Maher, Ramona. Illustrator/ Shonto Begay. 2003. Alice Yazzie’s Year. Tricycle Press. ISBN: 1-582460809
Age: 12+
Language: English
Subject: Youth, Adult; Fiction; Navajo

This book tells the story of an eleven-year-old Navajo girl and her grandfather. Each month of the year has a poem that describes an aspect of her life.

Major, Kevin. 1996. Blood Red Ochre. Random House. ISBN: 0-7704-2727-0
Age: 12+
Language: English
Subject: Youth, Adult; Fiction; Woodland, Beothuk

David is working with Nancy on a history assignment about the Beothuks. Together they go on a canoe trip to Red Ochre Island, a burial place of the Beothuk. The story incorporates a story about one of the last Beothuks.

Mamchur, Carolyn with Meguido Zola. Illustrator/ Anne Hanley. 1993. In the Garden. Winnipeg, MB: Pemmican Publications Inc. ISBN: 0-921827-31-8
Age: 8 - 10
Language: English
Subject: Children; Fiction; Metis
OUT OF PRINT

This is a story about a Metis girl, Joyce, living in a city. When her grandmother dies, she leaves Joyce a knotted handkerchief with some seeds. Joyce works hard to prepare a garden in which she can plant the seeds. While she is doing this she is also working through her grief at her grandmother’s death.