The Spirit of Saskatchewan A C E L E B R A T I O N O F B O O K S

A Resource for Teachers, Teacher-Librarians, & Librarians.

www.bookawards.sk.ca/sklitcatalogue.pdf The Spirit of Saskatchewan

Celebrating Saskatchewan Books

This catalogue is a celebration of Saskatchewan literature and a Centennial gift to our province’s

teachers, teacher-librarians, and librarians. The product of a special collaboration among a

number of provincial literary and educational organizations, the catalogue includes about

100 of the best books written by Saskatchewan authors in recent years. We encourage you to

browse these pages, marvel at the breadth and depth of Saskatchewan writing, share these

books with your friends and colleagues, and promote them to your students and library patrons.

In these pages you will find books listed Book Awards (ones which fall into our cate- contents in categories based on the age of the reader: gories of Secondary and Post-Secondary) in Elementary Level (Kindergarten to Grade 5), those five years than we had space for in this

Middle Level (Grades 6 to 9), Secondary catalogue. Regretfully, this meant that only Elementary Level ...... 1 Level (Grades 10 to 12), Post-Secondary Level, some of those titles could be included. We and General Reference. These are not rigid called on a panel of curriculum experts from Middle Level Section ...... 8 categories. At the end of each section you will Saskatchewan Learning to recommend choic- find a list of books that are appropriate for es in these categories. On the other hand, in Secondary Level ...... 17 that age level, but are annotated in a different order to fill the first two sections (the Ele- category. mentary and Middle Levels), we extended Post Secondary ...... 28 Each title in this catalogue has met a the criteria for children and young adult titles Catalogue design by Duncan Campbell. high standard: it has been a finalist for a back to 1993, the first year the Book Awards Reference Section ...... 34 Cover photos courtesy of David McLennan, Regina, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Book Award. In other words, were presented. a recognized jury identified the book as one The book annotations comprise a short Index by Title ...... 35 This catalogue is a joint project of the Saskatchewan Book Awards, of the best in its genre written by a description of the content, a reference (if ap- the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, the Saskatchewan Publishers Group, Saskatchewan author in the year it was pub- propriate) to the Saskatchewan curriculum, Index by level ...... 36 the Saskatchewan Library Association, and Saskatchewan Learning. lished. Each book listed here was in-print a list of awards for which the book was a and available for purchase in 2005. In addi- finalist or which it won, and bibliographic tion, with only a few exceptions every book information. Distributor Drectory ...... 37 found in the first three categories has been This catalogue is a joint project of the recommended for use in schools by Sask- Saskatchewan Book Awards, the Saskatch- atchewan Learning. ewan Writers Guild, the Saskatchewan Pub- This material was gathered for a cata- lishers Group, the Saskatchewan Library logue that would include approximately 100 Association, and Saskatchewan Learning. The publishers would like to acknowledge the financial assistance of: titles grouped roughly equally into the first Financial assistance was received from the Saskatchewan Centennial Community Initiative Fund, Database Directories, four categories and drawn from Book Award SaskatchewanCentennial Community Ini- Saskatchewan Arts Board, Sask Culture, Saskatchewan Lotteries finalists from the years 2000 to 2005. How- tiatives Fund and the organizations whose ever, there were many more finalists for adult names appear on the opposite page.

An on-line version of this catalogue can be viewed at: http://www.bookawards.sk.ca/sklitcatalogue.pdf s p i r i t o f s a s k a t c h e w a n — i ELEMENTARY LEVEL

