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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...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: The Big Dark
The Big Dark is a retelling of a traditional Dene Tha’ creation story. When darkness comes to the peaceful Earth of long ago, the animals find a way to save themselves, but Earth is forever changed...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: The One Who Watches Over
The One Who Watches Over is a retelling by two Inuvialuit authors that introduces readers to significant figures in Inuit culture, including the good and selfless Kublualuk and the beautiful and...
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Turtle Island Voices 5: The White Deer
The White Deer is a traditional Aboriginal tale told by peoples from the Eastern Woodlands of Turtle Island to the Plains and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The story tells of a hunter’s...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Close to Home
Close to Home is a realistic story about Laura, a Ktunaxa girl, who is placed in foster care. Laura struggles but finds her way after she develops a relationship with Daren, the hermit down the...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Contact
Contact is an expository text that surveys the history of Aboriginal and First Nations peoples in Canada, including creation stories, cultural areas, European contact, the spread of disease, the fur...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Glooscap Stops the Wind
Glooscap Stops the Wind is a retelling of a traditional Wabanaki story. Glooscap wants to go duck hunting, so travels to the Wind Eagle and stops the wind, but the result is not what he had hoped...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Let's Dance!
Let’s Dance is an expository text that explains how dancing is an important part of Aboriginal cultures past and present and describes a variety of dances, including jig, drum dance, fancy dance,...
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Turtle Island Voices 6: Nothing Scares Me!
Nothing Scares Me! is a realistic story about two Métis boys who are terrified by traditional tales of the famous Métis character Rou Garou. The boys are attending Back to Batouche Days and they hove
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Turtle Island Voices 6: The Mystery at Lake Laberge
The Mystery at Lake Laberge is a suspenseful, realistic story set in the Yukon. Three friends, Payuk, Kimi, and Biyen follow old Aaya deep into the woods to discover where he gets the gifts he...
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Turtle's Trouble
Turtle’s Trouble is a fictional text about a turtle who doesn’t feel like coming out of his shell. After a spider and parrot try to get him to come out, they call on their friend the elephant to help...
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Tyrone's Tricky Training
Tyrone’s Tricky Training is a recount by a girl whose couch-potato father refuses to exercise. His family tries without success to persuade him to move, but the narrator does the trick by getting...