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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.

Featured short story collections

Strength and struggle : perspectives from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada
ISBN: 0071067035
Whispers from the ghettos by Kathy Kacer; Sharon E. McKay
ISBN: 0143312510

Publication Date: 2009

Grades 6 and up
Skins by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (Editor); Josie Douglas (Editor)
ISBN: 0969712065

Publication Date: 2002-04-01
Just some stuff I wrote : stories by William Bell
ISBN: 0385661428

Publication Date: 2005

Grades 8 - 12
Born with a Tooth by Joseph Boyden
ISBN: 1896951295

Publication Date: 2003-03-26

ERAC recommended Grade 12
Located at Main
Face Relations by Marilyn Singer (Editor)
ISBN: 0689856377

Publication Date: 2004-05-25

Grades 8 and up
Darwin's Bastards by Zsuzsi Gartner (Editor)
ISBN: 1553654927

Publication Date: 2010-04-27

ERAC recommended for grades 11, 12
Located at Main
English 12 : aboriginal fiction source file by Open School BC
Publication Date: 2006
Up All Night by R. P. MacIntyre (Editor)
ISBN: 1894345274

Publication Date: 2001-04-01

Grades 7 - 10
Close-Ups by Peter Carver (Editor)
ISBN: 0889952000

Publication Date: 2000-09-19

Grades 8 and up
Fearless Warriors by Drew Hayden Taylor
ISBN: 0889225974

Publication Date: 2009-06-08

ERAC recommended Grades 8 - 12
Located at Main
A Short History of Indians in Canada by Thomas King
ISBN: 0816689814

Publication Date: 2013-09-01
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
ISBN: 0545055873

Publication Date: 2009-02-01

ERAC Recommended Grades 7 - 12
Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories by Paul Yee; Harvey Chan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888994753

Publication Date: 2002-07-19

Grades 6 and up
Sports in Literature by Bruce Emra (Contribution by); McGraw-Hill Staff; Glencoe McGraw-Hill Staff
ISBN: 0844280887

Publication Date: 1999-09-01
Doing Time by Rob Thomas
ISBN: 0689824149

Publication Date: 1999-04-01
Guys Write for Guys Read by Jon Scieszka
ISBN: 0670060070

Publication Date: 2005-04-21

Grades 5 - 9
2041 A. D. by Jane Yolen
ISBN: 0385304455

Publication Date: 1991-08-01

Grades 6 - 9
Manitowapow by Warren Cariou (Editor); Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Editor); Beatrice Mosionier (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1553793072

Publication Date: 2012-01-24
English 10 resource package by Open School BC
Publication Date: 2008
The Slow Fix by Ivan E. Coyote
ISBN: 1551522470

Publication Date: 2009-04-01

ERAC recommended for grades 11, 12
Located at Main
The Low Life by Brian Doyle
ISBN: 0888993838

Publication Date: 2002-09-20

Grades 5 - 9
Sindbad (English) by Ludmila Zeman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0887764606

Publication Date: 1999-08-28
Mother Margaret and the Rhinoceros Cafe by Radhika Sekar (Editor); F. S. Symons (Editor)
ISBN: 1412005426

Publication Date: 2003-12-01
Mouse Woman and the Muddleheads by Christie Harris; Douglas Tait (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1551928132

Publication Date: 2006-03-08

Grades 4 and up
Not the Only One by Jane Summer (Editor)
ISBN: 1555838340

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

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Subjects: Education

Tags: children's literature, grade appropriate resources, picture books, poetry, poetry for the classroom

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