Bay Girl The Bone Talker Born to be a Cowgirl: by Betty Fitzpatrick (Dorion) by Shelley A. Leedahl; A Spirited Ride Illustrated by Bill Slavin Through the Old West ISBN 1-55050-132-1, by Candace Savage 1 1 $6.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, 136 pages, paperback, 1998 ISBN 0-88995-214-0, $9.95, 11 x 9, Coteau Books (FHW) 32 pages, paperback, reprinted 2005 ISBN 1-553-65191-X, $12.95, 8 x 8, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Publishing (FHW) 64 pages, paperback, 2001 Eleven-year-old Patsy travels up the New- Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group (HCP) foundland coast in 1962 to visit her Gran Shelley Leedahl has written a touching story and Uncle Wish in the outport of Shoal of an old woman, once active and adventur- Girl power isn’t just a nineties phenome- Harbour. Learning to row a dinghy and ous, “whose life had wound down like a non. It was alive and well in the heyday of helping out on her uncle’s fishing dory give clock.” Her neighbours decide to try to make the American West, when cowgirls roamed Patsy a new sense of pride and self-reliance. her happy again, but no one succeeds until a the range as bronco busters and rodeo rid- But Shoal Harbour is scheduled to be shut young child hands her two small pieces of ers. Archival photographs and period illus- down. It’s part of an actual plan the New- cloth. She accepts the cloth and begins to trations along with poignant and feisty foundland government put into effect in sew a quilt. The quilt grows until it becomes first-person recollections tell the stories of the early 1960s to close the outports and the texture and the pattern of prairie life hardship, risk, and achievement, highlight- move all the people in them away from itself. Please note that small print is used for ing this extraordinary historical time and homes that their families had inhabited for all but the first line of each page. Teachers the high-spirited girls who rose to its chal- generations. It looks as though a way of life may want to share this orally with students as lenges. Some of these young women made a she’s recently come to love may be ending, they may find it difficult to read. name for themselves with their talent with just as Patsy is on her way to becoming a horses and guns. In an energetic and easy- real Bay Girl. Saskatchewan Learning has recommended to-read text, Savage paints the cowgirl as this book to support the following curricu- someone who makes her own decisions and • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (1998) lum: English Language Arts (Grades 4 and does what she wants to do—a role model • SBA Publishing in Education (1998) Finalist 5, Contexts – Personal and Philosophical; for girls today. Social, Cultural, and Historical). Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • Rocky Mountain Book Award (2002) this book to support the following curricu- Finalist lum: Social Studies (Grade 5, Units 1 and 2; • Winner Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Initiative – Gender Equity). Year Children’s Book (U.S.) (2000) • Alberta Children’s Title of the Year (2000) • Rocky Mountain Book Award (2001) Finalist Finalist • SBA Book of the Year (2001) Finalist • CLA Children’s Book of the Year (2000) • SBA City of Saskatoon Book Award (2001) Finalist Finalist • SBA Book of the Year (2000) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA Children’s Literature (2000) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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The Bulrush Changes Digging Canadian Dinosaur Breakout Dinosaur Hideout From Far and Wide: Helps the Pond by Penny Condon Dinosaurs by Judith Silverthorne by Judith Silverthorne A Canadian Citizenship by Ken Carriere by Rebecca L Grambo; Scrapbook 1 1 1 1 1 ISBN 0-920915-43-4, $7.95, 8 ⁄2 x 7, Illustrated by Dianna Bonder ISBN 1-55050-294-8, $7.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-226-3, $7.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; 3 ISBN 0-920915-65-5, $19.95, 8 ⁄4 x 11, 20 pages, paperback, 1999 208 pages, paperback, 2004 192 pages, paperback, 2003 Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang 33 pages, paperback, 2002 Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI) ISBN 1-55285-395-0, $16.95, 8 x 9, 64 Coteau Books (FHW) Coteau Books (FHW) 1 Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI) pages, paperback, 2004 ISBN 0-88776-443-6, $22.99, 11 x 8 ⁄4, Traditional knowledge is explored and cele- Whitecap Books (FIR) A sequel to Dinosaur Hideout, this novel Winner of the 2003 Saskatchewan Book 24 pages, hardcover, 2000 Ken Carriere’s The Bulrush Helps the Pond is brated in this delightful story. Kona, a focuses on Daniel, a 12-year-old boy living Award for Children’s Literature, this novel Tundra Books (ULS) an elegantly written book in Swampy Cree Métis child, undergoes a personal journey Many of the most amazing dinosaurs on in southwest Saskatchewan who is keenly describes a young farm boy’s dream of and English. This book provides readers of by learning that the changing seasons close- Earth lived in what is now Canada. Nova interested in science and palaeontology. becoming a paleontologist. Searching for Xiao Ling Li is a Grade 6 student who, all ages with a better appreciation of the ly interact with her emotions. The Gather- Scotia claims some of the oldest dinosaur Daniel and his neighbour, old man Peder- dinosaur bones and dreaming in his secret along with the rest of her family, is about to diversity and fragility of the prairie wetland ing Spirit, who teaches her about accepting bones; dinosaur footprints have been found son, are trying to enhance the local farm hideout help Daniel escape the family’s ten- become a Canadian citizen. She decides to ecosystem, while amply demonstrating that change and celebrating the richness of life’s in the Rocky Mountains; Tyrannosaurus economy with tourism, based on real-life sion surrounding the possible loss of their preserve the moments of the day by making traditional First Nations culture is parallel emotions, guides her along the way. Changes Rex bones have been found in Saskatche- dinosaur finds in southern Saskatchewan. farm. Lost in a terrible snowstorm, Daniel a scrapbook for her unborn sibling. Facts to the dominant paradigm of Western Sci- offers young readers vibrant and colourful wan; and Alberta is a goldmine for fossils Often the victim of bullying, Daniel uses and his dog find refuge at the home of an about the citizenship process are interwov- ence. As the narrative unravels, the reader is depictions that are respectful, imaginative, with over 35 species alone in Dinosaur his knowledge of palaeontology to help aloof neighbour. As they wait for the storm en with a touching fictional story. The illus- left with an appreciation of the fragile and inviting. Provincial Park. Digging Canadian Dino- solve his relationship problems when he to pass, the neighbours form a unique trations by Song Nan Zhang include several prairie wetland ecosystem and the interplay saurs investigates the diverse species of and his enemies are magically transported friendship as they determine a possible sol- coloured photographs, a newspaper clip- of the pond animals with the replenishing Saskatchewan Learning has recommended dinosaurs that lived in prehistoric Canada. back in time to the Cretaceous period. ution to the family’s financial crisis using ping, an assortment of international flags bulrush. Ken has stated that he wrote The this book to support the following curricu- Readers will learn about each dinosaur’s Included at the end of the book are brief the found dinosaur bones. Amateur paleon- and bulletin board posters, and bits of the Bulrush Helps the Pond in Swampy Cree, his la: Arts Education (Kindergarten and Grade unique characteristics and how paleontolo- descriptions of the geological time periods tologists will enjoy the appended glossary girl’s own art work. Information about the first language, in order to “preserve the 1, Strand – Visual Art); English Language gists learn about dinosaurs from looking at and dinosaurs mentioned in the story. and list of further readings on the topic of Canadian Citizenship Act is included at the Swampy Cree’s oldest generation’s terminol- Arts (Grades 1-3, Contexts – Environmen- their fossils. Chapters cover topics such as dinosaurs. end of the story. ogy and knowledge of the marshland ecolo- tal, Personal and Philosophical); Kinder- extinction of dinosaurs, the study of pale- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended gy. I strongly feel it necessary for those of us garten (Themes – Colours, Feelings, ontology, and famous fossil hunters. With this book to support the following curricu- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Saskatchewan Learning has recommended who have the writing skills to preserve in Gardens); and Science (Grade 2, Unit – colour illustrations and easy-to-read text, la: English Language Arts (Grade 4, Con- this book to support the following curricu- this book to support the following curricu- print as much as we can from our Elder’s Weather); Initiative – First Nations, Inuit, this book shares the fascinating history of text – Environmental); and Science (Grade la: English Language Arts (Grades 3-5, Con- la: English Language Arts (Grades 3-5, Con- knowledge base.” and Métis Content and Perspectives. dinosaurs in a unique Canadian context. 4, Unit – Fossils and Rocks). text – Environmental); and Science (Grade text – Social, Cultural, and Historical); and 4, Unit – Fossils and Rocks). Social Studies (Grades 2 and 3, Unit 4). • Winner SBA First People’s Publishing • SBA First People’s Publishing (2000) Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • SBA Children’s Literature (2004) Finalist (2001) Finalist this book to support the following curricu- • Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (2003) • SBA Children’s Literature (2000) Finalist • SBA Publishing in Education (2001) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning lum: Science (Grade 4, Units – Fossils and Choice (2005) Selection • Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Rocks, Vertebrates and Invertebrates). • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Choice (2004) Selection • Diamond Willow Award (2004) Finalist • SBA Children’s Literature (2004) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Growing Up Royal Heartland: The Lake in the The Light-Fingered Gang Mister Got to Go Mister Got to Go: The Cat by Jane Billinghurst A Prairie Sampler Middle of Town by Dave Glaze and Arnie That Wouldn’t Leave by Jo Bannatyne Cugnet; by Neil Sawatzky; by Lois Simmie; by Lois Simmie; 1 1 1 ISBN 1-55037-622-5, $15.95, 6 ⁄2 x 8, Illustrated by Yvette Moore Illustrated by Julio Salazar ISBN 1-55050-326-X, $8.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, Illustrated by Cynthia Nugent Illustrated by Cynthia Nugent 176 pages, paperback, 2001 196 pages, paperback, 2005 1 1 1 ISBN 1-55037-623-3, $22.95, 6 1 ⁄2 x 8, ISBN 0-88776-567-X, $22.95, 10 x 9, 40 ISBN 1-894431-03-0, $12.95, 8 x 12, 36 Coteau Books (FHW) ISBN 1-55192-636-9, $11.95, 8 ⁄2 x 11, ISBN 0-88995-157-8, $9.95, 8 ⁄4 x 11, 176 pages, hardcover, 2001 pages, hardcover, 2002 pages, paperback, 2004 32 pages, paperback, 2001 32 pages, paperback, 1995 1 3 Annick Press (FIR) ISBN 0-88776-722-2, $12.99, 9 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄4, 40 Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing (YNW) Twelve-year-old Mackenzie Davis helps Raincoast Books (RAI) Red Deer Press (FHW) pages, paperback, 2005 catch the sinister thieves preying on Saska- For every young person who has wondered Tundra Books (ULS) A colourful, educational children’s story toon in 1912 and learns to make his own In this 2002 Shining Willow Award winner, A stormy night causes a stray cat to seek what it would be like to be born into royal- about Wascana Lake, this book describes judgements about the people he meets. a large grey cat, Got to Go, is upset when an shelter in Vancouver’s infamous Sylvia ty, and for every pre-adolescent girl who has With a combination of beautiful art work, the vibrant history and events that make the Mackenzie Davis can’t help it: he keeps get- extremely noisy little dog, Arnie, arrives at Hotel. The hotel manager allows the feline swooned over Prince William, here is a interesting topics, and a readable text, the lake in the middle of Regina a favourite ting involved in mysteries. He and his the old Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver where the to stay until the rain ceases. During the guided tour of life in the British royal author and illustrator have created an excel- gathering place for the community. The friend Albert roam the young city of Sask- cat has lived contentedly for years. Arnie, period of incessant precipitation, the cat household. Using the best-known royal lent resource that captures the identity of vision of its first settlers has given Regina a atoon—watching buildings go up, search- however, soon gets into mischief and wears endears himself to the staff and proves his family in the world today—the British House Saskatchewan and the prairies in general. lasting legacy—a sparkling gem in the ing for coins under boardwalks, running out his welcome. Fortunately, someone worthiness as a hotel employee. When a of Windsor—the author asks readers to Topics covered include the land, people, Queen City’s crown where families gather impromptu races all over town. Like his adopts Arnie, and life at the Sylvia Hotel is sunny day finally arrives, Mister Got to Go imagine themselves in the position of a agriculture, mining, wildlife, play, and food. to enjoy outdoor activities. The exuberant father Ted, a reporter for the Daily Phoenix, once again very, very good for Got to Go. has already made the hotel his permanent young royal on the basis of real-life exam- Each of the full-page works of art features cadence of the rhyme is reflected and rein- Mackenzie loves interesting stories and peo- Cynthia Nugent’s warm and witty water- residence. Vivid watercolour illustrations of ples. With sidebars containing engaging children discovering the beauty of forced by the artist’s lively and approachable ple. Action peaks during the visit of a colours complement this tale “purr-fectly.” the historic landmark accompany this facts and tales, humourous anecdotes, and Saskatchewan. illustrations of the historic events and land- circus—complete with elephants, tigers, charming tale. engrossing stories of royals past and present, scape surrounding Wascana Lake. Of inter- and light-fingered pickpockets. Mack and Saskatchewan Learning has recommended readers should be able to decide whether Saskatchewan Learning has recommended est to parents and teachers, The Lake in the Albert, with help from a Chinese boy, catch this book to support the following curricu- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended they would, in fact, wish to be born royal. this book to support the following curricu- Middle of Town also incorporates descriptive the bad guys. Mack learns about typhoid la: Arts Education (Grade 2, Strand – Visu- this book to support the following curricu- The book includes two eight-page photo lum: Social Studies (Grade 4, Units 1 and 3). sidebars which highlight historical and cul- fever. And an enterprising young man al Art); English Language Arts (Grades 1-3, la: English Language Arts (Kindergarten, sections, a table of contents, and an index. turally significant information regarding the named “John” has some convincing argu- Context – Personal and Philosophical); and Grades 1 and 2, Context – Imaginative and • SBA Children’s Literature (2002) Finalist sometimes little-known aspects of Wascana ments about why he’ll one day be prime Kindergarten (Theme – Pets). Literary); and Kindergarten (Theme – • SBA Children’s Literature (2004) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Lake and its many attractions. minister. Pets). • Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our • Winner Shining Willow Award (2002) Choice (2001) Selection Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • Winner Children’s Book Centre Outstand- • Winner Canadian Children’s Book Centre this book to support the following curricula: this book to support the following curricu- ing Book Award (2002) Outstanding Book Award (1995) English Language Arts (Grades 2–5, Context lum: English Language Arts (Grades 4 and 5, • SBA City of Saskatoon Book Award (Final- • Winner Alberta Children’s Book of the Year – Social, Cultural, and Historical; and Social Context – Social, Cultural, and Historical). ist) 2002 (1996) Studies (Grades 2–5, Units 1 and 2). • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Winner Alberta Book Illustration of the • SBA Children’s Literature (2005) Finalist Year (1996) • SBA Children’s Literature (2005) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (1995) • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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The Powwow: A Prairie Alphabet The Secret The Secret The Town That Additional Resources An Art History by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; of Sentinel Rock of the Stone House Floated Away by Lee-Ann Martin and Bob Boyer Illustrated by Yvette Moore by Judith Silverthorne by Judith Silverthorne by Sandra Birdsell For more books that support Elementary Level curricula, please refer to the following: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ISBN 1-896470-31-9, $29.95, 10 x 8 ⁄2, ISBN 0-88776-292-1, $19.99, 10 x 9, ISBN 1-55050-103-8, $6.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-325-1, $8.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 000-224545-0, $16.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, 75 pages, paperback, 2000 32 pages, hardcover, 1992 160 pages, paperback, 1996 192 pages, paperback, 2005 hardcover, 1997 Middle Level Section MacKenzie Art Gallery (MCK) ISBN 0-88776-323-5, $11.99, 10 x 9, Coteau Books (FHW) Coteau Books (FHW) HarperCollins Canada (HCP) • Building for the Future–p. 8 32 pages, paperback, 1994 • Expressing Our Heritage: Métis Artistic The Powwow: An Art History, published to Tundra Books (ULS) When Emily and her mother return to her Times are hard for Emily Bradford. Her Things are proceeding normally during the Designs–p. 9 support an exhibition at the MacKenzie Art grandmother’s farm following her grand- beloved Grandmother Renfrew has died and annual Spring Break in the town of • Hannah–p. 10 Gallery attempts to bring together the his- Writer Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet and illustrator mother’s funeral, Emily discovers that a her mother can’t afford to keep the family’s Wellington (major industries: donuts, • Keeper of the Trees–p. 11 tory of Native American painting and pow- Yvette Moore offer a fresh alphabetical look large rock on the property is a doorway beautiful old stone farmhouse. Emily and grapes, and toy boats). Chunks of ice as big • Melanie Bluelake’s Dream–p. 11 wow from the end of the 19th century to the at various aspects of rural prairie life through which she can travel back to meet her mom, Kate, are driving to the house to as bulldozers flow down the river and • Prairie Phoenix: The Red Lily (Lilium end of the 20th century.The book includes through exquisite paintings described with Emma, the young daughter of Scottish set- help auction off its contents. At the same Madame Galosh, owner of the Galosh Boot Philadelphicum) in Saskatchewan–p. 13 a history of the powwow and the role of alliterative captions. The illustrations pro- tlers on this same farm. This novel is a valu- time, Emily’s parents are divorcing and Manufacturing Company, prepares to sell a singers, drummers, dancers, and costumes. vide visual information about seasonal able source of information about the early Emily fears her father won’t have time for boat-load of new rubber boots. At the same Secondary Level Section Reproductions of the art works of many changes, farm activities, family gatherings, prairie landscape, settlers’ motivations, and her any more. And her mom’s driving her time, the lucky winner of the annual Spring • Saskatchewan Heroes & Rogues–p. 23 First Nations artists are featured. and children’s interests. In each picture, the work involved in establishing a homestead. crazy with her obsessively organized and Break Free Trip draw, Virginia Potts, is observant viewers will be able to locate bossy ways. But Emily has a wonderful eager to embark on a long-awaited journey. Reference Section Saskatchewan Learning has recommended numerous objects beginning with a particu- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended secret. She’s learned to travel into the past— Clang! Clang! Clang! A bell rings in the • The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: this book to support the following Elemen- lar letter. Concluding pages offer notes that this book to support the following Elemen- to the time her forebears were building the town square and an amazing series of events A Living Legacy–p. 34 tary Level curriculum: Arts Education name the objects and provide a brief tary Level curricula: Arts Education (Grade stone house. She sees her grandmother as a unfolds: too much lemonade is consumed, (Grade 5, Strand – Visual Art, Teacher Ref- description of each painting. 