Turtle Island Voices: 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 Circle, a feature that prompts readers to make connections.

The book has a Contents and is divided into sections.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned photographs and charts support the text directly and add meaning.  Fact boxes and sidebars add interest.  A Dig Deeper feature prompts research.

Potentially unfamiliar words are defined in context.

This title is from the Turtle Island Voices series. Pique students’ interest in learning about Aboriginal peoples and cultures with exciting stories and information texts.