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• Wild Berries

  Pikaci-mīnisa

  Flett, Julie

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  Clarence, a young Cree Indian, and his grandmother pick blueberries together as they sing, look out for the animals, and enjoy sampling the fruit. In a quietly perceptive story that includes a handful of key words translated into a Cree dialect, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?

  Gray, Rita

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  Layering delicate leaves and branches in green-browns, gold-greens, and touches of scarlet, newcomer Pak gives Gray's story about nesting robins a quiet, measured dynamism. The restraint of the artwork dovetails nicely with the story's themes:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drumheller Dinosaur Dance

  Heidbreder, Robert

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  By daylight, the Drumheller dinosaurs rest their ancient bones. But when the moon rises, so do these slumbering skeletons -- ready to tango, fandango, shimmy and shake! This exuberant read-aloud imagines what the dinosaur skeletons of world-famous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fox on the Ice

  Mahkesis Miskwamihk E-cipatapit

  Highway, Tomson, 1951-

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  This beautiful picture book written in English and Cree portrays a Cree family ice fishing in Northern Manitoba on a gleaming winter day. Following a picnic lunch including "bannock baked over a fire, broiled whitefish right out of the lake,"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wave

  Lee, Suzy, 1974-

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  A wordless picture book that shows a little girl's first experiences at the beach, as she goes from being afraid of the roaring waves to playing on the shore while gulls soar overhead. Lee's wordless picture book perfectly captures a child's day at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Branch

  Messier, Mireille, 1971-

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  An ice storm damages trees throughout a girl's neighborhood, including her favorite branch from the tree in her yard. Still in her pajamas and slippers, she runs outside to survey the scene: "That was the branch I sat on, jumped from, played under,"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

  Messner, Kate

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  Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Picture a Tree

  Reid, Barbara, 1957-

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  Viewers are invited to think about how trees can be pictured: as a drawing on the sky, a skeleton, a tunnel, an ocean, a pirate ship, and more. Reid's Plasticine illustrations are remarkable. They are highly detailed and intricately developed, with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tree Song

  Stone, Tiffany, 1967-

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  This joyful book follows the life cycle of a tree as it grows from seedling to mature tree, and finally gives way to a new sapling. At every stage of the tree's life, children are shown playing under its branches.

• Singing Away the Dark

  Woodward, C. Hendrika

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  As a little girl walks to catch the school bus on a dark and windy winter morning, she finds that by singing, the woods aren't as scary, the walk isn't as long and the wind isn't as cold. This quietly stunning tale empowers all young children --…Read moreRead more of this annotation