5, Strand – Visual Art); English Language child and becomes friends with her great- there’s a little too much enthusiasm for the erence, Initiative – First Nation, Inuit, and Arts (Grades 4 and 5, Context – Social, Cul- uncle Geordie as a boy of twelve. In the past, pursuit of profit, and the town fails to mark Métis Content and Perspectives). Saskatchewan Learning has recommended tural, and Historical); and Social Studies Emily learns to understand her mother bet- the age-old “Batten Down the Hatches” this book to support the following curricu- (Grade 4, Unit 2). ter and discovers a powerful secret contained holiday—and the town of Wellington floats Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- la: Arts Education (Grade 2, Strand – Visu- in the old house—a secret that will help her away. Ginny Potts is left behind, slowly mended The Powwow: An Art History to al Art); English Language Arts (Grades 1 Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- explore her family’s roots in Scotland. And shrinking from loneliness. In the tradition support the following Middle and Sec- and 2, Context – Environmental); Kinder- mended The Secret of Sentinel Rock to sup- she may even have a way to keep the stone of Roald Dahl, Sandra Birdsell’s debut chil- ondary Level curricula: Arts Education garten (Theme – Farms); and Social Studies port the following Middle Level curriculum: house in the family. dren’s novel is outrageously delicious read- (Grades 6-12, Strand - Visual Art, Initiative (Grade 2, Units 1-4). English Language Arts (Grades 6 and 7, ing, a clear-eyed and often poignant – First Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content Context – Social, Cultural, and Historical). Saskatchewan Learning has recommended child’s-eye perspective on an adult world— and Perspectives). • Winner Mr. Christie Book Award (1992) this book to support the following Elemen- where the adults are often the silly ones who • Winner Canadian Children’s Book Centre • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (1996) tary Level curricula: English Language Arts don’t always know what to do. • SBA First People’s Publishing (2000) Finalist Our Choice Award (1992) • Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our (Grades 4 and 5, Context – Social, Cultur- • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA Children’s Literature (1994) Finalist Choice (1996/97) Selection al, and Historical). • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (1997) • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction • Silver Birch Award (2000) Finalist for Young People (1996) Finalist • SBA Children’s Literature (2005) Finalist • Red Cedar Award (2000) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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The Alchemist’s Daughter Building for the Future: Carving My Name Dust Expressing Our Heritage: Fixed by Eileen Kernaghan A Photo Journal of by Mary-Kate McDonald by Arthur Slade Métis Artistic Designs by Beth Goobie Saskatchewan’s by Cheryl Troupe 1 1 1 1 1 ISBN 1-894345-79-7, $15.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, Legislative Building ISBN 1-8895449-83-9, $11.00, 8 ⁄2 x 6, ISBN 0-00-648594-4, $7.99, 4 ⁄4 x 7, ISBN 1-55143-374-5, $19.95, 5 x 7 ⁄2, 1 192 pages, paperback, 2004 by Gordon L. Barnhart 141 pages, paperback, 1998 168 pages, paperback, 2001 ISBN 0-920915-67-1, $99.00 (kit), 11 x 9 ⁄2 288 pages, hardcover, 2005 Thistledown Press (LPGD) Thistledown Press (LPGD) HarperCollins Canada (HCP) (book), 17 x 11, 256 pages, paperback, 2002 Orca Book Publishers (ORC) 1 1 ISBN 0-88977-145-6, $29.95, 8 ⁄2 x 10 ⁄2, 17 x 11(prints), 50 prints, 2002 Marked by high adventure and rich lan- 122 pages, paperback, 2002 Carving My Name addresses the fact that Matthew is missing. Robert’s seven-year-old Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI) Nellie Joanne Kinnan is an Advanced Cadet guage, Kernaghan’s use of real historical fig- Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) growing up is not easy. The young people in brother has vanished on a walk into town. in the Black Core Program at the Detta ures such as Dr. John Dee, Lady Mary Mary-Kate’s stories may all be touched by Robert’s mother had asked him to accom- This kit offers high-quality colour study training centre. Weapons and violence are Herbert, Sir Philip Sidney, and William Class trips to the Legislative Building are grief, loneliness, and neglect, but they are pany Matthew to Horshoe to buy some prints that portray the diversity of traditional second nature to this 12-year-old, but she is Shakespeare, blended with original fictional common among school students in sustained by a rare courage and resilience. gum, but Robert was miles away engrossed Métis culture and the accompanying teacher’s never exactly sure what it is she is being characters are a powerful mix, while her Saskatchewan. By way of preparation, These original, fierce, and generous in a Martian adventure story, and certainly resource provides support material for the trained for. Nellie is a dedicated and skilled impeccable research allows students to learn teachers will find this title an excellent teenagers are allowed to discover their soul- not home on his farm in Depression-era instruction of Métis history and culture. cadet. She knows she wants to serve the something of an age that has long held a resource to use. The many colour and mates through relationships, which tran- Saskatchewan. When his younger brother Included are Michif language translations, a Goddess and the Empire. But there is so spell over contemporary readers. black-and-white photographs complement scend the traditional boundaries presented disappears, Robert believes it is his fault, section of maps, and a bibliography. much that she doesn’t understand. When a the text, which describes the history of the by generations, marriage, and family. Carv- and he has to find him. In a style that has weapons training session brings her face-to- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended building from the debates over site selection ing My Name speaks to, and for, a new gen- stomach muscles tightening right from the Saskatchewan Learning has recommended face with her twin, Nellie’s world is thrown this book to support the following curricu- through the construction phrase and pro- eration: young people who are asked to be first sentence, Arthur Slade brings a new this kit to support the following Middle Level into turmoil. Suddenly she questions her lum: English Language Arts (Grade 9, Con- vides descriptions of the building’s features adults before their time. After reading this and sophisticated brand of psychological curricula: Arts Education (Grades 6-9, Strand commitment to the violence that has dom- texts – Imaginative and Literary; Social, at the present time. book, these young people will recognize fear to the young adult market. Dust is a – Visual Art); and Social Studies (Grade 9, inated her young life. As she slowly learns to Cultural, and Historical). that someone, at last, knows that they are story that will leave audiences breathless. Unit – Culture); Initiative – First Nation, trust her rebellious twin, she comes to real- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended out there. Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives. ize that much of what she has been taught • SBA Publishing in Education (2005) Finalist this book to support the following Middle • Winner Governor General’s Award about life in both the Interior and the Out- • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Level curriculum: Social Studies (Grade 8, • SBA First Book (1998) Finalist Children’s Literature (2001) Saskatchewan Learning has also recommend- backs is not true. Faced with this reality, Unit – Citizenship). • SBA City of Saskatoon Book Award (1998) • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (2001) ed it to support the following Elementary and Nellie must find new weapons and new Finalist • Winner Mr. Christie Book Award (2001) Secondary Level curricula: Arts Education strength in her struggle to continue to serve Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- • SBA Children’s Literature (1998) Finalist (Grades 1-5 and 10-12, Strand – Visual Art); the Goddess. This is the sequel to Flux. mended Building for the Future to support Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30, Unit the following Elementary Level curriculum: – Relationships: People and Paradigms; Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Social Studies (Grade 4, Units 1 and 4, Native Studies 30, Unit – Social Develop- this book to support the following curricu- Teacher Reference). ment; Social Studies 30, Unit – Culture); and lum: English Language Arts (Grade 9, Con- Social Studies (Grades 4 and 5, Unit 2); Initia- text – Environmental and Technological). • SBA Publishing in Education (2003) Finalist tive – First Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content • Winner SBA Award for Publishing (2003) and Perspectives. • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (2005) • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Winner SBA Publishing in Education (2003) • Winner SBA First People’s Publishing (2003) • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Flux Ghost Hotel Hannah Keeper of the Trees The Lady at Batoche Melanie Bluelake’s Dream by Beth Goobie by Arthur Slade by Diana Vazquez by Beverley Brenna by David Richards by Betty Dorion; Illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 ISBN 1-55143-314-1, $19.95, 5 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-306-5, $7.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-149-6, $6.95, 4 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄4, ISBN 0-921870-63-9, $8.95, 5 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 1-895449-87-1, $9.95, 4 ⁄4 x 7, 1 1 258 pages, hardcover, 2004 144 pages, paperback, 2004 144 pages, paperback, 1999 128 pages, paperback, 1999 280 pages, paperback, 1999 ISBN 1-55050-081-3, $6.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, Orca Book Publishers (ORC) Coteau Books (FHW) Coteau Books (FHW) Ronsdale Press (LPGD) Thistledown Press (LPGD) 156 pages, paperback, 1995 Coteau Books (FHW) Twelve-year-old Nellie and her mother Walter Biggar Bronson and his sidekick Hannah is a determined, young girl who is Elizabeth is a 12-year-old Canadian girl who The three main characters of Soldier Boys, escaped from the Interior, a dystopia con- Cindy fall into a mystery that provides forced to disguise herself as a boy in order to feels homesick and lonely after her mother’s the story of three days at Duck Lake during When Melanie and her mother must leave trolled by police who divide people into work for their newly formed detective work down in the mines of Nova Scotia in death when her father moves them to Lon- the Riel Resistance of 1885, return, this time the reserve, Melanie misses her Kohkum castes and add chips for identification pur- agency. A fast-paced adventure that at times 1858. Life is incredibly hard for all the don. Soon, however, she meets an assort- at the Battle of Batoche. Tom, Luc, and and her old friends. Later, when Melanie poses. In the Outback, Nellie’s mother dis- seems incredible will attract readers because immigrant families working in the coal- ment of unusual characters, and a strange Marie are all 14 years of age, and the sus- returns to the reserve, she begins to realize appears, and she must look after herself. of the writer’s skillful inclusion of Saskatch- mines, but it is even more difficult for Han- adventure unfolds. Among her new friends penseful recreation of the history of the bat- that there are things about the city that she Nellie learns how to travel between differ- ewan landmarks. The hotel in the title is nah’s family. Her father has been killed in is Maud, the homeless woman in the park, tle is interwoven with their personal has learned to appreciate as well. This novel ent levels of existence by stepping through none other than the famous Bessborough the mine, and her mother is very ill after who befriends her and teaches her the experiences during this time. Readers will includes a map and a glossary of Cree words. doors only she can see. Flux is a rich, well- Hotel in Saskatoon. Slade has written a very giving birth to a baby. Superstition has it magic of the great chestnut trees. But learn a great deal about how battles were developed speculative world in which the entertaining story about a ghost that lurked that if a girl goes down in the mine, there friendship works two ways and soon Eliza- fought when the Métis resistance was over- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Jinnet, an Outback resistance group, is in the hotel. will be a cave-in or worse. This novel could beth must shoulder Maud’s job as “Keeper thrown. A glossary of Cree and French this book to support the following Middle working to keep the Outback free from the be valuable for teachers who want to bring of the Trees,” protecting the tiny horses phrases used in the dialogue is included. Level curricula: English Language Arts thought police, who are determined to con- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Canadian history into their classrooms. which run from the Otherworld to support The book also contains two maps—one of (Grades 6 and 7, Context–Personal and Philo- trol both the people and the environment. this book to support the following curricu- life on Earth. the Saskatchewan countryside near Duck sophical); and Health Education (Grade 8, This is the prequel to Fixed. lum: English Language Arts (Grade 7, Con- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Lake in 1885 and another of the area around Unit – Family Structures, Roles, and Respon- text – Imaginative and Literary). this book to support the following Middle Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Batoche. sibilities); Initiative – First Nation, Inuit, and Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Level curriculum: English Language Arts this book to support the following Middle Métis Content and Perspectives. this book to support the following curricu- • SBA Children’s Literature (2004) Finalist (Grades 6 and 7, Context – Social, Cultur- Level curriculum: English Language Arts Saskatchewan Learning has recommended lum: English Language Arts (Grade 9, Con- • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning al, and Historical). (Grade 6, Context – Imaginative and Liter- this book to support the following curricu- Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- text – Social, Cultural, and Historical). ary). lum: English Language Arts (Grade 9, Con- mended Melanie Bluelake’s Dream to support Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- texts – Environmental and Technological, the following Elementary Level curriculum: • New York Public Library’s Books for the mended Hannah to support the following Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- Personal and Philosophical; Social, Cultur- Health Education (Grade 5, Strand – Social Teen Age 2005 Elementary Level curriculum: English Lan- mended Keeper of the Trees to support the al, and Historical, Initiative – First Nation, Relationships, Initiative – First Nation, • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (2004) guage Arts (Grade 5, Context – Social, Cul- following Elementary Level curriculum: Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives). Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives). • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning tural, and Historical). English Language Arts (Grade 5, Context – Imaginative and Literary). • SBA Children’s Literature (1999) Finalist • Silver Birch Readers’ Choice Award (1997) • SBA Publishing in Education (1999) Finalist • SBA Publishing in Education (1999) Finalist Finalist • Canadian Library Association Children’s • SBA Children’s Literature (1999) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Red Cedar Readers’ Choice Award (1998) Book of the Year (2001) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA First Book (1995) Finalist • SBA Children’s Literature (1995) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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No Place for Kids Phantom Queen The Prairie Dogs Prairie Phoenix: Seasons Are Horses Soulworm by Alison Lohans by Ven Begamudré by Glenda Goertzen; The Red Lily (Lilium by Bernice Friesen by Edward Willett Illustrated by Philippe Beha Philadelphicum) 1 1 3 1 1 ISBN 1-896184-50-2, $5.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-200-X, $12.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄4, in Saskatchewan ISBN 1-895449-40-5, $11.00, 8 x 6, ISBN 0-88092-411-X, $11.50, 8 ⁄2 x 6, 1 1 98 pages, paperback, 1999 312 pages, paperback, 2002 ISBN 1-55005-113-X, $9.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, by Anna Leighton and Bonnie Lawrence 150 pages, paperback, 1995 236 pages, paperback, 1997 Alison Lohans (LNS) Coteau Books (FHW) 164 pages, paperback, 2004 Thistledown Press (LPGD) Royal Fireworks Press (RYP) 1 Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. (FHW) ISBN 0-921104-21-9, $24.95, 8 ⁄2 x 10, In this novel, contemporary subjects such as In the court of the Phantom Queen, an 144 pages, paperback, 2005 In this novel, a teenaged girl moves from a death, abandonment, child abuse, and ancient storyteller enthralls the assembled He used to be known as Prince Pierrot Nature Saskatchewan (NSK) Boys, looks, parents, nerdiness, and friend- fantasy world into present day reality. Lio- homelessness are dealt with in a way that company with a tale of love and battle and Rudolphe IV. He used to perform at dog ship are just a few of the social concerns thel’s spirit plunges through a gap in her helps children explore these issues and magical powers: In the kingdom of Mir, a shows to please his masters—now he does Generously illustrated with photographs and explored in this finely crafted collection of world of acolytes and exorcists into another think of their own ability to deal with medieval Slavic world surrounded by what he pleases. He used to live the lonely drawings, the text is based on the authors’ short stories. girl’s body as Liothel pursues a soulworm adversity and survive. Sisters Sarah and Jen- mountains, an orphaned youth named life of the star, travelling to cities every- explorations into the natural history of this that threatens the residents of Weyburn. As nifer leave their alcoholic father in search of Nevsky emerges from a mysterious cave where in a silver coach. Now he travels on easily recognized but mysterious plant. Overweight Naomi, Georgie with an atti- the fantasy shifts between Liothel’s thoughts an aunt in Vancouver after being faced with with wisdom and powers beyond his years. four paws through the dusty streets of Sil- tude, jealous Rosalie, Angie who pretends and those of her unwitting host, the book possible sexual abuse from one of their He raises a young girl abandoned by her vil- vertree, a tiny town in the middle of Saskatchewan Learning has recommended to be something she is not, shy Susan, in- explores moral and ethical issues, while pro- father’s friends. Along the way, they enter lage parents, and holds court with the nowhere. And he travels with three new this book to support the following Middle love Lucy, Selina who has an abusive, alco- viding a battle of good versus evil and a the dangerous world of the homeless. The monarch of Mir, Tsar Leo, and its religious friends: Dare, the terrier that nothing can Level curriculum: Science (Grade 6, Unit – holic father, and others live in the small touch of romance. plot and characters are well developed, and leader, Bishop Tserkov. Assisted by a magi- scare; Mouse, the loyal sidekick with a taste Ecosystems, Grade 7, Unit – Saskatch-ewan fictional prairie town of Grassbank, “the the author makes good use of Canadian set- cal talking owl, Nevsky battles the devil for bugs; and Mew, the pup who thinks – The Land, Grade 8, Units – Adaptation land of sheer boredom–[where] several hun- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended tings. Literature circle discussions would be himself, and tries in vain to keep the king- she’s a cat. Together they call themselves the and Succession; Plant Growth, Grade 9, Unit dred people live—and they are not dead, this book to support the following curricu- lively when talking about the issues arising dom from being split between Leo’s twin Prairie Dogs, a happy-go-lucky gang of – Saskatchewan – The Environment). though sometimes you wonder.” lum: English Language Arts (Grades 8 and from this novel. sons. This fantasy is set in a kingdom based strays that spends its days scrounging meals 9, Context – Imaginative and Literary). on medieval Slavic tradition, and the and playing in the park. Saskatchewan Learning has also recommend- The reader becomes a citizen of this com- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended themes and elements of the story are true to ed Prairie Phoenix to support the following munity, and Grassbank High School • SBA First Book (Brenda MacDonald Riches this book to support the following curricu- this setting—the sun’s annual battle with • SBA Children’s Literature (2005) Finalist Elementary and Secondary Level curricula: becomes the reader’s own school. Bound- Award) (1997) Finalist la: English Language Arts (Grade 7, Con- frost, the proverbs and sayings, pagan and Social Studies (Grade 4, Unit 1, Teacher Ref- aries blur and identities mingle as characters • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning text – Personal and Philosophical); and Orthodox Christian religion, food and erence); Science (Grade 10, Unit – Sustain- become acquaintances or friends, and the Health Education (Grade 7, Unit – Alcohol drink, and clothing. Ven Begamudré uses ability of Ecosystems); and Biology (Grade 11, reader becomes the protagonist. For who and Other Drugs, Grade 8, Unit – Family his vast storytelling skills to create a com- Unit – Agricultural Botany of Saskatchewan). has not risked, loved, longed for acceptance Structures, Roles, and Responsibilities). plete world in which his magical tale and respect, or laughed on the outside? unfolds. • SBA First Book (Brenda Macdonald Riches • SBA Children’s Literature (1999) Finalist Award) (2005) Finalist • Winner Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA City of Regina Book Award (2002) • SBA Saskatoon Book Award (2005) Finalist (1996) Finalist • SBA Scholarly Writing (2005) Finalist • SBA Fiction (1996) Finalist • SBA Children’s Literature (2002) Finalist • SBA Award for Publishing (2005) Finalist • SBA Children’s Literature (1996) Finalist • Snow Willow Award (2003) Finalist • SBA Publishing in Education (2005) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Through the Eyes of the Tunnels of Treachery: Tunnels of Tyranny Waiting for Pelly Wapusk: White Bear Whose Side Are You On? Cree and Beyond: The Another Moose Jaw by Mary Harelkin Bishop by Dave Glaze of the North by Betty Dorion Art of Allen Sapp: Adventure by Rebecca Grambo and Dennis Fast 1 1 1 1 1 1 The Story of a People by Mary Harelkin Bishop ISBN 1-55050-316-2, $8.