nipêhon / I Wait

By (author) Caitlin Dale Nicholson
Translated by Leona Morin-Neilson
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Series: Nôhkom series

A quiet, gentle story about a family working together written in Cree and English.

A young child, her grandmother and mother are going out to pick wild yarrow. As Grandmother gets ready, the child and ...

Town Is by the Sea

By (author) Joanne Schwartz
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories

Winner of CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
Winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home ...

When We Were Alone

By (author) David A. Robertson
Illustrated by Julie Flett
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother’s garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does ...

Kode's Quest(ion)

By (author) Katherena Vermette
Illustrated by Irene Kuziw
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Series: The Seven Teachings Stories

Kode knows many things, but she doesn’t know one thing: What does respect mean? Who will help her figure out the answer? Kode's Quest(ion) is one book in The Seven Teachings Stories series. The Seven ...

Singing Sisters

By (author) Katherena Vermette
Illustrated by Irene Kuziw
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Series: The Seven Teachings Stories

Ma'iingan knows she is a very good singer. Conflict erupts when her little sister wants to sing just like her. Singing Sisters is one book in The Seven Teachings Stories series. The Seven Teachings of ...

The Just Right Gift

By (author) Katherena Vermette
Illustrated by Irene Kuziw
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Series: The Seven Teachings Stories

Migisi loves his Gookom. Can he find the perfect gift to show her how much? The Just Right Gift is one book in The Seven Teachings Stories series. The Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe—love, wisdom, ...

The First Day

By (author) Katherena Vermette
Illustrated by Irene Kuziw
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Series: The Seven Teachings Stories

Makwa has to go to a new school… and he doesn’t want to. How will he face his first day? The First Day is one book in The Seven Teachings Stories series. The Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe—love, ...

Nuptse and Lhotse Go To the Rockies

By (author) Jocey Asnong
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction

Nuptse and Lhotse are back for another marvellous adventure! When Mrs. Jasper, a very large grizzly bear, loses her twin cubs Yoho and Kootenay, she needs Nuptse and Lhotse to help her find them. In a ...

The Gift Is in the Making

By (author) Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Illustrated by Amanda Strong
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories

The Gift Is in the Making retells previously published Anishinaabeg stories, bringing to life Anishinaabeg values and teachings to a new generation. Readers are immersed in a world where all genders are ...

Caribou Song

By (author) Tomson Highway
Illustrated by John Rombough
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

Winner of the American Indian Library Association 2014 Youth Literature Award (AIYLA) for Best Picture Book

On CCBC's Best Books for Kids and Teens list 2013

Joe and Cody are young Cree brothers who follow ...