Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
The Enchanted People
The Enchanted People is a humanitarian fairytale about a young girl named Wawatay who lives away from her village as an outcast because she is different. All the people in her village have an enchanted ...
Barefoot Helen and the Giants
Helen is a fine hand with a slingshot, and more than at home in the woods. After all, she was raised by bears. When she stumbles upon three evil giants, she hatches the perfect plan to rid the land of ...
Golden Threads
A beloved toy fox becomes lost, tattered, repaired, and loved for his imperfections. Golden Threads is inspired by the Japanese art form of kintsugi, or golden joinery, where broken pottery is repaired ...
The Fox Wife
One cloudless night, a fox falls to earth and comes across a family of humans. As the seasons change and they move their camp, she follows them, growing ever more intrigued by human ways—and especially ...
The Origin of Day and Night
In this Inuit tale, the actions of a hare and a fox change the Arctic forever by creating day and night. In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When ...
Peace Dancer
Powerful illustrations accompany this skillfully told legend of the flood from the renowned Northwest Coast Legends series. Illustrated and told by renowned First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers and ...
Blue Knight, The
This book reveals problems in our society related to racism and bullying, important topics that are currently at the forefront of many lives and are being discussed at great lengths around the world. ...
Orca Chief
Winner of a Moonbeam Spirit Award (2015) and a finalist for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award (2016), Orca Chief is the third in a series of Northwest Coast legends by renowned ...
Caribou Song
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 ...
Raven Brings the Light
In a time when darkness covered the land, a boy named Weget is born who is destined to bring the light. With the gift of a raven’s skin that allows him to fly as well as transform, Weget turns into ...