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-228-X, $8.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-179-8, $8.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, by Dean Bauche, Curator 312 pages, paperback, 2005 240 pages, paperback, 2003 ISBN 1-896150-32-2, $29.95, 11 x 9, 216 pages, paperback, 2001 1 1 ISBN 1-55050-270-0, $8.95, 5 ⁄4 x 7 ⁄2, Coteau Books (FHW) Coteau Books (FHW) 112 pages, hardcover, 2003 Coteau Books (FHW) 1 3 ISBN 1-897010-13-3, $29.95, 8 ⁄2 x 10 ⁄4, 312 pages, paperback, 2003 Heartland Associates (HLA) 128 pages, paperback, 2005 Coteau Books (FHW) Andrea and Tony have no plans for another In this sequel to Pelly, Sandra returns to the In the midst of a labour dispute at a New- Allen Sapp Gallery (ASG) trip into Moose Jaw’s nefarious tunnels. river to look for the pelican she befriended This resource outlines some of the chal- foundland fluorspar mine, 14-year-old Ron This is the third book in Bishop’s “Tunnel” They’ve only come back to the city to visit last year. Pelly migrated with the other pel- lenges faced by the polar bear, or wapusk, faces large challenges of his own—a sick “[Sapp’s deliberate depiction of the beauty series. Young readers will learn about the Grandpa Vance Talbot, seriously ill in the icans on their annual trip south for winter. white bear of the north. Approximately 60 and angry father, a school project on the and warmth in the life of the Plains Cree] discrimination against Chinese-Canadians hospital. Andrea is amazed when Grandpa Sandra cannot find Pelly at the river or at per cent of the world’s polar bear popula- difficult history of mining in his communi- does not diminish the pain or sadness in in the 1920s through the time-travel experi- asks her to travel through time to look for a the Redberry Lake Pelican Study Project. tion inhabits Canada’s Arctic region. Despite ty, and his new feelings for girls on both their history, but rather, builds upon the ence of the twins, Kami and Eddie. The special notebook he had as a young man. Glaze has chosen an interesting format by the seemingly remote location, environ- sides of the picket line. As Ron learns of the stories not often told that speak to the twins learn firsthand what their grandpar- Back in the tunnels, they find their task is alternating the chapters between Sandra’s mental dangers such as toxic pollutants and history of a mining town, he starts to resilience and resistance of the Cree and ents experienced as they were forced into much more difficult than just finding a point of view and Pelly, the bird’s view. global warming encroach on, and threaten understand what his father is going other First Nations People.”—Lori White- work gangs at laundry and grocery stores. notebook. For one thing, they have to solve Glaze provides factual information about this majestic species. Vivid photography through, and he begins to sort through his man The government forced the people to pay a a mystery that has troubled Grandpa Vance pelicans, the Redberry Lake Research Cen- captures the life cycle of the polar bear own complicated and conflicting feelings head tax to become legal immigrants. As the throughout his life—how did his friend tre in Saskatchewan, and about nature itself. within its natural environment. about whose side he’s on, and who’s there Saskatchewan Learning has recommended plot develops, readers will witness a period Jack die, so many decades ago? Was it an with him. this book to support the following Middle of history in Saskatchewan that is not usu- accident? Or was it murder? Plus, the terri- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Level curricula: Arts Education (Grades 6- ally discussed. fying Ku Klux Klan has descended on this book to support the following curricu- this book to support the following Middle • SBA Children’s Literature (2001) Finalist 9, Strand – Visual Art); and Social Studies Moose Jaw, spreading its message of intoler- lum: English Language Arts (Grade 7, Con- Level curriculum: Science (Grade 6, Unit – • Red Cedar Award (2002) Finalist (Grade 9, Unit 4); Initiative – First Nation, Saskatchewan Learning has recommended ance and threatening Tony’s friend Mr. text – Environmental and Technological). Ecosystems, Grade 8, Unit – Adaptation & • Red Maple Award (2002)Finalist Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives. this book to support the following curricu- Wong. Andrea and Tony have to help Succession, Initiative – First Nation, Inuit, lum: English Language Arts (Grades 7 and expose the Klan for what it is—an organiza- • SBA Children’s Literature (2003) Finalist and Métis Content and Perspective). Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- 8, Context – Social, Cultural, and Histori- tion designed to promote hatred between • Diamond Willow Award (2004) Finalist mended this book to support the following cal). groups in society and to make money for its • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- Secondary Level Curricula: Arts Education unscrupulous leaders. mended Wapusk: White Bear of the North to (Grades 10-12, Strand – Visual Art); and • SBA Children’s Literature (2003) Finalist support the following Secondary Level cur- Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30, • Rocky Mountain Award (2005) Finalist Saskatchewan Learning has recommended riculum: Science (Grade 10, Unit – Sustain- Unit – Relationships; Social Studies 30, • Diamond Willow Award (2004) Finalist this book to support the following curricu- ability of Ecosystems, Initiative – First Unit – Change); Initiative – First Nation, • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning lum: English Language Arts (Grades 7 and Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content and Per- Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives. 8, Context – Social, Cultural, and Histori- spectives). cal). • Winner SBA First People’s Publishing (2005) • SBA Non Fiction (2003) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA Children’s Literature (2005) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Wizards Additional Resources Ahtahkakoop: The Epic All Hell Can’t Stop Us At Geronimo’s Grave by Candace Savage Account of a Plains Cree by Bill Waiser by Armand Garnet Ruffo For more books that support Middle Level Head Chief, His People, 1 1 ISBN 1-55054-943-X, $22.95, 9 x 11, curricula, please refer to the following: and Their Struggle for ISBN 1-894004-88-4, $29.95, 6 x 9, ISBN 1-55050-176-3, $14.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, 80 pages, hardcover, 2002 Survival, 1816-1896 316 pages, paperback, 2003 160 pages, paperback, 2000 Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group (HCP) Elementary Level Section by Deanna Christensen Fifth House Publishers (FHW) Coteau Books (FHW) • The Powwow: An Art History–p. 6 This is a fascinating journey from the days • The Secret of Sentinel Rock–p. 6 ISBN 0-9687369-0-4, $59.95, 7 x 10, The Great Depression was a difficult time Geronimo is one of the most known Native of dried newts and powdered worms to the 844 pages, hardcover, 2000 for all of Canada, but it hit especially hard American names, after Pocahontas. But the discoveries of modern physics. Wizards Secondary Level Section Ahtahkakoop Publishing (CPRC) in Saskatchewan. The drought, high unem- great Apache warrior’s ultimate fate is little takes us back to the 1500s and 1600s, when • Before Wings–p. 18 ployment, and relief camps all helped to remembered. Feared for his once-great real live sorcerers read the future in crystal • La Trahison–p. 26 This historical work with its emphasis on bring about the On-to-Ottawa Trek and prowess long after any power he’d had was balls, when villagers cast spells on their authentic voice, oral tradition, and primary Regina Riot of 1935. Surrounded by contro- gone, Geronimo and his dwindling family neighbours, when the magical arts were a documentation, speaks volumes on the shared versy, the bloody events of the Regina Riot were pointlessly herded from one detention normal part of everyday life and when real history of Canada and Ahtahkakoop’s people. are examined through a fresh perspective in centre to another in the American mid- live boys studied to become wizards— this detailed account. New evidence, previ- west. The one-time warrior and horseman including Sir Isaac Newton, the great math- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended ously unpublished photographs and sketch- was eventually reduced to wearing a top hat ematician and scientist. Covering all aspects this book to support the following curricula: es, and first-hand accounts have been and riding in an early Model T Ford, a grim of the magical arts, Candace Savage Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30, combined to present a compelling human caricature of assimilation into the dominant describes the dark arts, which were the Units – The Forces of Nationalism, The story of people struggling with economic culture. The bitter irony of this fate echoes realm of the devil; natural magic, which Nineteenth Century: Road to Freedom, Rela- and political forces beyond their control. through the personal poems in At Geroni- used ordinary objects like dried flowers and tionships: People and Paradigms; Social Stud- An index is included. mo’s Grave. With affection and concern, ear wax to perform miraculous cures; div- ies 30, Unit – Change); English Language Armand Ruffo examines the lives and expe- ination, the art of looking into the Arts (Grade 10, A10, Themes – Canadian Saskatchewan Learning has recommended riences of people who struggle to make their unknown world; astrology, the art of read- Frontiers and Homeland, The Unknown; this book to support the following curricu- way in a world that has no place for them, ing the stars; and alchemy, the search for the Grade 11, Theme – Recollection), and Native la: Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30, or who have already given up that struggle. mysterious philosopher’s stone. The text is Studies (Grade 10, Units – Community and Unit – External Forces and Domestic Real- At Geronimo’s Grave is a love letter to a peo- illustrated with a wide range of images Kinship, Identity and Worldviews, Teacher ities; Social Studies 30, Unit – Globaliza- ple trapped in the slow-moving vehicle of drawn from archival and historical sources, Reference); Initiative – First Nation, Inuit, tion). another culture that’s taking them nowhere. contemporary culture and children’s book and Métis Content and Perspectives. illustrations. • SBA Book of the Year (2003) Finalist Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • SBA Book of the Year (2001) Finalist • SBA City of Saskatoon Book Award (2003) this book to support the following curricu- • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (2002) • SBA Non Fiction (2001) Finalist Finalist lum: English Language Arts (Grade 10, A10, • SBA City of Regina Book Award (2001) Finalist • SBA Winner Non Fiction (2003) Theme – Challenges, Initiative – First • SBA Scholarly Writing (2001) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content and Per- • SBA Award for Publishing (2001) Finalist spectives). • SBA Publishing in Education (2001) Finalist • Winner SBA First Peoples Publishing (2001) • SBA First Peoples Publishing (2001) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Before Wings Canoeing the Churchill: Crows: Encounters Dancing in Poppies Earth After Rain Fishing Saskatchewan: by Beth Goobie A Practical Guide With the Wise Guys by Gail Bowen and Ron Marken by Sheri Benning An Angler’s Guide to the Historic of the Avian World to Provincial Waters 1 1 1 ISBN 1-55143-163-7, $8.95, 7 ⁄2 x 5, Voyageur Highway by Candace Savage ISBN 0-88977-143-X, $14.95, 6 x 8, 80 ISBN 1-894345-36-3, $9.95, 8 ⁄2 x 5 ⁄2, by Michael Snook 176 pages, paperback, 2000 by Greg Marchildon and Sid Robinson pages, paperback, 2002 63 pages, paperback, 2001 1 1 1 1 1 ISBN 1-55143-161-0, $19.95, 7 ⁄2 x 5, ISBN 1-55365-106-5, $27.00, 6 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) Thistledown Press (LPGD) ISBN 0-88977-166-9, $19.95, 6 ⁄2 x 9 ⁄2, 1 1 203 pages, hardcover, 2000 ISBN 0-88977-148-0, $29.95, 6 ⁄2 x 9 ⁄2, 120 pages, hardcover, 2005 240 pages, paperback, 2004 Orca Book Publishers (ORC) 477 pages, paperback, 2002 Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group (HCP) Dancing in Poppies tells the story of two This book is one of four in Series Seven - Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) young Saskatchewan veterans of the First 2001, a series featuring emerging authors. Two years ago, 15 years old Adrien nearly Who would have guessed that crows are sec- World War and the Ontario woman who The collection of poems brings to life the How to catch “the big one” is quite often died. Despite her successful struggle to reha- Northern Saskatchewan has rich historical, ond only to humans as toolmakers and tool nursed them during their convalescence. forests, lakes, and fauna of Saskatchewan. the focus of angling books. While this bilitate, she is convinced that she is going to cultural, and environmental legacies that can users, that they have complex family lives Based on the novella 1919: The Love Letters resource does provide that type of informa- die soon. After a summer spent at a camp, she be best experienced by canoeing the Churchill surprisingly similar to our own, and that of George and Adelaide, Dancing in Poppies Saskatchewan Learning has recommended tion, it also goes beyond this idea to provide discovers, through love, friendship, and spirit River system. This resource provides an excel- their vocalizations share much in common examines the physical, emotional, and spir- this book to support the following curricu- an excellent overview of aquatic environ- dreams a new appreciation for life. Teachers lent collection of practical advice and histori- with human languages? Sparky, fun, and itual damage inflicted by war. la: English Language Arts (Grade 10, B10, ments in Saskatchewan. Following a should note that the novel contains some lan- cal background for people wishing to safely loving in tone, this celebration of crow con- Theme – Environment and Technology; description of each fish species found in the guage that may be considered offensive. canoe all or sections of this major river. From sciousness discusses the basic biology of Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Grade 11, Poetry, Creative Writing 20). province, several other topics are covered the Clearwater River in the West to Cumber- crows as well as their family structure, tricky this book to support the following curricu- such as fisheries management, angling tech- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended land House in the East, the book is divided social interactions, communication skills, lum: English Language Arts (Grade 12, A30, • Winner SBA First Book (Brenda Macdonald niques, aquatic habitats, fish stocking, and this book to support the following Sec- into 11 different sections. Each section pro- incredible tool-using capabilities, and Unit II: Canada – Diverse Voices). Riches Award) (2002) commercial fishing. Maps, photographs, ondary Level curriculum: English Language vides detailed route maps and descriptions, impact on the human imagination. Based • Winner SBA Poetry (in honour of Anne Szu- and an A to Z list of where to fish in Arts (Grade 10, A10, Theme – Challenges). connections to the First Nations heritage, and on more than a decade of audacious • SBA City of Regina Book Award (2003) migalski) (2002) Saskatchewan are also included. discussions about the voyageur heritage that research by scientists around the world, Finalist • SBA Saskatoon Book Award (2002) Finalist Saskatchewan Learning has also recommend- can be seen along the river. Photographs, Crows is rich in insight, humour, and sto- • SBA Fiction (2003) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Saskatchewan Learning has recommended ed it to support the following Middle Level drawings, and maps are used throughout the ries. • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning this book to support the following curricu- curriculum: English Language Arts (Grade 9, book. An index is included. lum: Wildlife Management (Grades 10-12, Context – Personal and Philosophical). Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Modules – Aquatic Environments, Hunting Saskatchewan Learning has recommended this book to support the following curricu- and Fishing). • Winner SBA Children’s Literature (2000) this book to support the following curricu- lum: Biology (Grade 11, Unit – Diversity of • Canadian Library Association Young Adult la: Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30 Life) • SBA First Book (2004) Finalist Canadian Book Award (2001) – Relationships: People and Paradigms); • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Winner Mr. Christie’s Book Award Silver and Wildlife Management (Grades 10-12, • SBA Book of the Year (2005) Finalist Seal (2000) Module – Outdoor Experiences); Initiative • SBA Non Fiction (2005) Finalist • Governor General’s Literary Award (2001) – First Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content • SBA Saskatoon Book Award (2005) Finalist Finalist and Perspectives. • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Sunburst Award (2001) Finalist • Resource Links’ Year’s Best (2000) Selected • SBA Award for Publishing (2002) Finalist • Snow Willow Award (2002-2003) Finalist • Winner SBA Scholarly Writing (2002) • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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History of the Métis Journeying Forward J. R. R. Tolkein: Master Leaving Holds Me Here: Letters Home: The Prairie: A Natural History of Willow Bunch by Patricia Monture-Angus of Imaginary Worlds Selected Poems 1975-2000 Wartime Diary and by Candace Savage by Ron Rivard and Catherine Littlejohn by Edward Willett by Glen Sorestad Correspondence of 1 ISBN 1-895686-97-0, $19.95, 6 x 9, John Edwin Gardiner ISBN 1-55365-190-1, $36.95, 7 ⁄2 x 10, 1 1 1 ISBN 0-9735828-0-4, $35.95, 8 ⁄2 x 11, 176 pages, paperback, 1999 ISBN 0-7660-2246-3, $26.60, 6 x 9, ISBN 1-894345-32-0, $18.95, 8 ⁄4 x 5 ⁄2, edited by David Smith 320 pages, paperback, 2006 268 pages, paperback, 2004 Fernwood Publishing Co. (FWD) 128 pages, hardcover, 2004 176 pages, paperback, 2001 Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group (HCP) 1 1 Ron Rivard and Catherine Littlejohn (RIV) Enslow Publishers (ENS) Thistledown Press (LPGD) ISBN 0-88977-157-X, $19.95, 9 ⁄2 x 6 ⁄2, This book is Monture-Angus’ reflective 197 pages, paperback, 2004 Prairie: A Natural History explores the This book provide an excellent overview to analysis on self-determination as she looks Born John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, this Leaving Holds Me Here includes 137 poems Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) prairie environment through photographs, the story of the Métis people in Saskatch- at the impact of Canadian law on First author is best known for his original worlds by Canada’s first government-designated science, lore, and personal insights. Savage ewan and the West as a whole. Well written, Nations people. Monture-Angus examines and creatures, many of whom appear in The poet laureate. The selections are taken from Letters Home is a collection of the wartime skillfully mixes science, narrative, and opin- researched, and illustrated, the book exam- existing and past government policy on Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings stories. Glen Sorestad’s poetry over a 25-year peri- letters of John Edwin Gardiner, son of ion to create this effective example of non- ines the history of the West through the First Nations people and resulting conse- Through a thorough exploration of