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Social Studies Literature K-12

The inspiration for this guide is the excellent work completed by Calgary Board of Education and their partners on the Social Studies Literature Connections (K-12) project (2008). We have drawn from their work and will continue to add relevant titles.

K.2: I Belong

Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books

The Moccasin Goalie by William Roy Brownridge
Call Number: Pic Bro

Publication Date: 2001-09-01

Outcomes: K.1.4, K.2.5 (Keywords: Respect, Belonging, Cooperation)
Wild Bog Tea by Annette LeBox; Harvey Chan (Illustrator); Groundwood Books Staff
Call Number: Pic Leb

Publication Date: 2001-07-10

Outcomes: K.2.3, K.2.4, K.2.5 (Keywords: Belonging, Environment: sharing the responsibility)

Indigenous Perspectives: Informational

Kou-Skelowh/We Are the People by Barbara Marchand (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Kou

Publication Date: 2000-08-01

Outcomes: K.2.3 (Keywords from CBE: Belonging, Environment, Respect, Aboriginal)

Picture Books

Bear about Town by Stella Blackstone
Call Number: Pic Bla

Publication Date: 2006-09-01

Outcomes: K.2.3 (Keywords from CBE: Community, Belonging)
Children of the Earth Remember by Schim Schimmel (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Sch

Publication Date: 1997-08-01

A companion to the author's first book, Dear Children of the Earth, this book tells the story of the one big family of Mother Earth, in a lesson of sharing and protecting our planet.
Climb the Family Tree, Jesse Bear! by Nancy White Carlstrom; Bruce Degen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Car

Publication Date: 2004-07-01

Outcomes: K.2.4 (Keywords from CBE: Belonging, Community: home)
The Earth and I by Frank Asch
Call Number: Pic Asc

Publication Date: 1994-09-26

Outcomes: K.2.3 (Keywords: Environment, Responsibility)
The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis; Dusan Petricic (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.242 Dav

Publication Date: 1999-09-01

Outcomes: K.2.3 (Keywords: Responsibility, Sharing)
A Gift for Gita by Rachna Gilmore; Alice Priestley (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Gil

Publication Date: 1999-02-01

Outcomes: K.1.4, K.2.4 (Keywords from CBE: Uniqueness, Belonging)
I Call My Hand Gentle by Amanda Haan; Marina Sagona (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Haa

Publication Date: 2003-05-12

Outcomes: K.2.3 (Keywords from CBE: Responsibility, Peace)
Jamaica's Blue Marker by Juanita Havill; Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Hav

Publication Date: 1995-09-25

Outcomes: K.2.3, K.2.4 (Keywords from CBE: Cooperation, Belonging, Community: school)
Leon's Song by Stephanie Simpson McLellan; Dianna Bonder (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic McL

Publication Date: 2004-09-30

Outcomes: K.1.1, K.2.5 (Keywords from CBE: Gifts / Talents, Cooperation, Environment)
Lessons from Mother Earth by Elaine McLeod; Colleen Wood (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic McL

Publication Date: 2010-03-23

Outcomes: K.2.3 (Keywords from CBE: Environment: sharing the responsibility, Responsibility)
Looking after Louis by Lesley Ely; Polly Dunbar (Illustrator, Translator)
Call Number: Pic Ely

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

Outcomes: K.1.4, K.2.2 (Keywords: Respect, Belonging: school)
Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten by Joseph Slate; Ashley Wolff (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Sla

Publication Date: 2004-05-11

Outcomes: K.2.4, K.2.5 (Keywords from CBE: Belonging, Cooperation, Community: home, school)
My Neighborhood by Lisa Bullard; Omarr Wesley (Illustrator); Brandon Reibeling (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bul

Publication Date: 2002-09-01

Outcomes: K.2.4 (Keywords: Belonging, Community)
The Peace Book by Todd Parr
Call Number: Pic Par

Publication Date: 2004-09-08

Outcomes: K.2.4, K.2.5 (Keywords: Cooperation, Groups)
A Salmon for Simon by Betty Waterton; Ann Blades (Illustrator); B. Waterton
Call Number: Pic Wat

Publication Date: 1998-04-10

Outcomes: K.2 (Keywords from CBE: Belonging)

Informational

Somewhere Today by Shelley Moore Thomas; Eric Futran (Photographer)
Call Number: 303.66 Tho

Publication Date: 1998-01-01

Outcomes: K.2.5 (Keywords from CBE: Peace, Cooperation)

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