LibGuides: Social Studies Literature K-12: Grade 4

4.1: Alberta: A Sense of the Land

Picture Books

Chinook Christmas by Rudy Wiebe; David More (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Wie

Publication Date: 2002-09-10

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Climate; Change; Activities—Seasonal; Diversity; Identity; Events)
Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by Robert Heidbreder; Bill Slavin (Illustrator); Esperanca Melo (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Hei

Publication Date: 2004-08-01

Outcome: 4.1.1 (Keywords: Paleontology; Stories; Alberta; Fossil Heritage)
The Dust Bowl by David Booth; Karen Reczuch (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Boo

Publication Date: 1996-06-30

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.1; 4.3.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Change; History; Identity; Rural; Sense of Belonging; Stories)
Josepha by Jim McGugan; Murray Kimber (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic McG

Publication Date: 2003-01-14

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.4; 4.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Immigrants; Stories; Rural; History; Land Use; Quality of Life)
Me, All Alone, at the End of the World by M. T. Anderson; Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic And

Publication Date: 2005-09-13

Outcome: 4.1.1 (Keywords: Environment; Stories; Sense of Belonging)
The New Land by Marilynn Reynolds; Stephen McCallum (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Rey

Publication Date: 1999-03-01

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Stories; Rural; Immigration; Identity; Quality of Life; History; Land Use)
The Prairie Fire by Marilynn Reynolds; Don Kirby (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Rey

Publication Date: 1999-08-01

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Stories; Rural; History; Landscapes)
Prairie Willow by Maxine Trottier; Laura Fernandez (Illustrator); Rick Jacobson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Tro

Publication Date: 1998-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Stories; Land Use; Landscapes; History; Agriculture; Change)
A Prairie Year by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Ban

Publication Date: 1994-10-12

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Communities; Sustainability; Land Use; Diversity; Stories; Identity; Regions)
Silver threads by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch; Michael Martchenko
Call Number: Pic Skr

Publication Date: 1996

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.3.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Immigration; Immigrants; Belonging; European; Quality of Life; Stories; Rural)
The Strongest Man This Side of Cremona by Georgia Graham (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Gra

Publication Date: 2002-09-10

Outcome: 4.1 (Keywords: Alberta; Agriculture; Change; Climate; Physical Geography)
A Team Like No Other by Georgia Graham (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Gra

Publication Date: 2004-10-07

Outcome: 4.1 (Keywords: Alberta; Environment; Geological Features; Regions; Landscapes)
Tiger's New Cowboy Boots by Irene Morck; Georgia Graham (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Mor

Publication Date: 2003-02-04

Outcome: 4.1 (Keywords: Alberta; Change; Land Use; Quality of Life)
Under a Prairie Sky by Alan Daniel (Illustrator); Lea Daniel (Illustrator); Anne Laurel Carter
Call Number: Pic Car

Publication Date: 2001-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Geography; Identity; Agriculture; Landscapes; Stories)

Indigenous Perspectives: Informational

Blackfoot by Mary Stout
Call Number: E 99 S54 S8 2005

Publication Date: 2004-07-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Multiple Perspectives; Identity; Culture; Language; Historical Significance)
The Buffalo and the Indians by William Muñoz (By (photographer)); Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Call Number: 970.412 Pat

Publication Date: 2006-06-12

Outcomes: 4.1.4; 4.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Change; European; Diversity; History; Landscapes; Multiple Perspectives)
Cree History and Culture by Helen Dwyer; Mary Stout
Call Number: 971.2004 Dwy

Publication Date: 2012-08-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Multiple Perspectives; Identity; Culture; Language; Historical Significance)
Nitsitapiisinni: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Call Number: 970.3 Sto

Publication Date: 2001

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Multiple Perspectives; Identity; Culture; Language; Historical Significance)
Reading the Entrails by Norman Charles Conrad
Call Number: QH 106.2 A4 C66 1999

Publication Date: 1999-11-30

Outcomes: This book attends to many Outcomes in the Program of Studies, Teacher Resource (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Agriculture; Alberta; Environment; Economics; Growth; Geological Features; Landforms; Historical Significance)
The Return of the Buffaloes by Paul Goble
Call Number: 398.2097 Gob

Publication Date: 2002-08-01

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: First Nations; Historical Significance; Multiple Perspectives; Oral Traditions; Migration)

Indigenous Perspectives: Novels

Ambush in the Foothills by Bill Freeman
Call Number: Juv Fre

Publication Date: 2000-01-01

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Alberta; Stories; Aboriginal Peoples; Landscapes; Historical Significance)
Finders Keepers by Andrea Spalding
Call Number: Hist. F Spa

Publication Date: 2006-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Stories; Aboriginal Peoples; Multiple Perspectives; Geographic Place Names; Identity)
Hidden Buffalo by Rudy Wiebe; Michael Lonechild (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Wie

Publication Date: 2003-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Stories; Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Change; Historic Sights; Land Use; Multiple Perspectives)

Novels

Alberta Alibi by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
Call Number: Juv Gae

Publication Date: 2005-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.4; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Alberta; Environment; Stories; Regions; Change; Land Use)
Angelique: Book Two : The Long Way Home by Cora Taylor
Call Number: Juv Tay

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Métis Nation; Stories; Land Use; Identity; Communities)
Bone Beds of the Badlands by Shane Peacock
Call Number: Juv Pea

Publication Date: 2002

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Alberta; Paleontology; Geological Features; Landforms; History; Fossil Heritage; Geographic Place Names; Stories)
Davey's Choice by Jean Burgess
Call Number: YA Bur