his life od, and they illustrate the stages of his writ- James “Jimmy” Gardiner, the most promi- fiction writing. eyes of the Métis who eventually settled in quences of political and legal oppression of and work, Edward Willett brings to life the ing, his concerns, and his development as a nent Liberal politician of his day in western Willow Bunch. Voyageurs, Red River settle- these families, communities, and nations. inner workings of the mind of this author, highly respected, widely read Canadian Canada. On August 18, 1942, on the eve of Saskatchewan Learning has recommended ments, resistance, life on the prairie, work Family, relationships, history, sharing, cre- who made fantasy writing what it is today. poet. Many of the poems are based in the the Dieppe Raid, Edwin, a Pilot Officer in this book to support the following curricu- as traders, and fighting for rights are all part ativity to survive, and hope for the future Photographs and Internet addresses are natural environment and elude to family, 403 Squadron, wrote to his father: “At long la: English Language Arts (Grade 10, B10, of this fascinating story, which culminates are central themes relating to Aboriginal included. friendship, and memories. This very per- last we’re going to take part in something Theme – Environment and Technology; in Willow Bunch. Drawings, photographs, people reclaiming individual and collective sonal poetry has a strong Canadian flavour. big which you will read all about in the Grade 11, Creative Writing 20); Science maps, and original documents are used identities. While some of the text is aca- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended papers long before you get this letter.” (Grade 10, Unit – Sustainability of Ecosys- throughout the book to complement the demic in nature, several sections may be this book to support the following curricu- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Edwin Gardiner was killed when his Spitfire tems; Grade 11, Biology 20, Units – Agricul- readable text. excerpted for student reference. This book lum: English Language Arts (Grade 10, A10, this book to support the following curricu- went down in France the following day. tural Botany of Saskatchewan, Diversity of includes an index and bibliography. Theme – The Unknown). lum: English Language Arts (Grade 12, A30, John Edwin Gardiner’s voice in Letters Life, Ecological Organization); and Wildlife Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Unit II: Canada – Diverse Voices). Home is engaging, humourous, and intelli- Management (Grades 10-12, Module – this book to support the following curricu- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • SBA Children’s Literature (2004) Finalist gent. Like so many others of his generation, Wildlife and Ecosystems). la: Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30, this book to support the following curricu- • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA Book of the Year (2001) Finalist he exudes confidence and optimism despite Unit – The Nineteenth Century: Road to la: Law (Grade 12, Unit – Aboriginal Per- • SBA Poetry (in honour of Anne Szumigals- the dangers of his situation. • Winner SBA Book of the Year (2004) Democracy; Social Studies 30, Unit – Cul- spectives); and Native Studies (Grade 10, ki) (2001) Finalist • Winner SBA Non Fiction (2004) ture); Initiative – First Nation, Inuit, and Unit – Governance; Grade 11, Unit 1: Self- • Winner SBA City of Saskatoon Book Award • SBA Publishing in Education (2005) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Métis Content and Perspectives. Determination and Self-Government); Ini- (2001) tiative – First Nation, Inuit, and Métis • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA Non Fiction (2004) Finalist Content and Perspectives. • SBA Saskatoon Book Award (2004) Finalist • SBA Scholarly Writing (2004) Finalist • Winner SBA Book of the Year (2000) • SBA Award for Publishing (2004) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA First People’s Publishing (2004) Finalist • Winner SBA Publishing in Education (2004) • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Protecting Indigenous River in a Dry Land Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan First Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Premiers Knowledge and Heritage: by Trevor Herriot A New History Nations: Lives Past Heroes & Rogues of the Twentieth Century A Global Challenge by Bill Waiser and Present by Ruth Millar edited by Gordon L. Barnhart by Marie Battiste and ISBN 1-55199-122-5, $22.99, 6 x 9, edited by Christian Thompson 1 James Youngblood Henderson 368 pages, paperback, 2000 ISBN 1-894856-43-0, $49.95, 6 x 9, ISBN 1-55050-289-1, $19.95, 6 x 9, 216 ISBN 0-88977-164-2, $24.95, 6 x 9 ⁄2, 1 1 McClelland & Stewart Ltd. (ULS) 608 pages, hardcover, 2005 ISBN 0-88977-161-8, $24.95, 6 ⁄2 x 9 ⁄2, pages, paperback, 2004 418 pages, paperback, 2004 ISBN 1-895830-15-X, $36.00, 6 x 9, 336 Fifth House (FHW) 151 pages, paperback, 2004 Coteau Books (FHW) Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) pages, paperback, 2000 Trevor Herriot’s love for Saskatchewan’s Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) Purich Publishing Qu’Appelle River valley is reflected through In Saskatchewan: A New History, award- While the province has no shortage of famous From the optimism associated with provin- a combination of narrative, history, and winning author and historian Bill Waiser Part of the Saskatchewan Lives Past and Pre- people, it is sometimes necessary to step back cial status in 1905, through the trials of This book explores, among others, the description. He writes vividly of the history, presents a fresh, entertaining account and sent Series, this book brings together 125 and examine some of the lesser known heroes, Depression and war, the boom times of the notions of Eurocentric and European the flora and fauna, and the native and interpretation of Saskatchewan’s unique and short biographies of Saskatchewan First rascals, adventurers, and trailblazers that post-war period and the economic vagaries ethnographic traditions, decolonization, white inhabitants of the valley. Although captivating history. Waiser describes in Nations people. Each of the biographies cel- Saskatchewan has produced. From these less- of the 1980s and 1990s, the twentieth century and Eurocentric intellectual and cultural primarily a personal journey, the book detail his province and its people through ebrates the ever-growing contributions of er known stories a common theme prevails- was a time of growth and hardship, devel- property rights. It looks at what constitutes chronicles the gradual loss of a prairie the stimulating, often tumultuous years since First Nations people to the province and its they were all doers who achieved their opment, challenge and change, for Saskatch- Indigenous knowledge, how it is transmit- ecosystem and the subsequent fight for sur- joining Confederation in 1905. Waiser leaves cultural mosaic. Some of the First Nations goals.The biographies are short, fascinating, ewan and its people. And during the ted, and who may use it. It examines exist- vival of a growing number of species. Teach- no stone unturned as he records the events people featured are authors and journalists and open up new chapters in Saskatchewan’s century, 12 men, from a variety of political ing constitutional and legislative régimes ers may wish to use excerpts to stimulate and stories of the people who experienced whose biographies may be useful references history. Several black-and-white photographs parties and from very different back- and the need for legal and policy reforms discussion of issues relating to prairie them: from the province’s earliest days, to have in the library. accompany each biography. grounds, led the government of this province. toward an understanding of the rights of regionalism. The readability of this book is when anything seemed possible; through the First Nations peoples to protect their challenging, and it may be more useful for years of the Great Depression, when the Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Saskatchewan Learning has recommended knowledge and heritage. This resource is mature students. prospect of greatness seemed all but lost; to this book to support the following curricu- this book to support the following Secondary this book to support the following curricu- written at an advanced level. It is beneficial the second half of the century, when an la: Canadian Studies (Grade 12, Native Level curricula: Canadian Studies (Grade 12, lum: Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History to teachers and other educators/administra- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended this intense, at times bitter, debate raged over Studies 30, Unit – Social Development; History 30, Units – Challenges and Opportu- 30, Units – Challenges and Opportunities, tors interested in understanding First book to support the following curriculum: how best to govern Saskatchewan. Relying Social Studies 30, Unit – Change); English nities, External Forces and Domestic Reali- External Forces and Domestic Realities, Nations knowledge and its implication in English Language Arts (Grade 12, A30, Unit I: on the most up-to-date historical research Language Arts (Grade 11, Creative Writing ties; Social Studies 30, Unit – Change). The Forces of Nationalism, The Nineteenth education. This book includes a list of ref- Canada – Diverse Landscapes and People). available, he offers new perspectives on tra- 20, Journalism 20; Grade 12, A30, Unit II: Century: The Road to Democracy). erences, Acts, regulations and guidelines, ditional views and tackles previously neg- Canada – Diverse Voices); Initiative – First Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- and an index. • Winner SBA Book of the Year (2000) lected, often difficult, concepts and events. Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content and Per- mended Saskatchewan Heroes & Rogues to • SBA Award for Publishing (2005) Finalist • Winner SBA City of Regina Book Award (2000) spectives. support the following Elementary Level • SBA Publishing in Education (2005) Finalist Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • SBA Non Fiction (2000) Finalist Saskatchewan Learning has recommended curriculum: Social Studies (Grade 4, Units 1 • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning this book to support the following curricu- • Winner Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize (2000) this book to support the following curricula: • SBA First Peoples Publishing (2004) Finalist and 2, Teacher Reference). lum: Native Studies (Grades 10 and 11 – • Winner CBA Best First Time Author Award Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30, All • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning General, Teacher Reference, Initiative – (2000) Units; Social Studies 30, All Units; Initiative • SBA City of Saskatoon Book Award (2004) First Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content and • Governor General’s Award for Non Fiction – First Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content). Finalist Perspectives). (2000) Finalist • SBA First Book (Brenda MacDonald Riches • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA Non Fiction (2005) Finalist Award) (2004) Finalist • Winner SBA First Peoples Publishing (2000) • SBA Scholarly Writing (2005) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Saskatchewan Sports Saskatchewan Writers: Sightlines Sundog Highway Sunrise: Saskatchewan Tough on Kids Legends: 100 Years Lives Past and Present by Leona Theis edited by Larry Warwaruk Elders Speak. 2nd edition by Ross Gordon Green of Athletic Distinction edited by Heather Hodgson edited by Sandra Falconer Pace and Kearney F. Healy by John Chaput ISBN 1-55050-160-7, $16.95, 5 x 8, 240 ISBN 1-55050-167-4, $19.95, 6 x 9, 240 and Patricia Deiter 1 1 ISBN 0-88977-163-4, $19.95, 6 ⁄2 x 9 ⁄2, pages, paperback, 2000 pages, paperback, 2000 ISBN 1-895830-22-2, $28.00, 6 x 9, 272 1 ISBN 0-921835-72-8, $37.95, 8 ⁄2 x 11, 149 pages, paperback, 2004 Coteau Books (FHW) Coteau Books (FHW) ISBN 0-9686701-1-3, $11.00, pages, paperback, 2003 336 pages, hardcover, 2005 Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) 91 pages, paperback, 2000 Purich Publishing (PUC) Johnson & Gorman (FHW) The stories in this anthology are set in an Saskatchewan writers and artists are featured Regina Board of Education (RPS) Part of the Saskatchewan Writers: Lives Past imaginary prairie town called Flat Hill. in this truly Saskatchewan resource. Poems, Using case studies and statistics, the authors This book celebrates the province’s sports and Present book series, this collection of They include an expansive blend of charac- short stories, essays, play excerpts, and art This book provides a collection of oral his- have created a resource that examines the history with a sweeping chronicle of biographies highlights over 175 Saskatch- ters differing in ages, occupations, social work reflect the history of our province, the tories from several Elders of the First sometimes heartbreaking elements of youth superlative athletes and teams. Here are the ewan writers. Each of the featured authors levels, and personalities. Connections are diversity of the land and people, and the sto- Nations in Saskatchewan. Numerous recol- justice. The causes of youth crime as well as inside stories of Olympic gold medallists, published at least one book of poetry, fic- made as the stories progress chronologically. ries and legends that have become part of lections from Elders on themes such as punishment, restorative justice, and Aborig- Hockey Hall of Fame members, football tion, non-fiction, or plays. Titles of their The contemporary prairie focus and the the tapestry of Saskatchewan. Sundog High- reserve life, residential schools, treaties, and inal justice are examined. After a thorough stars, curling champions, and many more major works are incorporated into the descriptive language make this resource way includes short biographies for each spirituality are told. Each one adds to a examination of the existing problems and who brought athletic glory to Saskatch- authors’ narratives, as well as insights into appropriate for many themes in English author and artist, as well as personal state- greater understanding of these issues. failures, the authors suggest that radical ewan. Diligently researched and brimming the writer’s craft. language arts. Teachers are advised that ments from each regarding his or her indi- change is needed. An index is included. with the insight of 65 fresh interviews, some selections contain language that may vidual work. Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Saskatchewan Sports Legends brings into Saskatchewan Learning has recommended be considered offensive. this book to support the following curricu- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended focus the famous, the colourful, and even this book to support the following curricu- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended la: Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30, this book to support the following curricu- the forgotten whose deeds merit another la: English Language Arts (Grade 11, Cre- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended this book to support the following curricula: Units – Challenges and Opportunities, lum: Law (Grade 12, Unit – Criminal Law, look. Enriched with 280 black-and-white ative Writing 20; Grade 12, A30, Unit II: this book to support the following curricu- Canadian Studies (Grade 12, History 30, Units Relationships: People and Paradigms; Teacher Reference, Initiative – First Nation, photographs, Saskatchewan Sports Legends is Canada – Diverse Voices). lum: English Language Arts (Grade 12, A30, – Challenges and Opportunities, External Native Studies 30, Units – Aboriginal and Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives). certain to become the standard reference for Unit I: Canada – Diverse Landscapes and Forces and Domestic Realities, The Forces of Treaty Rights, Economic Development, all those who are passionate about their • SBA First Peoples Publishing (2004) Finalist Peoples, Unit II: Canada – Diverse Voices). Nationalism, Relationships: People and Para- Governance, Land Claims and Treaty Land, • SBA Scholarly Writing (2003) Finalist province and its sports history. • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning digms; Native Studies 30, Units – Aboriginal Social Development; Social Studies 30, • SBA Award for Publishing (2003) Finalist • Winner SBA Fiction (2000) and Treaty Rights, Economic Development, Unit – Culture); English Language Arts • SBA Non Fiction (2003) Finalist Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • Winner SBA Saskatoon Book Award (2000) Governance, Land Claims and Treaty Land (Grade 12, A30, Canada – Diverse Voices); • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning this book to support the following curricu- • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Entitlement, Social Development; Social and Native Studies (Grade 10, General, lum: English Language Arts (Grade 10, A10, Studies 30, Units – Change, Culture, Eco- Teacher Reference); Initiative – First Theme – Challenges). nomic Development, Globalization, Gover- Nation, Inuit, and Métis Content and Per- nance); and English Language Arts (Grade 12, spectives. • SBA Regina Book Award (2005) Finalist A30, Multigenre); Initiative – First Nation, • SBA First Book (Brenda MacDonald Riches Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives. • SBA Publishing in Education (2000) Award) (2005) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • SBA Award for Publishing (2001) Finalist • SBA Publishing in Education (2001) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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La Trahison/The Betrayal Trout Stream Creed Water and Wetland Plants Additional Resources by Laurier Gareau by David Carpenter of the Prairie Provinces by Heinjo Lahring For more books that support Secondary 1 ISBN 2-921385-24-4, $9.95, 5 _ x 8 ⁄2, 88 ISBN 1-55050-266-2, $14.95, 6 x 6, Level curricula, please refer to the follow- pages, paperback, 1998 96 pages, paperback, 2003 ISBN 0-88977-162-6, $34.95, 5 x 8, ing: Les Editions de la Nouvelle Plume (SPG) Coteau Books (FHW) 326 pages, paperback, 2003 Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) Elementary Level Section La Trahison presents a balanced example of Like the fish referred to in the title, this col- • The Powwow: An Art History–p. 6 historical analyses and drama. Dumont’s lection of poetry is energetic, fast moving, This handy field guide is designed for use arguments question the given interpretation and playful at times. It captures the simple by both amateur and professional botanists, Middle Level Section for the Métis defeated at the hands of the beauty of the natural world with exquisite biologists, gardeners, and naturalists. The • Expressing Our Heritage: Métis Artistic Canadian Militia. Set in 1905, The Betrayal clarity. A tribute to the writer’s mother, full–colour field guide includes over 400 Designs–p. 9 presents Gabriel Dumont seeking the truth encounters with young poets, and the species of water and wetland plants found • Prairie Phoenix: The Red Lily (Lilium from his parish priest. La Trahison offre un fragility of life mix with Carpenter’s fascina- across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manito- Philadelphicum) in Saskatchewan–p. 13 mervilleux equilibre entre l’interpretation tion with nature. His keen observations are ba. Since many of the northern wetland • Through the Eyes of the Cree and Beyond: historique et l’expression theatrale. Les pro- wryly recorded, in this, his debut poetry plants are circumpolar in distribution, The Art of Allen Sapp–p. 14 pos de Gabriel Dumont soulevent des collection. Teachers are advised that some Water and Wetland Plants of the Prairie • Wapusk: White Bear of the North–p. 15 doutes sur les veritables raisons de l’echec de selections contain strong language. Provinces will also be useful in other parts of son peuple contre le gouvernement canadi- Canada, the United States, and Asia. Reference Section en. Situe en 1905 La Trahison nous presente Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • Atlas of Saskatchewan–p. 34 un Gabriel Dumont venu chercher la verite this book to support the following curricu- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended • The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: aupres du cure de sa paroisse. la: English Language Arts (Grade 11, Theme this book to support the following curricu- A Living Legacy–p. 34 – Recollection; Grade 12, A30, Unit I: la: Science (Grade 10, Unit – Sustainability Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Canada – Diverse Landscapes and People). of Ecosystems; Grade 11, Biology 20, Units this book to support the following Sec- – Agricultural Botany of Saskatchewan, ondary Level curriculum: French Language • SBA Book of the Year (2003) Finalist Diversity of Life, Ecological Organization). Arts (Grades 10-12, Francophone Schools). • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning • Winner SBA Award for Publishing (2004) Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning mended La Trahison support the following Middle Level curriculum: Social Studies (Grade 8, Francophone Schools).

