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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: 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...
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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. The book concludes with Reflecting on...
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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 selfish Sedna. The book concludes with Reflecting on...
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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 tragic mistake and of the origin of the...
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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 street who was himself in foster care as a child. 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 trade, missionaries, residential schools, and...