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Turtle Island Voices 4: Deer and Cougar
Deer and Cougar is a traditional Nuu-chah-nulth tale relating how Deer saves her life by using quick thinking and problem-solving skills to outwit Cougar. The story is told in dialogue and narrative. The book concludes with information about...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: Get Moving!
Get Moving! is an expository text that explains how Aboriginal peoples of Canada moved on water and land in the past and how they get around today, from kayaks to travois to all-terrain vehicles – and much more! The book concludes with Turtle...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: Making Music
Making Music is an expository text that describes the traditions, instruments, and performers in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit music. Many profiles of contemporary performers are included. The book concludes with Turtle Island...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: Sarah and the Bully
Sarah and the Bully is a realistic story about Sarah, a Nlaka’pamux (Thompson River Salish) girl, and how she faces the challenge of a bully at her new school. When Sarah’s family moves to the city from Boothroyd First Nation, Sarah...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: The First Corn
The First Corn is a retelling of a traditional Lakota story about how corn came to the Lakota people as a gift from the Creator. The concluding chapter of the book explains the importance of corn to Indigenous and First Nations peoples historically...
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Turtle Island Voices 4: The Gift of the Red River Jig
The Gift of the Red River Jig is a traditional tale offering one version of the origin of the famous Métis Red River Jig. When Ambroise goes on his first fur trading trip with his father, the Red River serves up a melody. As...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Case of the Mysterious Paw Prints
The Case of the Mysterious Paw Prints is a realistic story about Ryan and Justin, who are Mi’kmaq boys, and their friend Chris who form RCJ Investigations. When Ryan discovers large, mysterious paw prints in the school corridors, all the...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Eagle Girl
Eagle Girl is a realistic story about two Okanagan teens who discover they are shape-shifters. Sparks fly between them until they resolve to put aside the historical feud between their two families and to get to know each other as individuals...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Game On!
Game On! is an expository text that describes traditional and contemporary sports enjoyed by Aboriginal peoples of Canada, including snowsnake, doubleball, lacrosse, hockey, and okichitaw, a style of martial arts. Aboriginal sports teams,...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: House and Home
House and Home is an expository text that describes the homes of Aboriginal peoples in the past and provides step-by-step guides to building igloos, wigwams, longhouses, tipis, pit houses, and log houses. The book concludes with Turtle Island...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Making Things Right
Making Things Right is a realistic story about two Cree children who have lost their mother. The grieving siblings are furious when social services arranges for their estranged father to come live with them, but as the story draws to a close, one...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: Night Danger
Night Danger is a realistic story about a K’ómoks First Nation boy who goes with friends on a mountain biking trip and becomes the group’s unlikely saviour when a grizzly bear threatens. Drawing on his grandfather’s...