LibGuides: Social Studies Literature K-12: Grade 1

1.1: My World: Home, School, and Community

Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books

I Can't Have Bannock but the Beaver Has a Dam by Bernelda Wheeler; Herman Bekkering (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Whe

Publication Date: 1993-01-01

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keywords: Cooperation, Environment)
Jack Pine Fish Camp by Tina Umpherville; Christie Rice
Call Number: Pic Ump

Publication Date: 1997

Outcomes: 1.1.1 (Keywords: Responsibility, Community)
The Moccasin Goalie by William Roy Brownridge
Call Number: Pic Bro

Publication Date: 2001-09-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (Keywords: Citizenship: belonging and connecting, Community)
The Moccasins by Earl Einarson; Earl Einarson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Ein

Publication Date: 2004-05-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1, 1.2.2 (Keywords: Identity, Belonging, Community: home, Aboriginal)
My Kokum Called Today by Iris Loewen; Gloria Miller (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Loe

Publication Date: 2015-08-24

Outcomes: 1.1.1, 1.1.5 (Keywords: Respect, Rural, Urban, Aboriginal)
Wild Bog Tea by Annette LeBox; Harvey Chan (Illustrator); Groundwood Books Staff
Call Number: Pic Leb

Publication Date: 2001-07-10

Outcomes: 1.2.2 (Keywords: Change (over time), Community: home, school)

Indigenous Perspectives: Informational

Little Water and the Gift of the Animals by C. J. Taylor (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Tay

Publication Date: 1992-09-01

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keyword: environment)
Nanabosho : How the Turtle Got Its Shell by Joseph McLellan; Rhian Brynjolson (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 McL

Publication Date: 2015-08-24

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keywords: Cooperation, Environment)
Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Lew

Publication Date: 1998-10-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1 (Keywords: Identity, Aboriginal)

Picture Books

Bibi and the Bull by Carol Vaage; Georgia Graham
Call Number: Pic Vaa

Publication Date: 1995

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keyword: Rural)
Come to the Fair by Janet Lunn; Gilles Pelletier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Lun

Publication Date: 1997-09-27

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Community, Rural)
Country Kid, City Kid by Julie Cummins; Ted Rand (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Cum

Publication Date: 2002-11-01

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Community: Urban, Rural)
The Earth and I by Frank Asch
Call Number: Pic Asc

Publication Date: 1994-09-26

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keywords: Environment, Caring)
Families Are Different by Nina Pellegrini (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Pel

Publication Date: 1991-09-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1 (Keywords: Cooperation, Identity, Multiple Points of View)
The First Red Maple Leaf by Ludmila Zeman
Call Number: Pic Zem

Publication Date: 1999-08-19

Outcomes: 1.1.3 (Keywords: Communities, Symbols and Landmarks, Identity)
The Flying Canoe by Roch Carrier; Sheldon Oberman (Illustrator); Sheila Fischman (Translator); Sheldon Cohen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Car

Publication Date: 2004-11-23

Outcomes: 1.2.1, 1.2.2 (Keywords from CBE: Francophone, Cultures: story, beliefs; Uniqueness)
The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier; Sheldon Cohen (Illustrator); Sheila Fischman (Translator)
Call Number: Pic Car

Publication Date: 1984-03-01

Outcomes: 1.1.2, 1.1.3 (Keywords: Belonging, Community, Culture, Francophone, Identity, Perspective, Symbols)
Home by Jeannie Baker (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bak

Publication Date: 2004-03-16

Outcomes: 1.1.5, 1.2.2 (Keywords: Change, Community: home, school)
Looking after Louis by Lesley Ely; Polly Dunbar (Illustrator, Translator)
Call Number: Pic Ely

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3 (Keywords: Citizenship: belonging and connecting, Community)
Ma, I'm a Farmer by Michael Martchenko (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Mar

Publication Date: 2003-09-06

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Rural, Urban, Occupations)
My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits; Gabi Swiatkowska (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Rec

Publication Date: 2003-04-03

Outcomes: 1.1.1, 1.1.3 (Keywords: Citizenship, Belonging, Uniqueness)
My Neighborhood by Lisa Bullard; Omarr Wesley (Illustrator); Brandon Reibeling (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bul

Publication Date: 2002-09-01

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keywords: Cooperation, Community)
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Cho

Publication Date: 2001-07-10

Outcomes: 1.1.1 (Keywords: Uniqueness, Cultures)
Next Stop! by Sarah Ellis; Ruth Ohi (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Ell

Publication Date: 2000-10-01

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keyword: Community)
On the Town by Judith Caseley (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Cas