• SBA Prix du Livre Francais (2004) Finalist • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Blue Marrow Cree: Language of the Dry Fluttertongue 3: Disarray Gift of the Hawk Heroic Adventures by Louise Halfe Plains. Revised edition by Barbara Sapergia by Steven Ross Smith by Randy Lundy of Donny Coyote by Jean Okimasis by Ken Mitchell 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ISBN 1-55050-304-9, $12.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-319-7, $19.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, ISBN 0-88801-307-8, $15.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, ISBN 1-55050-303-0, $12.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, 1 1 1 1 120 pages, paperback, reprinted 2004 ISBN 0-88977-155-3, $24.95, 9 ⁄2 x 6 ⁄2, 304 pages, paperback, 2005 116 pages, paperback, 2005 74 pages, paperback, 2004 ISBN 1-55050-263-8, $19.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, Coteau Books (FHW) 208 pages, paperback, 2005 Coteau Books (FHW) Turnstone Press (LPGD) Coteau Books (FHW) 320 pages, paperback, 2003 Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) Coteau Books (FHW) This moving tribute to First Nations A powerful literary thriller about a frighten- In the third book of Steven Ross Smith’s The real gift of the hawk is, in fact, silence. women’s strength, nominated for the Gov- Cree: Language of the Plains explores some ingly near future where myth and adventure multivolume Fluttertongue, Smith turns his Randy Lundy leads us away from words to Ken Mitchell, one of Canada’s premier ernor General’s Award for Poetry, is avail- of the intricate grammatical features of a intersect, Dry weaves its fable around the keen trickster’s eye on the poem itself, and the images he finds in nature, as the set of story-tellers, returns with this riotous, outra- able again in a rewritten, re-edited, and language spoken by a nation which extends lethal conflict between two families. In this the ways in which it is presented. In Flutter- symbols with which to think about life, the geous retelling of the Cervantes classic, star- redesigned edition. The beautifully designed from Quebec to Alberta. Although there are futuristic world, plant scientists Signy Nils- tongue Book 3: Disarray, Smith pushes the world, our place in it. He uses insects, birds, ring Donny Coyote and his recycling depot cover depicts the author’s four grandmoth- five dialects within these geographic bound- son and her brother Tomas search for a way boundaries not only of verse, but of lan- flowers, the moon, the sun, even rock, as side-kick, the foul-mouthed and conniving ers dancing among the Northern lights. aries, only the “y” (or Plains) dialect is pre- to reclaim the land. Their virulent enemy, guage, and of our ability to know what sur- these totemic signposts to the real world. Sandra Douleur. The naïve and good- sented here. The distinction has been made Magnus Dragland, one of the oldest and rounds us, and how to articulate it. Smith hearted Donny gains his inspiration not • Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry between, on one hand, learning about a lan- richest men on earth, tries to destroy them exercises the malleability of language and • SBA City of Regina Award (2004) Finalist from stories of romantic chivalry, but from (1998) Finalist guage, or building language awareness, and, and steal their work. Signy and Tomas live meaning, and explores moments of grace • Winner SBA First Peoples Publishing superhero comic books. He and Sandra quit • SBA Book of the Year (1998) Finalist on the other hand, acquisition of a language at Sunterra, their great-grandmother’s farm and dislocation. His improvisatory and (2004) their jobs at a recycling depot in Moose Jaw • SBA City of Saskatoon Book Award (1998) or building fluency in it. Cree: Language of in the Old Swedish Colony, with Signy’s 12- aleatory methods capture the fleeting and and head south in their trusty Coyote Finalist the Plains contains an appropriate balance year-old son, David, deaf from birth, who flirtatious nature of mind and event in their Mobile, a converted welding truck. They see • SBA Award for Poetry (1998) Finalist of both language learning and language hears something no one else can: the voice certainty and disorder. Smith sees the narra- the natural wonders of Yellowstone Park acquisition activities. This book presents of the land. Sunterra’s untouched prairie is tive and syntactic line as a wall at which to before arriving in the most outrageous place the grammatical structure of Cree in terms surrounded by Dragland’s empire–almost throw words, waiting to see what sticks and on the continent, Las Vegas. Along the way, that everyone can understand, along with 100 square miles, all of it poisoned by his what patterns emerge from the disarray. Donny determinedly tries to right the selected technical linguistic explanations. attempts to tame it. After a violent incident, The result is a book that, like improvisa- wrongs of the world, while Sandra looks for Other features include tables showing verb Signy and David confront Dragland, and tional jazz, reveals more each time it is expe- ways to make a fast buck. Donny tilts at conjugation, placement of person indica- long-buried secrets are lifted out of the dust rienced. wind turbines, steals a wash basin, which he tors, preverbs, connectives, and endings of the past and brought into light. mistakes for the helmet of the superhero (singular and plural). There is also a refer- • SBA Saskatoon Book Award (2005) Finalist Flash, and encounters a strange hermit. The ence grammar and verb list. Standard • SBA Fiction (2005) Finalist • Winner SBA Book of the Year (2005) Heroic Adventures of Donny Coyote is both a Roman Orthography is used. • SBA Saskatoon Book Award (2005) Finalist parable and a savagely comic satire of North American values and the need for heroes, all • SBA First People’s Publishing (2005) Finalist wrapped in an extravagant, hilarious misad- venture that is as action packed and vivid as any comic book.

