Aboriginal+Picture+Books

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 * Aboriginal Picture Books**

**Shi-shi-etko** //"One, two, three, four mornings left until I go to school," said Shi-shi-etko as she watched sunlight dance butterfly steps across her mother’s sleeping face. // In just four days young Shi-shi-etko will have to leave her family and all that she knows to attend residential school. She spends her last days at home treasuring the beauty of her world – the dancing sunlight, the tall grass, each shiny rock, the tadpoles in the creek, her grandfather’s paddle song. Her mother, father and grandmother, each in turn, share valuable teachings that they want her to remember. And so Shi-shi-etko carefully gathers her memories for safekeeping. K-12

**Shin-chi's Canoe** The moving sequel to award-winning //Shi-shi-etko// is the haunting and beautifully written story of two children’s experience at residential school. Shi-shi-etko is about to return for her second-year, but this time she is not alone – her six-year old brother, Shin-chi, is going, too. As they begin their journey in the back of a cattle truck, Shi-shi-etko tells her brother about all the things he must remember. Shin-chi won’ t see his family again until the salmon return in the summertime. In telling this story Nicola I. Campbell has drawn on interviews with her family and elders who are survivors of Indian residential schools. Written in lyrical free verse and poignantly illustrated by Kim LaFave, Shin-chi’s Canoe is an important contribution to children’s literature about the First Nation’s devastating experience in the government-sponsored, church-run residential schools. K-12

This delightful story is of a young boy captured by salmon. It focuses on respect for the environment and the life cycle of the salmon. It is beautifully enhanced by compelling drawings. K-7
 * [[image:salmon_boy.jpg width="175" height="197" caption="Salmon Boy, Donna Joe, Charlie Craigan" link="@http://media.sd68.bc.ca/display/068/wwk770?kw=salmon+boy&di=BTICK"]]Salmon Boy: A legend of the Sechelt People **

 Young Simon spends an entire summer trying to catch a salmon with no luck. When an eagle drops one in front of him he is torn between catching it and keeping it alive. Simon spends his time trying to return the salmon to its freedom. It's a poignant story of dreams and reality, looking at the respect for life and where caring for others can take you. K-7
 * A Salmon for Simon**



// Summary from Orca Publishing // //"Many years ago, when the world and I were younger, my family defied the government."// A boy will never forget witnessing a forbidden Potlatch. In 1935, a nine-year-old boy's family held a forbidden Potlatch in faraway Kingcome Inlet. Watl'kina slipped from his bed to bear witness. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew. Aboriginal elder Alfred Scow and award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborate to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance. K-12
 * Secret of the Dance **

//Summary from Tricycle Press// When frogs suddenly vanish from a lake behind a village on the Northwest Coast, a nearby volcano awakens and an Indian girl is called to a dangerous adventure. Summoned to a spectacular world beneath the lake, the girl is questioned by "Grandmother" about the disapperance of her "children". Just who is this mysterious old woman? And what will happen if her children are not returned? What follows both answers-and deepens the mystery. Careful attention is paid to historical detail both in the story and the vibrant illustrations. Frog Girl follows the rich mythic traditions of the Haida, Tlingit, and other Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, whose stories often tell of individuals cast mysteriously into parallel worlds inhabited by animals in human form. A portion of the proceeds from this book is donated to the Haida Gwaii Rediscovery Program for tribal youth. 
 * Frog Girl**

**Storm Boy**: In the storm-tossed seas along the rugged Northwest Coast, an Indian boy is thrown from his canoe into a great mystery. Washed ashore before an unfamiliar village, the boy finds his arrival has been eagerly awaited by the strange and giant "people" there. Just who are these beings? And what do they intend for their guest? What follows both answers-and deepens the mystery. Careful attention is paid to historical detail both in the story and the vibrant illustrations. Storm Boy follows the rich mythic traditions of the Haida, Tlingit, and other Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, whose stories often tell of individuals cast mysteriously into parallel worlds inhabited by animals in human form. A portion of the proceeds from this book is donated to the Haida Gwaii Rediscovery Program for tribal youth.



<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ ﻿ **Feathers and Fools** A story of misunderstanding, fear and miscommunication and how it can lead to war. The peacocks fear they will be overtaken by the swans who can swim and fly while the swans fear the

peacocks are planning a coup to overtake them. Miscommunication leads to an all out war and it isn't until the two hatchlings arrive that the meaning of the story is truly revealed.

**Mikissuk's Secret** //Synopsis by Core Learning Resources// Mikissuk dreams of going hunting on the big dogsled, but her brother says she is too small and not tough enough. Maybe, her secret project will convince him that she really is ready