Publication Date: 2002-03-26

Outcomes: 1.1.3 (Keyword: Community)
On Uncle John's Farm by Sally Fitz-Gibbon; Brian Deines (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Fit

Publication Date: 2000-10-01

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Rural, Symbols and Landmarks)
The Peace Book by Todd Parr
Call Number: Pic Par

Publication Date: 2004-09-08

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keywords: Peace, Cooperation)
Pinduli by Janell Cannon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Can

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (Keywords: Uniqueness, Acceptance, Respect)
Rachel, a Hutterite Girl by Rachel Maendel; Hannah Marsden (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Mae

Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1 (Keywords: Community, Identity, Respect)
Red Parka Mary by Peter Eyvindson; Rhian Brynjolson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Eyv

Publication Date: 2015-08-24

Outcomes: 1.1.1 (Keywords: Respect, Acceptance, Belonging)
A Salmon for Simon by Betty Waterton; Ann Blades (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Wat

Publication Date: 1996-07-26

Outcomes: 1.1.3 (Keywords: Community: home, school)
The Sugaring-off Party by Jonathan London
Call Number: Pic Lon

Publication Date: 1995

Outcomes: 1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.2.1, 1.2.2 (Keywords: Belonging, Change, Community, Culture, Francophone, Identity)
Two Homes by Claire Masurel; Kady MacDonald Denton (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Mas

Publication Date: 2001-06-01

Outcomes: 1.1.3, 1.1.4 (Keywords: Community: home, Cooperation, Peace)
Two Pairs of Shoes by Esther Sanderson; David Beyer
Call Number: Pic San

Publication Date: 1990

Outcomes: 1.1.1, 1.1.3 (Keywords: Belonging, Aboriginal, Cultures: clothing)
Window by Jeannie Baker (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bak

Publication Date: 1991-04-26

Outcomes: 1.2.2, 1.1.4 (Keywords: Change, Community: home, school)
Wow! City! by Robert Neubecker (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Neu

Publication Date: 2004-08-30

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Community, Urban, Landmarks)

Informational

Canadian Police Officers by Paulette Bourgeois; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
Call Number: 363.22 Bou

Publication Date: 1992-06-30

Outcomes: 1.1.3 (Keywords: Symbols and Landmarks, Community, Identity)
Canadian Postal Workers by Paulette Bourgeois; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
Call Number: 383.4971 Bou

Publication Date: 1992-06-30

Outcomes: 1.1.3 (Keywords: Symbols and Landmarks, Community, Identity)
Children Around the World by Donata Montanari (Illustrator)
Call Number: 390.083 Mon

Publication Date: 2004-02-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1 (Keywords: Cultures: traditions, languages, celebrations, story, beliefs, Multiple Points of View)
City Signs by Zoran Milich
Call Number: 302.23 Mil

Publication Date: 2005-03-01

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Symbols and Landmarks, Urban)
Houses and Homes by Ann Morris; A. Morris
Call Number: 363.5 Mor

Publication Date: 1995-04-01

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Urban, Rural, Community: Home, Multiple Points of View)
In the City by Don Kilby (Illustrator)
Call Number: 629.225 Kil

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Community, Urban) Vehicles shown are less unique to the city (e.g. fire truck, delivery truck, bucket truck)
In the Country by Don Kilby (Illustrator)
Call Number: 631.3 Kil

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

Outcomes: 1.1.5 (Keywords: Community, Rural)
O Canada: Our National Anthem by Calixa Lavallee
Call Number: 781.599 O

Publication Date: 2003

Outcomes: 1.1.3 (Keywords: Belonging, Citizenship, Identity, Symbols and Landmarks)
What Does Peace Feel Like? by Vladimir Radunsky (Illustrator)
Call Number: 303.66 Rad

Publication Date: 2004-11-01

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keyword: Cooperation)
Whoever You Are by Mem Fox; Leslie Staub (Illustrator)
Call Number: 305.8 Fox

Publication Date: 2001-08-01

Outcomes: 1.1.1 (Keywords: Belonging, Multiple Points of View)
Why Should I Protect Nature? by Jen Green; Mike Gordon (Illustrator)
Call Number: 333.72 Gre

Publication Date: 2005-02-01

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keyword: Environment)
Why Should I Save Energy? by Jen Green; Mike Gordon (Illustrator)
Call Number: 333.7916 Gre

Publication Date: 2005-02-01

Outcomes: 1.1.4 (Keyword: Environment)

Social Studies Literature K-12

1.1: My World: Home, School, and Community

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