Aboriginal Children’s Books

This year, Makonsag is developing activities around Aboriginal books, stories, and legends. These stories will shape our child-guided curriculum and we’re looking for family and community involvement.

Below is a list of books that we will share with children and their families. As the year unfolds, we plan to add materials to this site to help families and other child care practitioners share the stories with children.

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We welcome feedback on these books and suggestions for additional materials.

October

• Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message (Swamp & Printup)
• 3 Sisters Soup
• Corn is Maize (Aliki)
• Eat, Run, Be Healthy (Olson)
• Philip Goes Deer Hunting
• Why the Moose Has Antlers
• Truth (Rabbit and Bear Paws)
• Goose Legend
• Storm Boy (Lewis)

November

• Courage (Rabbit and Bear Paws)
• Metis Alphabet (Fauchon)
• High Flying Dreams
• The Canoe (Poling)
• Morning on the Lake (Waboose)
• On Our Way

December

• Why do Bears Hibernate? (Bailer)
• Honesty (Rabbit and Bear Paws)

January

• Shingebiss (van Lann)
• How Rabbit Got his White Coat
• How the Old Woman sang to a Tipi
• Living in an Igloo
• The Blue Roses (Boyden)
• Skysisters (Waboose)
• Tracks in the Wild (Bowen)

February

• Love (Rabbit and Bear Paws)
• Pow-Wow (Greenfield)
• Jingle Dress
• Fancy Dance

March

• At Grandpa’s Sugar Bush
• Humility (Rabbit and Bear Paws)
• Maple Moon (Crook)
• The Spring Celebration
• How Bear Lost his Tail (Bowman)
• Nanabush Dances
• Salmon Forest (Suzuki)
• The Message of Spring

April

• How Chipmunk got his Stripes  (Bruchac)
• Turtles Race Beaver (Bruchac)
• In the Garden (Hunt)
• Changes
• Baby Bear, Baby Bear
• Mwakwa Talks to the Loon (Auger)
• Little Bears Vision Quest
• Rain Makers

May

• Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (dePaola)
• Legend of the Blubonnet
• Red Bird (Mitchell)
• The Drum Calls Softly (Bouchard)
• Where did you get your Moccasins? (Wheeler)

June

• Eagle Feather-An Honour (Plain)