Levelled Books

  • Taanishi: The Metis Star Dance

    Taanishi: The Metis Star Dance

    The Métis Star Dance is an informational story illustrating how to do the Métis Star Dance.  The text is made up of the dance calls.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and...

  • Taanishi: Time to Dance

    Taanishi: Time to Dance

    Time to Dance a realistic text showing children putting on traditional Métis sashes in preparation for dancing.  Much of the text is repeated, such as the teacher’s prompt “Time to dance.”  The...

  • Taanishi: We Are Metis!

    Taanishi: We Are Metis!

    We Are Métis! is an informational story about the activities Métis children enjoy.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional...

  • Taanishi: What do you Like on Your Beignes?

    Taanishi: What do you Like on Your Beignes?

    What Do You Like On Your Beignes? is a realistic story about a Métis boy having a beigne lunch with his grandmother.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back...

  • Taanishi: What's for Lunch

    Taanishi: What's for Lunch

    What’s for Lunch? is a realistic story about Métis sisters coming home from school for lunch with mom.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover...

  • Taanishi: Where is the Metis Flag

    Taanishi: Where is the Metis Flag

    Where is the Métis flag? is a simple text with photographs of the Métis flag in various locations.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides...

  • Taanishi: Where's the Roogaroo?

    Taanishi: Where's the Roogaroo?

    Where’s the Roogaroo? is a realistic fiction story about the traditional werewolf of Métis stories. Roogaroo is hiding on, in, between, and around different things. The story is narrated with...

  • Taanishi: Yummy Yummy in My Tummy

    Taanishi: Yummy Yummy in My Tummy

    Yummy, Yummy in My Tummy is a simple story about a hungry Métis girl enjoying favourite foods such as bannock, soup, and berries.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and...

  • Tails

    Tails

    Tails is an expository text that explores the different kinds of tails that animals have. A picture of animals with tails is depicted on a two-page spread. Animals’ tails are labeled. The text is...

  • Tails, Tails, Tails

    Tails, Tails, Tails

    Tails, Tails, Tails in an informational text describing how different animals use their tails, from climbing to escaping to swimming to sheltering.  The skunk’s tail has a special message!  The text...

  • Tall

    Tall

    Tall is an expository text about things in the world that are tall, such as buildings, cacti, and ostriches. Scale diagrams are used throughout to illustrate the size difference between the average...

  • Tame and Wild

    Tame and Wild

    Tame and Wild is an expository text about tame animals and wild animals. Readers learn about dogs, wild cats, rabbits, rats, and wolves. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are...