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The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
Par Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales from Gold Mountain: stories of the Chinese in the New World
Par Paul Yee. 1989
Pour rallumer les étoiles (Tous Continents Ser.)
Par Dominique Demers. 2006
Les liens du sang sont indéfectibles... Depuis seize ans, depuis qu'elle a donné son fils en adoption, Marie-Lune ressent toujours…
la même brulure : elle ne sait pas ce qu'il est devenu et ce vide la consume. Car ce garçon qu'elle n'a pas vu grandir, elle est persuadée qu'il a besoin d'elle. Maintenant. Comme elle-même a besoin de lui. Désespérément. Malgré la peur de faire fausse route, de blesser son amoureux, Jean, et les membres de la famille adoptive de Gabriel, malgré sa peur du rejet, il perce chez Marie-Lune un incontrôlable désir de foncer à sa rencontre, coute que coute. Le désir d'en finir avec les regrets et les non-dits, d'aller de l'avant, et de tourner la page... pour rallumer les étoiles. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. Suite de "Marie-Tempête" (FD04682). 2006.Last child
Par Michael Spooner. 2005
Caught between the worlds of the her Scottish father and her Native Mandan mother in what is now North Dakota,…
Rosalie fights to survive both the 1837 smallpox epidemic and the actions of a vengeful trader. Some descriptions of violence. 2006 Spur Awards Finalist. For junior high readers. 2005.Girls to the rescue [book #1]: tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world
Par Bruce Lansky. 1995
Ten stories where the clever, brave heroes of fairy tales are girls. In a typical fairy tale, a helpless girl…
waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the heroines in these stories are much too busy saving the day to wait around for Prince Charming. Grades 3-6. 1995.Daughter of strangers
Par Marjory Gordon. 2001
Amy goes on an archaeological dig with her adoptive father on the Thelon River in the Northwest Territories. A teenager…
of mixed ancestry with a white adoptive father, Amy knows nothing about the customs of her tribe and the skills she needs for survival. With help from her grandmother, she discovers what life would have been like for her among the Dene people who lived there 1600 years ago. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2001.Can you guess my name?: traditional tales around the world
Par Judy Sierra. 2002
Alone in an untamed land: the filles du Roi diary of Hélène St. Onge (Dear Canada)
Par Maxine Trottier. 2002
Hélène St. Onge is a recently orphaned thirteen-year-old girl from France, who sets off for Quebec, or Nouvelle France, in…
1666 as a companion to her older sister Catherine. When Catherine dies on the way, Hélène goes to live at her aunt's tavern, where she learns important skills like how to skin a muskrat, while meeting many of the famous people of the new colony. She hopes the friendships she has made, like with her half-Mohawk friend Kateri, will help her to survive the harsh life and bitter winters of seventeenth century Montreal. Grades 5-8. 2003.Incy-wincy moo-cow: a book of weird and wacky nursery rhymes (M. Y. Bees Ser.)
Par John Cunliffe. 1999
Incy Wincy Moo-Cow? The Grand Old Duke of Pisa? Sing a song of half a shilling? Hickory Dickory - what?…
Traditional nursery rhymes will never seem the same again after reading this collection of alternative poetry. Original rhymes are also included so that readers can compare the two styles.L'affreux: conte amérindien (Monstres, sorcières et autres féeries)
Par Michèle Marineau, Geneviève Côté. 2000
Une petite fille qui se promène arrive à une rivière. Elle tente de la traversée mais tombe et se réveille…
au pays de laffreux. Un monstre laid qui mange tout. La fillette réussit par contre à lamadouer et sen faire un ami par sa gentillesse. Il la retourne chez elle, mais laffreux sest faite une amie et les deux connaissent maintenant le chemin pour se revoir.Le prince sans couronne (Les survivants de Troie. #1.)
