LibGuides: Social Studies Literature K-12: Grade 5

5.1: Physical Geography of Canada

Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books

Baseball Bats for Christmas by Michael Kusugak; Vladyana Langer Krykorka (Illustrator); Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykorka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Kus

Publication Date: 1990-05-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Northern; Natural environment; Ways of life; Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit)
Morning on the Lake by Karen Reczuch (Illustrator); Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Call Number: Pic Wab

Publication Date: 1999-02-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Elders; Natural environment; Geography; Ways of life; Stories)
Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykora (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Kus

Publication Date: 1993-05-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Inuit; Natural environment; Geography; Ways of life; Northern)
SkySisters by Brian Deines (Illustrator); Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Call Number: Pic Wab

Publication Date: 2002-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)
Solomon's Tree by Andrea Spalding; Janet Wilson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Spa

Publication Date: 2005-02-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)

Indigenous Perspectives: Novels

Finders Keepers by Andrea Spalding
Call Number: Hist. F Spa

Publication Date: 2006-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Ways of life; Interaction; Identity; Protected areas)
Miracle at Willowcreek by Annette LeBox
Call Number: Juv LeB

Publication Date: 1998-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; First Nations; Change over time; Conservation; Environment; Growth; Oral traditions; Quality of life; Western Canada)

Indigenous Perspectives: Informational

A Northern Alphabet by Ted Harrison
Call Number: 971.9 Har

Publication Date: 1989-08-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Northern; Ways of life)
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
Call Number: 974.4 Che

Publication Date: 1992-03-15

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Change over time; Geography; Industrialization; Natural environment; Preservation; Protected areas; Quality of life; Responsibility; Sustainability; Urbanization)

Picture Books

At Grandpa's Sugar Bush by Margaret Carney; Janet Wilson (Illustrator)
Call Number: 633.64 Car

Publication Date: 1998-03-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)
Boy of the Deeps by Ian Wallace
Call Number: Pic Wal

Publication Date: 2005-04-27

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 (Keywords: Geography; Natural Resources; Ways of Life; Environment; Eastern Canada)
Camels Always Do by Lynn Manuel; Kasia Charko (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Man

Publication Date: 2004-04-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 (Keywords: Geography; Environment; Natural resources; Western Canada)
The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service; Ted Harrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811.52 Ser

Publication Date: 1986-06-30

Outcome 5.1.3
Dawn Watch by Nicolas Debon (Illustrator); Jean E. Pendziwol
Call Number: Pic Pen

Publication Date: 2004-08-10

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Bodies of water; Natural environment)
Driftwood Cove by Sandra Lightburn; Ron Lightburn
Call Number: Pic Lig

Publication Date: 1998

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)
Duncan's Way by Ian Wallace; I. Wallace
Call Number: Pic Wal

Publication Date: 2000-04-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Change; Communities; Economics; Identity; Quality of Life; Natural resources)
The Dust Bowl by David Booth; Karen Reczuch (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Boo

Publication Date: 1996-06-30

Outcomes: 5.1.2, 5.3.4 (Keywords: Depression; Ways of life; Geography)
The Edmund Fitzgerald by Kathy-jo Wargin; Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator)
Call Number: 917.74 War

Publication Date: 2003-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.2 (Keywords: Bodies or water; Natural environment; Historical events; Natural disasters)
Gone Again Ptarmigan by Jonathan London; Jon Van Zyle (Illustrator)
Call Number: 598.6 Lon

Publication Date: 2001-04-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Northern)
Hold On, McGinty! by Nancy Hartry; Don Kilby
Call Number: Pic Har

Publication Date: 1997

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Bodies of water; Change over time; Natural resources; Quality of Life; Sustainability)
If You're Not from the Prairie by David Bouchard; Henry Ripplinger (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811.54 Bou

Publication Date: 1998-06-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)
The Killick : A Newfoundland Story by Geoff Butler (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic But

Publication Date: 1995-09-13

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.3.1 ; 5.3.4 (Keywords: Change over time; Eastern Canada; Identity; Oral traditions; Climate; Ways of Life; Natural resources)
The Klondike Cat by Julie Lawson; Paul Mombourquette (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Law

Publication Date: 2004-08-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 (Keywords: Western Canada; History; Communities; Natural resources; Economics)
A Mountain Alphabet by Andrew Kiss (Illustrator); Margriet Ruurs
Call Number: 578.753 Ruu

Publication Date: 1996-09-28

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)
A Northern Nativity by William Kurelek
Call Number: Pic Kur

Publication Date: 1976-09-01

Outcome 5.1.3
Perfect Snow by Barbara Reid
Call Number: Pic Rei

Publication Date: 2009

Outcome: 5.1.3
Picturescape by Elisa Gutierrez
Call Number: Pic Gut

Publication Date: 2005-09-07

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.3 (Keywords: Canada; Geography; Environment; Identity)
A Porcupine in a Pine Tree by Helaine Becker; illustrator, Werner Zimmerman
Call Number: 811.6

