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Dinosaurs Before Dark

Osborne, Mary Pope.


Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.
Date Published:1992

The Outsiders

Hinton, S. E., 1948.


No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends—true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on “greasers” like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect—until the night someone takes things too far.
Date Published:2008

No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends—true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on “greasers” like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect—until the night someone takes things too far.

Date Published:2008

Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray., 1920.


Authorized Alberta Ed. Recommended Reading - English 30-2. In Fahrenheit 451, a speculative fiction work, the state controls all thinking. The general theme is that “Books are bad. Books are burned because books are ideas.” The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman whose job is to burn books. Complications arise in Montag’s professional and personal life when, out of curiosity, he steals a book from a burning library and is subsequently denounced by his wife and workmates. He escapes to a faraway land where books are preserved in an amazing manner. The ideology of state-controlled communication, as outlined by Montag’s fire chief, Beatty, is closer to today’s reality; e.g., information highways, than it was at the time Bradbury wrote the novel. The author equates freedom with the expansion of ideas through reading, writing and conversation. The novel is an excellent example of social satire and should generate lively discussions by technologically astute students. Although the style is fairly simple, and the plot easily followed, the emphasis is on character study and the idea of individual choice.
Date Published:2012

Authorized Alberta Ed. Recommended Reading - English 30-2. In Fahrenheit 451, a speculative fiction work, the state controls all thinking. The general theme is that “Books are bad. Books are burned because books are ideas.” The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman whose job is to burn books. Complications arise in Montag’s professional and personal life when, out of curiosity, he steals a book from a burning library and is subsequently denounced by his wife and workmates. He escapes to a faraway land where books are preserved in an amazing manner. The ideology of state-controlled communication, as outlined by Montag’s fire chief, Beatty, is closer to today’s reality; e.g., information highways, than it was at the time Bradbury wrote the novel. The author equates freedom with the expansion of ideas through reading, writing and conversation. The novel is an excellent example of social satire and should generate lively discussions by technologically astute students. Although the style is fairly simple, and the plot easily followed, the emphasis is on character study and the idea of individual choice.

Date Published:2012

Teaching Where You Are : Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies /

Leddy, Shannon,


Taww -- Building Decolonial Literacy for Indigenous Education -- Slow Ways and Indigenous Ways -- East -- Spiritual -- Respect -- August on the Salish Sea: Tucked into a Bay -- Dyeing the Yarn before the Weave -- South -- Emotional -- Relevance -- West -- Physical -- Reciprocity -- North- Intellectual -- Responsibility -- Pirnoteh (Walking). "Teaching Where You Are offers a guide for non-Indigenous educators to work in good ways with Indigenous students and provides resources across curricular areas to support all students. In this book, two seasoned educators, one Indigenous and one Settler, bring to bear their years of experience teaching in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary contexts to explore the ways in which Indigenous and slow approaches to teaching and learning mirror and complement one another. Using the holistic framework of the Medicine Wheel, Shannon Leddy and Lorrie A. Miller illustrate the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking, a focus on experiential learning, and the thoughtful application of the 4Rs -- respect, relevance, reciprocity, and responsibility -- can bring us back to the principle of teaching people, not subjects. Bringing forth the ways in which colonialism and cognitive imperialism have shaped Canadian curriculum and consciousness, the book offers avenues for the development of decolonial literacy to support the work of Indigenizing education. In considering the importance of engaging in decolonizing and Indigenizing approaches to education through slow and Indigenous pedagogies using the lens of place-based and land-based education, Teaching Where You Are presents a text useful for teachers and educators grappling with the ongoing impacts of colonialism and the soul-work of how to decolonize and rehumanize education in meaningful ways."--
Date Published:2024