• SBA City of Regina Book Award (2003) Finalist

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In Her Own Time Jackrabbit Street Jacob’s Dream The Last Crossing The Last Good Day Lilac Moon: by Maggie Siggins by Joe Welsh by Elizabeth Brewster by Guy Vanderhaeghe by Gail Bowen Dreaming of the Real West by Sharon Butala 1 1 1 1 ISBN 0-00-638629-6, $27.95, 5 3/4 x 9, 786 ISBN 1-894345-57-6, $9.95, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, ISBN 0-7780-1208-5, $34.95, 8 ⁄2 x 5 ⁄2, ISBN 0-7710-8738-1, $22.99, 5 1/4 x 8 1/4, ISBN 0-7710-1468-6, $10.99, 4 1/4 x 7, 344 3 1 pages, paperback, 2001 64 pages, paperback, 2003 64 pages, hardcover, 2002 400 pages, paperback, 2003 pages, paperback, 2004 ISBN 0-00-200778-9, $34.95, 5 ⁄4 x 8 ⁄2, HarperCollins Canada (HCP) Thistledown Press (LPGD) Oberon Press (OBP) McClelland & Stewart Ltd. (ULS) McClelland & Stewart Ltd. (ULS) 256 pages, hardcover, 2005 HarperCollins Canada (HCP) It all started with an R. H. King Collegiate Joe Welsh irreverently and poignantly recre- This collection, as the title implies, is preoc- Set in the second half of the nineteenth cen- The ninth novel of Gail Bowen’s popular class of ’61 reunion: 26 women meeting 30 ates the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s in and around cupied with religion and the bible. Many of tury, in the American and Canadian West series finds Canada’s favourite amateur What does it mean to be a Westerner? What years after their graduation. Siggins was Lebret, Saskatchewan. His ear for voice and the poems take the form of prayers, based and in Victorian England, The Last Crossing sleuth, Joanne Kilbourn, on holiday at a is the Western experience and, by extension, struck by their wide range of fascinating life his deprecating homespun portraits para- on the Amidah, prayers that reflect the gen- is a sweeping tale of interwoven lives and sto- cottage borrowed from a lawyer friend, one what makes up the Western soul? In Lilac stories. These, after all, were the women doxically intensify his loyalty to his tle, elegiac mood that is typical of Elizabeth ries. Charles and Addington Gaunt must find of a cluster of summer homes owned by Moon, Sharon Butala inspires, delights, and who were born during the war, had come of people—the Métis. Enriched throughout Brewster’s most recent work. But though their brother Simon, who has gone missing in lawyers from the same prestigious firm. challenges us to think about the West in age in the ’60s, and were changed by the with a relentless stream-of-consciousness, she lives each day in the presence of the the wilds of the American West. Charles, a When one of them kills himself the night fresh ways. Beginning with a day in the life women’s movement of the ’70s. They had the writer merges vignette, poem, and dra- uncomfortable facts of age—she is 80— disillusioned artist, and Addington, a dis- after a long talk with Joanne, she is pushed of the real West, she transports us to her all stood at the forefront of one of the great- matic monologue into a form that is unique there’s a luminous beauty, a fragile radiance graced military captain, enlist the services of a into investigating just what her neighbours Saskatchewan ranch, where a soft lilac est revolutions in history—the emancipa- in its authentic language and local colour. that informs the whole book. In 2001 Eliza- guide to lead them on their journey across a are involved with, an investigation that has moon lights the vast rolling landscape. tion of half the human race. Inspired by beth Brewster was awarded the Order of difficult and unknown landscape. This is the startling—and fatal—consequences. Bowen’s Then, in a series of wide-ranging chapters that reunion, Siggins set out to write the life • SBA First Peoples Publishing (2004) Finalist Canada. enigmatic Jerry Potts, half Blackfoot, half depiction of this community of lawyers, that ponder the question “What makes a stories of her classmates, using the emerging Scottish, who suffers his own painful past. each in his or her way now divorced from Westerner?” she considers the myths, the themes from these intense dramas as a gate- • Winner SBA Poetry (in honour of Anne Szu- The party grows to include Caleb Ayto, a the ideals of justice and mercy that once history, the peoples of the three prairie way to explore women’s lives throughout migalski) (2002) sycophantic American journalist, and Lucy motivated them all, is both compassionate provinces. history. The result is a compelling series of Stoveall, a wise and beautiful woman who and hard-nosed. There is Zack, the charm- personal journeys linked by nothing less travels in the hope of avenging her sister’s ing but controlling paraplegic; Blake and • Winner SBA Non Fiction (2005) than an absorbing cultural history of vicious murder. Later, the group is joined by Lily, whose daughter, Gracie, struggles to women in the Western world, from antiqui- Custis Straw, a Civil War veteran searching keep her dignity as her parents’ marriage ty to the present. A book that speaks pow- for salvation, and Custis’s friend and protec- falls apart; Noah, who would rather practise erfully to people of all ages—and especially tor Aloysius Dooley, a saloon-keeper. This carpentry than law, and his wife, Delia, who those of “the cusp generation,” In Her Own unlikely posse becomes entangled in an is consumed by worry about the firm. The Time is an inspiring, informative and whol- unfolding drama that forces each person to mounting stress among these lawyers is pal- ly entertaining read. come to terms with his own demons. pable as Joanne delves into their lives. And Joanne faces her own personal anxieties too • SBA Non Fiction (2000) Finalist • Winner SBA Book of the Year (2002) when she discovers that her former lover, • Winner SBA Fiction (2002) Inspector Alex Kequahtooway, is involved • Winner Saskatoon Book Award (2002) in what seems to be some very sordid legal • Winner Canadian Booksellers Association business. Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year (2002) • SBA City of Regina Award (2004) Finalist • Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (2002) Finalist

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Papîyâhtak Real Life: Short Stories A Reckless Moon Russländer Songs to Kill a Wîhtikow Wild Stone Heart by Rita Bouvier by Sharon Butala and Other Stories by Sandra Birdsell by Neal McLeod by Sharon Butala by Dianne Warren ISBN 1-894345-69-X, $12.95, 5 x 8, ISBN 0-00-639234-2, $17.95, 5 x 8, ISBN 0-7710-1451-1, $21.00, 8 x 10, 408 ISBN 0-9735567-6-5, $16.95, 6 x 9, 104 ISBN 0-00-639129-X, $18.95, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4, 80 pages, paperback, 2004 192 pages, paperback, 2002 ISBN 1-55192-455-2, $19.95, 5 _ x 8, 288 pages, paperback, 2002 pages, paperback, 2005 205 pages, paperback, 2001 Thistledown Press (LPGD) HarperCollins Canada (HCP) pages, paperback, 2002 McClelland & Stewart Ltd. (ULS) Hagios Press (LPGD) HarperCollins Canada (HCP) Raincoast Books (RAI) Through the healing medicine of language, Real Life contains 10 perfectly formed sto- Katherine (Katya) Vogt is now an old Songs to Kill a Wîhtikow plunges the reader This resonant and deeply moving explo- Rita Bouvier leads the reader into the world ries, singular moments of emotional inten- Dianne Warren has crafted seven exquisite woman living in Winnipeg, but the story of into a new way of speaking about history ration of a seemingly ordinary field in of the Métis and Cree to experience first- sity about the inner lives we all share. In stories, each of them a near novella in scope how she and her family came to Canada and the present. With wit and courage, southwest Saskatchewan is at once an hand the wisdom and generosity that she “Light,” a woman whose sister is dying an and character. Warren’s ear for the colloqui- begins in Russia in 1910, on a wealthy Men- McLeod enters new territory where story- ancient mystery, a lyrical journey between inherited in her birthright. Some of these agonizing death from cancer finds a com- al was honed during years of creating pitch- nonite estate. Here they lived in a world telling becomes street song and words live past and present, a fascinating lesson in nat- poems are steeped in the tradition of the pelling attraction to the stories of Holocaust perfect dialogue for the stage, and her cast bounded by the prosperity of their land- within the sorrows and exuberance of his ural history, and a woman’s intimate search dramatic monologue; others are used as dia- survivors. In “Real Life,” Raine, a middle- of hapless singles is as familiar as our most lords and by the poverty and disgruntle- people. Myth and the degradation of the for her own place in the world. With every logue anchors to the rich oral traditions of aged divorced woman, runs into her former intimate friends. As her men and women ment of the Russian workers who toil on body are brought forth in McLeod’s written book, Butala delicately carves new and First Nations people. Throughout all, husband—and the still-sharp pain of an wander from suburb to small town, the estate. But in the wake of the First and visual images, yet this work is finally uncharted spiritual geography. Wild Stone though, is the subtle but confident voice of affair that changed the course of their lives. serendipity wreaks havoc with their too-com- World War, the tensions engulfing the about the resiliency of the spirit against Heart is no exception, a classic work that Rita Bouvier who, like a spirit guide, leads “Keeping House” tells of a daughter’s fortable lives. Prank calls, stealthy neigh- country begin to intrude on the communi- powerful internal and external forces. will appeal to all of her many fans. the reader into a cultural place where wis- impending divorce, forcing her mother to bours, and harmless thefts slowly whittle ty, leading to an unspeakable act of vio- dom comes from children, and laughter re-examine her own abusive first marriage. reality into brutal focus, and each character lence. In the aftermath of that violence, and • SBA Book of the Year (2005) Finalist • SBA Book of the Year (2000) Finalist from Elders. In papîyâhtak, poetry is used to Each story presents the moments of “real confronts a life irrevocably altered. Here is a in the difficult years that follow, Katya tries • SBA Poetry (in honour of Anne Szumigalski) “forge a vision that many can embrace.” life” that all of us experience, stripping away world of casual violations, surprising fits of to come to terms with the terrible events (2005) Finalist defenses to reveal truths of pain, joy, anger, protest, and small accidents with enormous that befell her and her family. In lucid, • SBA Publishing in Education (2005) Finalist • SBA Book of the Year (2004) Finalist fear, or hope. repercussions. spellbinding prose, Birdsell vividly evokes • SBA First Peoples Publishing (2004) Finalist time and place, and the unease that existed • SBA Fiction (2002) Finalist • Winner Marion Engel Award (2004) in a county on the brink of revolutionary • SBA Fiction (2002) Finalist change. The Russländer is a powerful and • SBA Book of the Year (2002) Finalist moving story of ordinary people who lived • SBA City of Regina (2002) Finalist through extraordinary times.