Publication Date: 2010

Outcome 5.1.3
A Prairie Boy's Summer by William Kurelek
Call Number: Pic Kur

Publication Date: 1975-06-01

Outcome: 5.1.3
The Prairie Fire by Marilynn Reynolds; Don Kirby (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Rey

Publication Date: 1999-08-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)
A Prairie Year by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Ban

Publication Date: 1994-10-12

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)
Salmon Forest by Sarah Ellis; Sheena Lott (Illustrator); David Suzuki
Call Number: Pic Suz

Publication Date: 2006-04-05

Outcomes: 5.1.1 (Keywords: Natural Resources; Natural Environment; Conservation)
The Strongest Man This Side of Cremona by Georgia Graham (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Gra

Publication Date: 2002-09-10

Outcome 5.1.2
Tiger's New Cowboy Boots by Irene Morck; Georgia Graham (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Mor

Publication Date: 2003-02-04

Outcome: 5.1.3
The True Story of Trapper Jack's Left Big Toe by Ian Wallace (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Wal

Publication Date: 2002-04-01

Outcome 5.1.3

Novels

The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: YA Opp

Publication Date: 2014
Keri by Jan Andrews
Call Number: Hist. F And

Publication Date: 1996-04-01

Outcomes: 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life)
Pit Pony by Joyce Barkhouse; Zoe Lucas
Call Number: Juv Bar

Publication Date: 2016-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural environment; Ways of life; Natural resources)
Shadows of Disaster by Cathy Beveridge
Call Number: Juv Bev

Publication Date: 2005-03-01

Outcomes: 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural disasters; Natural environment)
Smoke over Grand Pre by Marion Davison; Audrey Marsh
Call Number: YA Day

Publication Date: 2012-08-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1; 5.1.3; 5.2.1; 5.2.2; 5.2.3; 5.2.4 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; British; Coureurs des bois; French; Fur trade; Official languages; Interaction)
Stormstruck by Cathy Beveridge
Call Number: Pic Bev

Publication Date: 2006-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.2 (Keywords: Geography; Natural disasters; Natural environment)

Informational

The Appalachian by Erin Banting
Call Number: 917 Can Gr.5 v.1

Publication Date: 2006

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 (Keywords: Canada; Environment; Geography; Growth; Historical; Natural environment; Natural resources; Climate)
The Big Book of Canada by Christopher Moore; Bill Slavin (Illustrator); Janet Lunn (Introduction by)
Call Number: 971 Moo

Publication Date: 2002-08-15

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; Inuit; Fur trade; Geography; Identity; Natural Resources)
Canada by Tracey Boraas
Call Number: 971 Bor

Publication Date: 2001-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 (Keywords: History; Landforms; National Parks; Confederation)
Canadian Unity by Don Wells
Call Number: 971 Can

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Geography; Diversity; Economics)
C Is for Chinook by Dawn Welykochy; Lorna Bennett (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Wel

Publication Date: 2004-11-16

Outcome: 5.1.3
Digging Canadian History by Rebecca L. Grambo
Call Number: 971.01 Gra

Publication Date: 2006-04-05

Outcomes: 5.1.1 (Keywords: Historical Significance; Geography; Natural environment)
Eh? To Zed by Kevin Major; Alan Daniel (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Maj

Publication Date: 2003-01-14

Outcome: 5.1.3
Going Lobstering by Jerry Pallotta; Rob Bolster (Illustrator)
Call Number: 639.541 Pal

Publication Date: 1990-02-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 (Keywords: Natural resources; Geography; Eastern Canada)
Louisbourg: An 18th-Century Town by A.J.B. Johnston
Call Number: 971.6 Lou

Publication Date: 1991

Outcomes: 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 (Keywords: French, Historical Significance)
Making It Home by Lynn Westerhout
Call Number: 971.302 Wes

Publication Date: 2004-12-01

Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.1.3 (Keywords: Immigrants; Geography; Ways of life; Natural environment)
M Is for Maple by Mike Ulmer; Melanie Rose-Popp (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Ulm

Publication Date: 2004-04-05

Outcome 5.1.3
Only in Canada! by Vivien Bowers; Dianne Eastman (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971 Bow

Publication Date: 2002-09-07

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; Inuit; Fur trade; Geography; Identity; New France; Natural resources)
S Is for Spirit Bear by G. Gregory Roberts; Bob Doucet (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.1 Rob

Publication Date: 2006-08-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 (Keywords: Culture; Environment; First Nations; Geographic Phenomena; Historical Significance; Landforms; National Parks; Western Canada)
That's Very Canadian! by Vivien Bowers; Dianne Eastman (Illustrator); Owlkids Books Inc. Staff (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971 Bow

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 (Keywords: Canada; Geography; Identity)

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5.1: Physical Geography of Canada

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