LibGuides: Social Studies Literature K-12: 4.2

4.2: The Stories, Histories, and People of Alberta

Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books

The Bone Talker by Shelley A. Leedahl; Bill Slavin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Lee

Publication Date: 2000-06-01

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Stories; Change; Communities; Belonging; Heritage; Oral Traditions)
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)
The Song Within My Heart by David Bouchard; Allen Sapp (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bou

Publication Date: 2003-03-07

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal; First Nations; Culture; Identity; Stories)
Thomas and the Metis Sash by Bonnie Murray; Sheldon Dawson (Illustrator); Rita Flamand (Translator)
Call Number: Pic Mur

Publication Date: 2015-09-24

Outcome: 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Métis; Historical Significance; Stories; Identity; Diversity; Culture; Artifact)

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)
The Ghost Dance Caper by Monica Hughes
Call Number: YA Hug

Publication Date: 1993-10-01

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.3.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Belonging; Diversity; Multiple Perspectives)
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)
Storm Child by Brenda Bellingham
Call Number: Hist. F Bel

Publication Date: 1985-01-01

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Belonging; Europeans; Identity; British Institutions; European; Communities; Stories)

Indigenous Perspectives: Informational

Aboriginal Cultures in Alberta by Susan Berry; Jack Brink
Call Number: E 78 A34 B48 2004

Publication Date: 2004-06-15

Outcomes: 4.2, 4.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples, First Nations, Alberta, European, Identity, Social, History)
As Long As the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie; Constance Brissenden; Heather D. Holmlund (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.4123 Loy

Publication Date: 2003-02-18

Outcomes: 4.2.2; 4.3.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal; First Nations; Sense of Belonging; Change; Diversity; Identity; Stories)
The Blackfeet Nation by Allison Lassieur
Call Number: 970.3 Las

Publication Date: 2001-09-01

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Identity; Multiple Perspectives; Belonging)
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)
Bones in the Basket by C. J. Taylor (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Tay

Publication Date: 1994-09-29

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Diversity; Multiple Perspectives; Identity;
Stories; Narrative)
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers
Call Number: 811.3 Sea

Publication Date: 2002-07-22

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Environment; Change; Heritage; Landscapes; Multiple Perspectives)
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)
Crowfoot by Carlotta Hacker
Call Number: 970.3 Hac

Publication Date: 1999-02-28

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Multiple Perspectives; Identity; Historical Significance)
The Earth under Sky Bear's Feet by Joseph Bruchac; Thomas Locker (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Bru

Publication Date: 1995-10-17

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Stories; Aboriginal; First Nations; Environment)
The Ghost and Lone Warrior by C. J. Taylor (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Tay

Publication Date: 1991-09-01

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Diversity; Multiple Perspectives; Identity; Stories; Narrative)
How We Saw the World by C. J. Taylor (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Tay

Publication Date: 1993-08-12

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Diversity; Multiple Perspectives; Identity; Stories; Narrative)
Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants Through Native American Stories and Earth Activities For Children by MIchael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
Call Number: 398.2098 Cad Gr.10 v.1

Publication Date: 1994

Outcomes: 4.2 (Keywords: Stories; Aboriginal; First Nations; Environment)
The Love Flute by Paul Goble (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Gob

Publication Date: 1992-09-30

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Stories; Aboriginal; First Nations; Environment)
Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes by Rebecca Sjonger; Bobbie Kalman
Call Number: 971.3004 Sjo

Publication Date: 2004-10-31

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Identity; Multiple Perspectives; Belonging)
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)
Peace Walker by C. J. Taylor
Call Number: 398.2089 Tay

Publication Date: 2004-09-14

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Diversity; Multiple Perspectives; Identity; Stories; Narrative)
Qu'Appelle by David Bouchard; Michael Lonechild (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Bou

Publication Date: 2002-06-24

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Stories; Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Geographic Place Names; Change; Historic Sights; Land Use; Multiple Perspectives)
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)
Star Boy by Paul Goble
Call Number: 398.2 Gob

Publication Date: 1991-09-01

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal; Stories; Identity; Diversity, Culture)
A Very Small Rebellion by Jan Truss; Jack Chambers
Call Number: Hist. F Tru

Publication Date: 1977

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Métis Nation; Métis Settlement; Change; Diversity; Historical Significance; Identity; Events)
Wisakyjak and the Giant Lynxes and the Making of the New World After the Great Flood by Adam Ballantyne; Annie Downes Catterson
Call Number: 398.2089 Bal

Publication Date: 1991

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal; First Nations; Identity; Oral Traditions; Stories)

Picture Books

Braided Pigtails by Laural Chvojka; Lorlie L. Vuori
Call Number: Pic Chy

Publication Date: 2001

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Alberta; Rural; Stories; Communities; Quality of Life)
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)
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: Juv 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 and Mr. Mah by Andrea Spalding; Janet Wilson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Spa

Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Outcomes: 4.2.2, 4.2.3 (Keywords: Culture; Diversity; Social; Belonging; Identity)
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)
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)

Novels

The Adventures of Caraway Kim... Southpaw by Don Truckey; R P Macintyre (Editor)
Call Number: Juv Tru

Publication Date: 2006-10-23

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Rural; Stories; Sense of Belonging; Quality of Life; Identity—Individual; Communities)
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)
Apples and Angel Ladders by Irene Morck; Muriel Wood (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Mor

Publication Date: 2001-06-18

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Alberta; Stories; Rural; Immigration; Identity; Quality of Life)
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: Juv 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: Book Two : Keeley's Big Story by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: Juv 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: Juv Ell

Publication Date: 2004

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2 (Keywords: Historical Sites; Communities; Stories; Belonging; 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)
Noreen and the Amazing No-Good Horse by Marion Brooker
Call Number: Juv Bro

Publication Date: 2003

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Stories; Rural; Recreation; Communities)
Summer of the Mad Monk by Cora Taylor
Call Number: YA Tay

Publication Date: 1994

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Stories; History; Immigration; Identity; Landscapes)
Tangled in Time by Lynne Fairbridge
Call Number: Juv Fai

Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Immigrants; Land Use; Stories; Diversity; Physical Geography; Narrative)
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

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)
Confederation and the West by Douglas Baldwin
Call Number: 971.05 Bal

Publication Date: 2003

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Historical Significance; Red River; Resistance; Métis Nation; Métis Settlement; Events)
D Is for Drum by Michael Shoulders; Debbie Shoulders; Irving Toddy (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.1 Sho

Publication Date: 2006-05-31

Outcome: 4.2.1 (Keywords: Communities; Heritage; History; Identity—Collective; Agriculture; Rural)
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)
A is Alberta 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)
Kidmonton by Linda Goyette
Call Number: 971.2334 Goy

Publication Date: 2004

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Stories; Alberta; History; Identity; Change; Communities; Literature)
The Kids Book of Canadian Immigration by Deborah Hodge; John Mantha (Illustrator)
Call Number: 325.71 Hod

Publication Date: 2006-08-01

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Stories; Alberta; Aboriginal Peoples; Immigration; Identity; Communities; Diversity; French; Heritage)
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)
The RCMP by Erinn Banting
Call Number: 636.20971 Ban

Publication Date: 2005

Outcome: 4.2.2 (Keywords: Heritage; History; Identity; British Institutions)
Rescue at Fort Edmonton by Rita Feutl
Call Number: 813.6 Feu Gr.4

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Stories; History; Alberta; Multiple Perspectives; Identity)
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)
The Story Behind Alberta Names by Harry M. Sanders
Call Number: FC 3656 S26 2003

Publication Date: 2003-08-08

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3.3; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Alberta; Heritage; Communities; Geographic Place Names; Historic Sights; Recreational Sites; Stories)
Under the Wide Blue Sky by Lisa Hurst-Archer (Editor); Heather Urness (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2097123 Und

Publication Date: 2005-04-26

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Stories; Alberta; Identity; Aboriginal; Multiple Perspectives; Quality of Life; Land Use)

Biography

Adventurous Albertans by Nancy Mackenzie
Call Number: Hist. 971.23 Mac Gr.4

Publication Date: 1993

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; History; Identity; Heritage; Diversity; Change; Growth)
Alberta's Francophones by Nathalie J. Kermoal
Call Number: FC 3700.5 K4713 2005

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Francophone; Culture; History; Identity; Languages)
The Albertans by Scott Rollans; Ken Davis
Call Number: CT 299 A43 2005

Publication Date: 2005-08-30

Outcome: 4.2.1 (Keywords: Alberta; Culture; Diversity; Historical Significance; Identity—Individual; Identity— Collective)
The Albertans: From Settlement to Super Province, 1905-2005 by Paul Stanway
Call Number: 971.23 Sta

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Environment; Economics; Growth; Historical Significance; Change; Institutions; Events)
Five Pennies by Irene Morck; Brent Rambie (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.23 Mor

Publication Date: 1999-08-25

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Alberta; Stories; Rural; Immigration; Identity; Quality of Life)
John Ware by Ian Hundey
Call Number: 971.2302092 Hun

Publication Date: 2005-11-30

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2 (Keywords: Alberta; History; Stories; Change; Identity)
Super Ordinary Heroes by T. J. Georgi; Lisa Wojna
Call Number: 920.07123 Geo

Publication Date: 2006-05-27

Outcome: 4.2 (Keywords: Alberta; Stories; Diversity; Identity; Belonging)

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