• Giller Award (2001) Finalist • Winner SBA Book of the Year (2001) • Winner SBA City of Regina Award (2001) • Winner SBA Fiction (2001)

32—s p i r i t o f s a s k a t c h e w a n s p i r i t o f s a s k a t c h e w a n —33 REFERENCE INDEX— BY TITLE

A Reckless Moon and Other Stories ...... 12 Hannah ...... 10 Saskatchewan Premiers of the Twentieth Century ...... 23 Ahtahkakoop: The Epic Account of a Plains Heartland: A Prairie Sampler ...... 4 Cree Head Chief, His People, and Their Saskatchewan Sports Legends: Heroic Adventures of Donny Coyote ...... 29 Struggle for Survival, 1816-1896 ...... 17 100 Years of Athletic Distinction ...... 24 History of the Métis of Willow Bunch ...... 20 Alchemist’s Daughter ...... 8 Saskatchewan Writers: In Her Own Time ...... 30 Lives Past and Present ...... 24 All Hell Can’t Stop Us ...... 19 J. R. R. Tolkein: Master Seasons Are Horses ...... 13 no image available At Geronimo’s Grave ...... 17 of Imaginary Worlds ...... 20 Sightlines ...... 24 Atlas of Saskatchewan ...... 34 Jackrabbit Street ...... 30 Songs to Kill a Wîhtikow ...... 33 Bay Girl ...... 1 Jacob’s Dream ...... 30 Soulworm ...... 13 Before Wings ...... 18 Journeying Forward ...... 20 Sundog Highway ...... 25 Bone Talker ...... 1 Keeper of the Trees ...... 4 Sunrise: Saskatchewan Elders Speak. Blue Marrow ...... 28 The Lady at Batoche ...... 11 2nd edition ...... 25 Born to be a Cowgirl: A Spirited The Lake in the Middle of Town ...... 4 The Secret of Sentinel Rock ...... 6 Atlas of Saskatchewan. The Encyclopedia Ride Through the Old West ...... 1 The Last Crossing ...... 31 The Secret of the Stone House ...... 7 2nd edition of Saskatchewan: The Bulrush Helps the Pond ...... 2 edited by Ka-ju Fun A Living Legacy The Last Good Day ...... 31 The Town That Floated Away ...... 7 Building for the Future: A Photo Journal of ...... 1 Saskatchewan's Legislative Building 8 Leaving Holds Me Here: Through the Eyes of the Cree and Beyond: ISBN 0-88880-387-7, $49.95, 11 x 17, ISBN 0-88977-175-8, $125.00, 8 ⁄2 x 11, Selected Poems 1975-2000 ...... 21 The Art of Allen Sapp: The Story Canoeing the Churchill: A Practical Guide 336 pages, hardcover, 1999 1072 pages, hardcover, 2005 of a People ...... 14 ISBN 0-88880-417-2, $14.95, CD-ROM Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) to the Historic Voyageur Highway ...... 18 Letters Home: The Wartime Diary and Corre- spondence of John Edwin Gardiner ...... 21 Tough on Kids ...... 25 Book and CD-ROM - No order number is Carving My Name ...... 8 This beautifully illustrated and well-for- The Light-Fingered Gang ...... 5 La Trahison/The Betrayal ...... 26 required. $54.95 set Changes ...... 2 University of Saskatchewan (USB) matted encyclopedia provides an A to Z look Lilac Moon: Dreaming of the Real West . . . . .31 Trout Stream Creed ...... 26 at Saskatchewan. Over 2,300 entries cover all Cree: Language of the Plains. Revised edition ...... 28 Melanie Bluelake's Dream ...... 11 Tunnels of Treachery ...... 14 Distributed to all schools in 2000, this atlas aspects of life in Saskatchewan. A large num- provides a wealth of excellent information ber of charts, graphs, maps, and tables are Crows: Encounters With the Mister Got to Go and Arnie ...... 5 Tunnels of Tyranny ...... 14 Wise Guys of the Avian World ...... 8 on all aspects of Saskatchewan. The physical used to illustrate the articles. Several major Mister Got to Go: The Cat Waiting for Pelly ...... 15 environment, history, archaeology, wildlife, essays are given on topics such as Aboriginal Dancing in Poppies ...... 19 That Wouldn't Leave ...... 5 Wapusk: White Bear of the North ...... 15 natural resources, population, and economy peoples, agriculture, business, and history. Digging Canadian Dinosaurs ...... 2 No Place for Kids ...... 12 are presented via thematic maps, tables, and Water and Wetland Plants descriptions. There is also a CD-ROM ver- Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Dinosaur Breakout ...... 3 Papîyâhtak ...... 32 of the Prairie Provinces ...... 26 sion of this atlas available. The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan to support Dinosaur Hideout ...... 3 Phantom Queen ...... 12 Whose Side Are You On? ...... 15 the following Elementary Level curriculum: Dry ...... 28 The Powwow: An Art History ...... 6 Wild Stone Heart ...... 33 Saskatchewan Learning has recommended Social Studies (Grade 4, Units 1-4, Teacher this atlas to support the following curricula: Reference). Dust ...... 9 A Prairie Alphabet ...... 6 Wizards ...... 16 Energy and Mines (Grades 10-12, Module – The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan ...... 34 Prairie Phoenix: The Red Lily (Lilium Saskatchewan Geology and Geography); Saskatchewan Learning has also recom- Philadelphicum) in Saskatchewan ...... 13 Expressing Our Heritage: Forestry Studies (Grades 11and12, Module – mended this book to support the following Métis Artistic Designs ...... 9 Prairie: A Natural History ...... 21 Forest Regions); and Wildlife Management Secondary Level curricula: Canadian Studies (Grades10-12, Module — Saskatchewan (Grade 12, History 30, Units – Challenges Fishing Saskatchewan: An Angler's Prairie Dogs ...... 12 Guide to Provincial Waters ...... 19 Wildlife). and Opportunities, External Forces and Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Domestic Realities, The Forces of National- Fixed ...... 19 Heritage: A Global Challenge ...... 22 ward for Publishing (2000) ism, The Nineteenth Century: Road to • Winner SBA A Fluttertongue 3: Disarray ...... 29 Real Life: Short Stories ...... 32 • Winner SBA Publishing in Education Democracy; Social Studies 30, Unit – Eco- Flux ...... 10 River in a Dry Land ...... 22 (2000) nomic Development); and English Language • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning Arts (Grade 11, Creative Writing 20; Grade 12 From Far and Wide: A Canadian Russländer ...... 33 A30, Unit II: Canada – Diverse Voices). Citizenship Scrapbook ...... 3 Saskatchewan: A New History ...... 22 Ghost Hotel ...... 10 • Winner SBA Scholarly Writing (2005) Saskatchewan First Nations: • Winner SBA Award for Publishing (2005) Gift of the Hawk ...... 29 Lives Past and Present ...... 23 • Winner SBA Publishing in Education (2005) Growing Up Royal ...... 4 Saskatchewan Heroes & Rogues ...... 23 • Recommended by Saskatchewan Learning

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Elementary Level Phantom Queen ...... 12 Saskatchewan First Nations: Lives ASG Allen Sapp Gallery FWD Fernwood Publishing Co. Ltd. MCK MacKenzie Art Gallery Past and Present ...... 23 The Prairie Dogs ...... 12 # 1 Railway Ave. E., PO Box 1981 T. C. Douglas Building Bay Girl ...... 1 Saskatchewan Heroes & Rogues ...... 23 Prairie Phoenix: The Red Lily (Lilium P.O. Box 460, Peterborough, on, k9j 7x7 3475 Albert St The Bone Talker ...... 1 Philadelphicum) in Saskatchewan ...... 13 Saskatchewan Premiers of the Twentieth Century . .23 North Battleford, sk, s9a 2y6 (705) 743-8990 Regina, sk, s4s 6x6 (306) 445-1760 Fax: (705) 743-8353 (306) 584-4250 Born to Be a Cowgirl: A Spirited Ride The Seasons Are Horses ...... 13 Saskatchewan Sports Legends: 100 Through the Old West ...... 1 Years of Athletic Distinction ...... 24 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (306) 569-8191 Soulworm ...... 13 www.allensapp.com www.fernwoodbooks.ca [email protected] The Bulrush Helps the Pond ...... 2 Saskatchewan Writers: Lives Web: Web: E-mail: Through the Eyes of the Cree and Beyond: The Past and Present ...... 24 Web: www.mackenzie artgallery.sk.ca/ Changes ...... 2 Art of Allen Sapp: The Story of a People . . . .14 CPRC Canadian Plains Research Center GDI Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Sightlines ...... 24 Digging Canadian Dinosaurs ...... 2 Tunnels of Treachery ...... 14 University of Regina Studies & Applied Research NSK Nature Saskatchewan Sundog Highway ...... 25 Dinosaur Breakout ...... 3 Tunnels of Tyranny ...... 14 3737 Wascana Pky Bay 2 - 604 22nd St W 206 - 1860 Lorne St Sunrise: Saskatchewan Elders Speak. Dinosaur Hideout ...... 3 Waiting for Pelly ...... 15 Regina, sk, s4s 0a2 Saskatoon, sk, s7m 5w1 Regina, sk, s4p 2l7 2nd edition ...... 25 From Far and Wide: A Canadian Wapusk: White Bear of the North ...... 15 (306) 585-4758 (306) 934-4941 (800) 667-4668 Tough on Kids ...... 25 Citizenship Scrapbook ...... 3 Fax: (306) 585-4699 Fax: (306) 244-0252 (306) 780-9273 Whose Side Are You On? ...... 15 La Trahison/The Betrayal ...... 26 Growing Up Royal ...... 4 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (306) 780-9263 Wizards ...... 16 Trout Stream Creed ...... 26 Web: www.cprc.uregina.ca Web: www.gdins.org E-mail: [email protected] Heartland: A Prairie Sampler ...... 4 Water and Wetland Plants Web: www.naturesask.ca The Lake in the Middle of Town ...... 4 Secondary Level of the Prairie Provinces ...... 26 ENS Enslow Publishers, Inc HCP HarperCollins Canada Ltd. The Light-Fingered Gang ...... 5 Box 398, 40 Industrial Road, 1995 Markham Rd OBP Oberon Press Ahtahkakoop: The Epic Account of a Plains Mister Got to Go and Arnie ...... 5 Berkeley Heights, NJ, U. S. A. Scarborough, on, m1b 5m8 205 - 145 Sparks St Cree Head Chief, His People, and Their Post - Secondary Level Mister Got to Go: The Cat Struggle for Survival, 1816-1896 ...... 17 07922-0398 (800) 387-0117 Ottawa, on, k1r 6p1 That Wouldn't Leave ...... 5 Telephone: (908) 771-9400 (416) 321-2241 (613) 238-3275 All Hell Can’t Stop Us ...... 17 Blue Marrow ...... 28 The Powwow: An Art History ...... 6 Fax: (908) 771-0925 Fax: (800) 668-5788 Fax: (613) 238-3275 At Geronimo’s Grave ...... 17 Cree: Language of the Plains. Revised edition . . . .28 Toll Free: 1-800-398-2504 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] A Prairie Alphabet ...... 6 Before Wings ...... 18 Dry ...... 28 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.harpercanada.com/ Web: www3.sympatico.ca/oberon The Secret of Sentinel Rock ...... 6 Canoeing the Churchill ...... 18 Fluttertongue 3: Disarray ...... 29 Web: www.enslow.com The Secret of the Stone House ...... 7 Crows: Encounters With the Gift of the Hawk ...... 29 HLA Heartland Associates Inc. ORC Orca Book Publishers Ltd. The Town That Floated Away ...... 7 Wise Guys of the Avian World ...... 18 FHW Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. PO Box 103 RPO Corydon PO Box 5626 Stn B Heroic Adventures of Donny Coyote ...... 29 Dancing in Poppies ...... 19 195 Allstate Pky Winnipeg, mb, r3m 3s3 Victoria, bc, v8r 6sa4 In Her Own Time ...... 30 Markham, on, l3r 4t8 (204) 475-7720 (800) 210-5277 Middle Level Earth After Rain ...... 19 Jackrabbit Street ...... 30 (800) 387-9776 Fax: (204) 453-3615 (250) 380-1229 Fishing Saskatchewan: An Angler's The Alchemist’s Daughter ...... 8 Jacob’s Dream ...... 30 (905) 477-9700 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (877) 408-1551 Guide to Provincial Waters ...... 19 Building for the Future: A Photo Journal of The Last Crossing ...... 31 Fax: (905) 477-9179 Web: www.hrtlandbooks.com E-mail: [email protected] History of the Métis of Willow Bunch ...... 20 Saskatchewan's Legislative Building ...... 8 E-mail: jghoura@fitzhenry.ca Web: www.orcabook.com The Last Good Day ...... 31 Journeying Forward ...... 20 Carving My Name ...... 8 Web: www.fitzhenry.ca LHN Alison Lohans Lilac Moon: Dreaming of the Real West ...... 31 J. 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Regina, sk, s4s 4z8 PO Box 23032 Expressing Our Heritage: Leaving Holds Me Here: Real Life: Short Stories ...... 32 Métis Artistic Designs ...... 9 66 Leek Cres (306) 586-4238 Market Mall Postal Outlet Selected Poems 1975-2000 ...... 21 A Reckless Moon and Other Stories ...... 32 Richmond Hill, on, l4b 1h1 E-mail: [email protected] Saskatoon, sk, s7j 5h3 Fixed ...... 9 Letters Home: The Wartime Diary Russländer ...... 33 (800) 387-6192 (306) 373-5311 Flux ...... 10 and Correspondence of John (416) 499-8412 LPGD LitDistCo Fax: (306) 373-5315 Edwin Gardiner ...... 21 Songs to Kill a Wîhtikow ...... 33 Ghost Hotel ...... 10 Fax: (800) 450-0391 LPG Distribution Collective E-mail: [email protected] Prairie: A Natural History ...... 21 Wild Stone Heart ...... 33 Hannah ...... 10 E-mail: service@fireflybooks.com 100 Armstrong Ave Web: www.purichpublishing.com Protecting Indigenous Knowledge Keeper of the Trees ...... 11 Web: www.fireflybooks.com Georgetown, on, l7g 5s4 and Heritage: A Global Challenge ...... 22 Reference (800) 591-6250 The Lady at Batoche ...... 11 River in a Dry Land ...... 22 (905) 877-4411 Melanie Bluelake's Dream ...... 11 Atlas of Saskatchewan. 2nd edition ...... 34 Saskatchewan: A New History ...... 22 Fax: (800) 591-6251 No Place for Kids ...... 12 The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan ...... 34 E-mail: [email protected]

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RAI Raincoast Books ULS United Library Services 9050 Shaughnessy St 7140 Fairmount Dr SE Vancouver, bc, v6p 6e5 Calgary, ab, t2h 0x4 (800) 663-5714 (888) 342-5857 (604) 323-7106 Fax: (800) 661-2806 Fax: (604) 323-2600 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.uls.com Web: www.raincoast.com USB University of Saskatchewan RPS Regina Board of Education Bookstore 1600 4th Ave 97 Campus Dr Regina, sk, s4r 8c8 Saskatoon, sk, s7n 0w0 (306) 791-8220 (306) 966-4468 Fax: (306) 781-7704 Fax: (306) 966-4492 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rbe.sk.ca Web: adminsrv.usask.ca/csd/BookWeb/

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