1585362077
Publication Date: 2013-03-01
Proud to Be Inuvialuit
by
Mindy Willett; James Pokiak
ISBN: 1897252595
Publication Date: 2010-09-15
Living Stories
by
Tomson Highway; Mindy Willett; Philip Zoe; Tessa Macintosh (Photographer); Therese Zoe
ISBN: 1897252447
Publication Date: 2009-08-01
Northwest Territories : spectacular
ISBN: 1553889819
Northwest Territories
ISBN: 0545989116
Baseball Bats for Christmas
by
Michael Kusugak; Vladyana Langer Krykorka (Illustrator); Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykorka (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1550371444
Publication Date: 1990-05-01
What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses?
by
Richard Van Camp; George Littlechild (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0892391545
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Arctic Stories
by
Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Langer Krykorka (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1550374524
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Idaa Trail
by
Wendy Stephenson; Autumn Downey (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888995768
Publication Date: 2005-12-29
Going Places
by
Fran Hurcomb
ISBN: 1554690196
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Poachers in the Pingos
by
Anita Daher
ISBN: 1554690110
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Manitowapow
by
Warren Cariou (Editor); Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Editor); Beatrice Mosionier (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1553793072
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Skraelings
by
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Andrew Trabbold (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1927095549
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Tuniit
by
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Bigham (Illustrator)
ISBN: 192709576X
Publication Date: 2014-12-01
The Walrus Who Eascaped
by
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinslet; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Anthony Brennan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1927095689
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Inuit
by
Leslie Strudwick
ISBN: 1619130920
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Northwest Passage
by
Stan Rogers; Matt James (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554981530
Publication Date: 2013-09-03
Over in the Arctic : where the cold winds blow
ISBN: 0545656885
Polar opposites
ISBN: 0545646049
Arctic Peoples
by
Robin S. Doak
ISBN: 143294956X
Publication Date: 2011-08-01
Avatimi aniaqtailinirmut pilirijjatik uvikkanut : inulusi, pinngguarlusi ilinniarlusilu!
ISBN: 0662034597
An environmental health activity booklet for Inuit teens
Does Canada own the Arctic? The argument for yes ; Does Canada own the Arctic? The argument for no
ISBN: 1770712151
Who Needs an Iceberg?
by
Karen Patkau
ISBN: 0887769934
Publication Date: 2012-02-28
Uumajut
by
Simon Awa; Seeglook Akeeagok; Anna Zeigler; Stephanie McDonald; Romi Caron (Illustrator); Leah Otak (Translator)
ISBN: 1926569229
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
The northern environment
ISBN: 1553889614
The Lonely Pine
by
Aaron Frisch; Etienne Delessert (Illustrator)
ISBN: 156846214X
Publication Date: 2011-08-24
Nunavut : explore Canada's Arctic
ISBN: 1553889924
Uumajut
by
Simon Awa; Anna Ziegler; Stephanie McDonald (Foreword by); Romi Caron (Illustrator); Leah Otak
ISBN: 1926569083
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Nunavut
ISBN: 0545989124
Inuksuk Journey
by
Mary Wallace (Illustrator); Owlkids Books Inc. Staff (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1897349262
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Arctic Adventures
by
Raquel Rivera; Jirina Marton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888997140
Publication Date: 2007-05-11
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights
by
Debbie S. Miller; Jon Van Zyle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0802788572
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
Way up in the Arctic
by
Jennifer Ward; Kenneth J. Spengler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0873589289
Publication Date: 2007-08-15
The Inuit Thought of It
by
Alootook Ipellie; David MacDonald (As told to)
ISBN: 1554510872
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
I is for Inuksuk : an Arctic celebration
ISBN: 9780545982498
A Lesson for a Wolf
by
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Alan Cook (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1772270059
Publication Date: 2015-05-20
Stories of Survival and Revenge
by
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Jeremy Mohler
ISBN: 1772270016
Publication Date: 2015-04-06
The Raven and the Loon
by
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Kim Smith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1927095506
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Kaugjakjuk
by
Marion Lewis; Kim Smith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1926569393
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Unipkaaqtuat Arvianit
by
Mark Kalluak
ISBN: 1926569016
Publication Date: 2009-11-01
Unikkaaqtuat
by
Neil Christopher (Editor)
ISBN: 1926569164
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Looks Like Daylight
by
Deborah Ellis; Loriene Roy (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1554981204
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
An Inuksuk Means Welcome
by
Mary Wallace
ISBN: 1771471379
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Prince William
by
Gloria Rand; Ted Rand (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0805018417
Publication Date: 1992-04-15
Trapping is my life
by
John Testo
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