Honouring all languages: Cultural competence with diverse youngCanLit

Today's post, the second in seven, continues the series of booklists I compiled for and presented at the Ontario Library Association's Superconference in Toronto recently to help individuals, schools and other institutions become culturally competent.

Today's post will focus on...

Alego
by Ningeokuluk Teevee
Groundwood Books
24 pp.
Ages 3-7
2009
Inuktitut (Inuit)

The Boy in the Attic
by Paul Yee
Illus. by Gu Xiong
Groundwood Books
32 pp.
Ages 6-9
1998
Mandarin/Cantonese (Chinese)

Caribou Song/ Atihko Nikamon
by Tomson Highway
Illus. by John Rombough
Fifth House Publishers
32 pp.
Ages 4+
2013
Cree
Reviewed here

The Diamond Willow Walking Stick
by Leah Marie Dorion
Michif trans. by Norman Fleury
Gabriel Dumont Institute
48 pp.
Ages 8-12
2012
Michif (Métis)

Dragonfly Kites/ Pimithaagansa
by Tomson Highway
Illus. by Julie Flett
Fifth House Publishers
32 pp.
Ages 4+
2016
Cree
Reviewed here

The Finding Place
by Julie Hartley
Red Deer Press,
244 pp.
Ages 10-14
2015
Mandarin (Chinese)
Reviewed here

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Pajama Press
99 pp.
Ages 10-15
2011
Vietnamese, English
Reviewed here

Long Powwow Nights
by David Bouchard, Pam Aleekuk, and Patsy Paul-Martin
Illus. by Leonard Paul
Red Deer Press
32 pp.
Ages 8-14
2009
Mi’kmaq

My Two Grandmothers
by Diane Carmel Léger
Illus. by Jean-Luc Trudel
Nimbus Publishing
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2016
French Acadian, Scottish
Reviewed here

Niwechihaw/ I Help
by Caitlin Dale Nicholson
Trans. by Leona Morin-Neilson
Groundwood Books
24 pp.
Ages 4-6
2008
Cree

No Borders/ Kigliqangittuq
by Darla Evyagotailak  and Mindy Willett
Photos by Tessa Macintosh
Fifth House Publishers
40 pp.
Ages 8-12
2013
Inuktitut (Inuit)

Nokum is My Teacher
by David Bouchard
Art by Allen Sapp
Red Deer Press
32 pp.
All ages
2015
Cree

Norman, Speak!
by Caroline Adderson
Illus. by Qin Leng
Groundwood Books
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2014
Mandarin (Chinese)
Reviewed here

Racines
by Marianne Ferrer
Monsieur Ed
16 pp.
Ages 4-8
2016
French
Reviewed here

The Secret of Your Name
by David Bouchard
Illus. by Dennis Weber
CD performed by John Arcand
Red Deer Press
32 pp.
Ages 8-13
2009
Michif (Métis)

Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey
by Margriet Ruurs
Artwork by Nizar Ali Badr
Orca Book Publishers
28 pp.
All ages
2016
Arabic (Syria)
Reviewed here

The Trouble with Dilly
by Rachna Gilmore
HarperCollins Canada
 162 pp.
Ages 7-10
2009
Hungarian, Punjabi (Indian)

Download the complete booklist here