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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 for, so Glooscap must make a return journey to set...
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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, hoop dance, smoke dance, grass dance, jingle dress...
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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 hover in their tent at night while two...
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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 brings to the village, but before they learn the truth,...
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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. The elephant throws turtle into the water...
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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 him to go for a five-minute walk – which...
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Uncle Ted Is Tricky!
Uncle Ted is Tricky is a humorous, realistic fiction about two twins whose uncle comes over. Uncle Ted always play tricks on the twins and says that they never be able to trick him. The twins finally trick Uncle Ted when they put salt all over his ice...
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Uncle Ted's Big Jump
Uncle Ted’s Big Jump is a humorous, realistic fiction about two kids whose favourite uncle, Uncle Ted, comes down to visit. While reading the paper, Uncle Ted spots an advertisement and decides to go bungee jumping. When he jumps, he loses his...
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Uncle Ted's Teeth
Uncle Ted’s Teeth is a humorous, realistic fiction about twins whose uncle snaps his fake teeth together to make people and animals laugh. When the boys and their uncle buy toffee, Uncle Ted’s teeth get covered in the sticky candy and he has...
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Under the Ground
Under the Ground is an informational text that shows animals that live underground. The text has the repeating language pattern “Look under the ground. Look at the ________.” All the sentences are short and predictable. Vibrant...
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Under the Ice
Under the Ice is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the different animals that go under the ice. Illustrations support the text and are labeled. An illustration in the top right hand corner summarizes the text of that page To...
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Under the Leaf
Under the Leaf is a humorous animal fantasy. First, Monkey is hot and finds shade under a leaf. He invites Lion, then Tiger, to join him, but when a mosquito arrives he stings the first three. In the end, the mosquito has the leaf to...