Taww -- Building Decolonial Literacy for Indigenous Education -- Slow Ways and Indigenous Ways -- East -- Spiritual -- Respect -- August on the Salish Sea: Tucked into a Bay -- Dyeing the Yarn before the Weave -- South -- Emotional -- Relevance -- West -- Physical -- Reciprocity -- North- Intellectual -- Responsibility -- Pirnoteh (Walking). "Teaching Where You Are offers a guide for non-Indigenous educators to work in good ways with Indigenous students and provides resources across curricular areas to support all students. In this book, two seasoned educators, one Indigenous and one Settler, bring to bear their years of experience teaching in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary contexts to explore the ways in which Indigenous and slow approaches to teaching and learning mirror and complement one another. Using the holistic framework of the Medicine Wheel, Shannon Leddy and Lorrie A. Miller illustrate the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking, a focus on experiential learning, and the thoughtful application of the 4Rs -- respect, relevance, reciprocity, and responsibility -- can bring us back to the principle of teaching people, not subjects. Bringing forth the ways in which colonialism and cognitive imperialism have shaped Canadian curriculum and consciousness, the book offers avenues for the development of decolonial literacy to support the work of Indigenizing education. In considering the importance of engaging in decolonizing and Indigenizing approaches to education through slow and Indigenous pedagogies using the lens of place-based and land-based education, Teaching Where You Are presents a text useful for teachers and educators grappling with the ongoing impacts of colonialism and the soul-work of how to decolonize and rehumanize education in meaningful ways."--

Date Published:2024

Pocket Nêhiyawêwin for Kids and Parents (Plains Cree) : A Phrasebook for Nearly All Occasions

Ratt, Solomon (translator)


Pocket Plains Cree for Kids and Parents: A Phrasebook for Nearly All Occasions, is full of useful phrases and vocabulary for parents and children talking, learning, feeling and playing together at home, on the land, at the powwow, or out in the big wide world. Filled with Plains Cree content provided by Solomon Ratt, this is the latest language preservation publication from Patricia Ningewance Nadeau’s Mazinaate Inc.
Date Published:2020

Pocket Plains Cree for Kids and Parents: A Phrasebook for Nearly All Occasions, is full of useful phrases and vocabulary for parents and children talking, learning, feeling and playing together at home, on the land, at the powwow, or out in the big wide world. Filled with Plains Cree content provided by Solomon Ratt, this is the latest language preservation publication from Patricia Ningewance Nadeau’s Mazinaate Inc.

Date Published:2020

mâci-nêhiyawêwin : Beginning Cree /

Ratt, Solomon,


Introduction -- Nouns -- Prepositions and pronouns -- Animate intransitive verbs -- Inanimate intransitive verbs -- Possessives : kinship terms -- Transitive inanimate verbs -- Transitive animate verbs. "Tnisi! With the help of this book, you can learn to speak Cree! Designed as an introduction for Cree language learners, mci-nêhiyawwin: Beginning Cree acts as a self-study aid--a much-needed resource in today's world where few can speak Cree fluently. Basic grammar units and everyday vocabulary items guide the student through the building blocks of the language, and expansion drills and exercises reinforce lessons and prepare the student for further study. With over 100 illustrations, this text grounds the language in traditional and contemporary contexts. Solomon Ratt was born in a trapper's cabin along the banks of the Churchill River. He went to Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Regina, graduating with two BAs and a Masters of Arts. He has been teaching the Y-dialect of Cree at First Nations University of Canada (formerly SIFC) since 1986. Holly Martin is a Swampy Cree artist, originally from Moose Lake First Nation. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Regina."--
Date Published:2016

Introduction -- Nouns -- Prepositions and pronouns -- Animate intransitive verbs -- Inanimate intransitive verbs -- Possessives : kinship terms -- Transitive inanimate verbs -- Transitive animate verbs. "Tnisi! With the help of this book, you can learn to speak Cree! Designed as an introduction for Cree language learners, mci-nêhiyawwin: Beginning Cree acts as a self-study aid--a much-needed resource in today's world where few can speak Cree fluently. Basic grammar units and everyday vocabulary items guide the student through the building blocks of the language, and expansion drills and exercises reinforce lessons and prepare the student for further study. With over 100 illustrations, this text grounds the language in traditional and contemporary contexts. Solomon Ratt was born in a trapper's cabin along the banks of the Churchill River. He went to Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Regina, graduating with two BAs and a Masters of Arts. He has been teaching the Y-dialect of Cree at First Nations University of Canada (formerly SIFC) since 1986. Holly Martin is a Swampy Cree artist, originally from Moose Lake First Nation. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Regina."--

Date Published:2016