Publication Date: 2000

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2, 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Communities; Diversity; Aboriginal Peoples; Regions; Land Use; Quality of Life; Multiple Perspectives)
Keeley: Keeley's Big Story by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: Pic Ell

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Historical Sites; Communities; Stories; Geological Features; Land Use)
Keeley: The Girl From Turtle Mountain by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: Pic Ell

Publication Date: 2004

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Historical Sites; Communities; Stories; Belonging; Quality of Life)
Lizzie's Storm by Sally Fitz-Gibbon; Muriel Wood (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Fit

Publication Date: 1991-01-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.2 (Keywords: Agriculture; Land Use; Belonging; Climate; Quality of Life)
The Mountain That Walked by Katherine Holubitsky
Call Number: Juv Hol

Publication Date: 2005-05-01

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Historical Sites; Communities; Stories; Geological Features; Land Use; Events)
The Mystery of the Frozen Brains by Marty Chan; R. P. MacIntyre (Editor)
Call Number: Juv Cha

Publication Date: 2004-04-21

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Immigrants; Alberta; Stories; Francophone; Belonging; Communities; Diversity; Identity--Individual)
Shadows of Disaster by Cathy Beveridge
Call Number: Juv Bev

Publication Date: 2005-03-01

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Stories; Landforms; Geographic Place Names; Historic Sites; Events)
Ticket to Curlew by Celia Barker Lottridge
Call Number: Juv Lot

Publication Date: 2001-03-08

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Stories; Historical Significance; Rural; Alberta; Immigration; Identity)
Wings to Fly by Celia Barker Lottridge; Mary Jane Gerber
Call Number: Juv Lot

Publication Date: 1999-03-25

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Alberta; Stories; Rural; Immigration; Identity; Quality of Life)

Informational

Alberta by Gordon D. Laws; Lauren M. Laws
Call Number: 971.23 Law

Publication Date: 2004-09-10

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.2; 4.3.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Geography; Climate; Geology; Culture; Economy)
Alberta by Whitecap Books Staff; Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Call Number: 971.23 Kyi

Publication Date: 2005-07-01

Outcome: 4.1 (Keywords: Alberta; Land; Climate; Resources)
Alberta by Jill Foran
Call Number: 917.123 For

Publication Date: 2004

Outcome: 4.1 (Keywords: Alberta; Land; Climate; Resources)
Boondoggles, Bonanzas, and Other Alberta Stories by Brian Brennan
Call Number: FC 3661.8 B73 2003

Publication Date: 2004-04-01

Outcomes: 4.1.4; 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; History; Identity; Culture; Stories; Historic Sights; Heritage)
Canadian Dinosaurs by Elin Kelsey
Call Number: 567.91 Kel

Publication Date: 2003-09-06

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.3; 4.1.4; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Alberta; Archaeologists; Archaeology; Fossil Heritage; Paleontologists; Paleontology)
C Is for Chinook by Dawn Welykochy; Lorna Bennett (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Wel

Publication Date: 2004-11-16

Outcome: 4.1.1 (Keywords: Geography; Story; Symbols and Landmarks; History)
Destination: Rocky Mountains by Jonathan Grupper
Call Number: 917.8 Gur

Publication Date: 2001-04-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.2; 4.1.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Environment; Geography; Landforms; Natural Vegetation; Physical Geography; Regions)
Dinosaur Hunters by Lisa Murphy-Lamb
Call Number: 560.92 Mur

Publication Date: 2003-01-01

Outcome: 4.1 (Keywords: Archaeologists; Archaeology; Fossil Heritage; Paleontologists; Paleontology)
The Future of the Earth by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Call Number: 338.927 Dub

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.2 (Keywords: Environment; Sustainability; Quality of Life; Sustainability; Natural Vegetation)
The General Store by Bobbie Kalman
Call Number: 973 Kal

Publication Date: 1996-10-31

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Communities; History; Economy; Change; Growth)
Heartland by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.2 Ban

Publication Date: 2005-01-25

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Communities; Sustainability; Land Use; Diversity; Stories; Identity; Regions)
If You're Not from the Prairie by David Bouchard; Henry Ripplinger (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811.54 Bou

Publication Date: 1998-06-01

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Identity; Regions; Rural; Stories)
The Immigrant Experience by Rose Fine-Meyer
Call Number: 325.71 Fin

Publication Date: 2003

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.3.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Immigration; Immigrants; Belonging; European; Quality of Life; Stories; Rural; Events)
A is Alberta : A Centennial Alphabet by Kenneth W. Tingley; R.F.M. McInnis
Call Number: 971.23 Tin

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Identity; History; Land; Climate; Resources; Change)
A Prairie Alphabet by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Ban

Publication Date: 1992-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Communities; Land Use; Diversity; Stories; Identity; Regions)
Settling In by Faye Reineberg Holt
Call Number: NA 7242 P73 R45 1999

Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Change; Climate; Communities; Culture; History; Identity)
Solar Power by Josepha Sherman
Call Number: 333.792 She

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.4 (Keywords: Natural Resources; Climate; Environment; Sustainability)
Still Standing II: The Grain Elevators of Central & Northern Alberta by Sophi Hicken
Call Number: 633.1 Hic

Publication Date: 2003

Outcomes: 4.1.4; 4.2.2, 4.3.2; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Alberta; Heritage; Agriculture; Artifact; Change; Rural)
Wind Power by Josepha Sherman
Call Number: 333.92 She

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.4 (Keywords: Natural Resources; Climate; Environment; Sustainability)

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4.1: Alberta: A Sense of the Land

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