Par Michel Honaker. 2008
Neuf années durant, la cité de Troie résista aux assauts des Grecs. Quand arriva l'été de la neuvième année, les…
dieux jusqu'alors cléments abandonnèrent les Troyens. Pourtant, certains survécurent à la destruction de la ville mythique. Voici leur histoire. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire.Those who run in the sky
Par Kelly Ward, Neil Christopher, Aviaq Johnston. 2017
After a strange and violent blizzard leaves young shaman-in-training Pitu stranded on the sea ice--without his dog team or any…
weapons to defend himself--he soon realizes that he is no longer in the word that he once knew. The storm has carried him into the world of the spirits, a world populated by terrifying creatures. As he tries to find his way back home, Pitu is plagued by black wolves constantly stalking him, water-dwelling creatures that want to snatch him and pull him into the frigid ocean through an ice crack, as well as beings less frightening, but equally as incredible, such as a lone giant who can carry Pitu in the palm of her hand and keeps caribou and polar bears as pets. After stumbling upon a fellow shaman who has been trapped in the spirit world for many years, Pitu must master all of his shamanic powers to make his way back to the world of the living, to his family and to the girl that he loves. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.The marrow thieves
Par Cherie Dimaline. 2017
In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led…
to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the "recruiters" who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing 'factories.' For senior high readers. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2018. Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Young People's Literature and the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award. Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature. 2017.Folktales from Africa: retold by Dianne Stewart
Par Dianne Stewart. 2006
Aimed at children across the African continent (and around the world), this collection of 20 folktales has been retold for…
today's youngsters. The stories include The pig and the Disrespectful man, Mantis and the springbok, How yams came to the Ashanti and The voice of the wind, and originate from countries such as South Africa, Swaziland, Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zanzibar amongst others. Grades 4-7. 2006.Zorgamazoo
Par Robert Paul Weston. 2008
Imaginative and adventurous Katrina eludes her maniacal guardian to help Morty, a member of a vanishing breed of zorgles, with…
his quest to uncover the fate of the fabled zorgles of Zorgmazoo as well as of other creatures that seem to have disappeared from the earth. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2010 Silver Birch Award for Fiction. 2008.Wondrous strange: a novel (Wondrous strange series ; #1)
Par Lesley Livingston. 2009
When seventeen-year-old Shakespearean actress Kelley Winslow meets Sonny Flannery, a Janus Guard of the Samhain Gate, she discovers the fairy…
otherworld. But this year when the gate opens on the night of Samhain, something horrible comes through to the human world. Followed by "Darklight". Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2009. (Wondrous strange series ; 1)Ancient tales for modern kids: Stories From Far-away Places
Par John Mardon, Vesna Krystanovich. 2000
Follow in Sinbad's wake as he sails across countless seas to far-off-places, using only his wisdom and faith in Allah…
to fight whatever evil he finds. Watch as Jack the Giant Killer tramps across England with nothing but his cap of knowledge, his sword of sharpness, his shoes of swiftness, and his invisible cloak, freeing the people from awesome and grotesque giants. Plus many other stories. Grades 3-6. 2000.Things are looking Grimm, Jill (Orca young readers)
Par Dan Bar-El. 2006
Jill, the spoiled but brave sister of King Jack, has been made a Royal Guard-in-training by Sir Humpty Dumpty. After…
receiving a distress letter from F.G., she sets off to save the women of the neighbouring kingdom of Grimm from a mysterious affliction. With the help of a new friend, Mary (who is very contrary), Jill unravels the mystery while rescuing such fairy tale heroines as Rapunzel, Snow White, Cinderella and Gretel. Grades 2-4. Winner of the 2008 Silver Birch Express Award. 2006.The battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson & the Olympians. #4.)
Par Rick Riordan. 2008
When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod…
friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Sequel to "Titan's curse" (EB74453). Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2008. (Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; 4)Long long ago
Par Robin Skelton. 1996
A collection of fables which describe how different animals gained the traits which make them unique -- why rabbits have…
no voice, how the ostrich came to be flightless, and five other tales. Grades 3-6. 1996.