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English Titles in Alternate Formats
- The following titles are available from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Library in Toronto. The original print format has been transcribed into braille. For those titles under the print-braille heading, both formats have been bound together so that a visually impaired parent can read with a sighted child and vice versa.
- (Annotations provided by the CNIB)
- Braille
- Fiction
- AKAVAK: AN ESKIMO JOURNEY
- JAMES A. HOUSTON
- BR11160
- AGES 9 TO 12
- Akavak and his grandfather, who has promised to see his brother before he dies, set out on a long and difficult journey. When their cache of food is stolen by a bear, the journey becomes a struggle against cold and hunger to survive.
- CRABBE
- WILLIAM BELL
- BR62760
- AGES 12 AND UP
- Eighteen-year-old Franklin Crabbe, a wealthy alcoholic, packs his gear and goes into the woods to disappear. Unprepared for bush life, Crabbe nearly perishes before meeting someone else who has reason to hide. For junior- and senior-high readers.
- HARPOON OF THE HUNTER
- MARKOOSIE
- ILLUSTRATIONS: GERMAINE ARNAKTAUYOK
- BR60698
- AGES 10 TO 15
- This first piece of Inuit fiction to be published in English tells the story of young Kamik. The story's hero achieves manhood during the hunt for a polar bear and on his long journey home after his companions have been killed.
- TIKTA'LIKTAK: AN INUIT-ESKIMO LEGEND
- JAMES A. HOUSTON
- BR71310
- AGES 8 TO 12
- Tikta'liktak describes the adventures of a young Inuit hunter who faces the perils and precariousness of life in the far north. When Tikta'liktak is set adrift on an ice floe, he has to use all his wits in an exciting struggle for survival.
- Braille
- Non-Fiction
- THE CANADIAN JUNIOR GREEN GUIDE: HOW YOU CAN HELP SAVE OUR WORLD
- TERI DEGLER AND POLLUTION PROBE
- POETRY: DENNIS LEE
- BR63662
- AGES 8 TO 11
- An easy-to-read handbook for the fight against acid rain and global warming, The Canadian Junior Green Guide addresses the issue of garbage disposal and other environmental problems. Based on the book by John Elkington and Julia Hailes with Douglas Hill.
- EARTHCYCLES AND ECOSYSTEMS
- BETH SAVAN
- BR64110
- AGES 10 AND UP
- Environmental scientist Beth Savan examines how the earth's ecosystems work. She talks about water cycles and rain, food cycles and nutrients, and how air is recycled.
- I AM A PART OF NATURE
- BOBBIE KALMAN AND JANINE SCHAUB
- (PRIMARY ECOLOGY SERIES)
- BR66365
- AGES 8 TO 12
- This book contains photographs and text showing how people and animals are all related to one another in nature.
- OWL'S QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS KIDS ASK ABOUT BIRDS, CATS, BATS, UFOS, AND MORE
- BY THE EDITORS OF OWL MAGAZINE
- KATHERINE FARRIS, EDITOR
- (AN OWL MAGAZINE/GOLDEN PRESS BOOK)
- BR50076
- AGES 8 TO 12
- A fun and informative question-and-answer book about a variety of topics.
- OWL'S QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK 2: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS KIDS ASK ABOUT DINOSAURS, HORSES, SNAKES, SPACE AND MORE
- BY THE EDITORS OF OWL MAGAZINE
- KATHERINE FARRIS, EDITOR
- (AN OWL MAGAZINE/GOLDEN PRESS BOOK)
- BR50070
- AGES 8 TO 12
- A fun and informative question-and-answer book about a variety of topics.
- STORIES FROM CHICKADEE 1979
- YOUNG NATURALIST FOUNDATION
- BR30118
- AGES 3 TO 6
- Contains a selected sampling from the 1979 issues of Chickadee: The Canadian Magazine for Young Children, which is published 10 times a year.
- STORIES FROM CHICKADEE 1981
- YOUNG NATURALIST FOUNDATION
- BR30117
- AGES 3 TO 6
- Contains ten stories from the 1981 issues of Chickadee: The Canadian Magazine for Young Children, which is published 10 times a year.
- WONDERFUL WATER
- BOBBIE KALMAN AND JANINE SCHAUB
- (PRIMARY ECOLOGY SERIES)
- BR65122
- AGES 7 TO 11
- Nothing can live without water. The authors talk about what water does and how it acts. They cover the water cycle, how cities treat water, how water affects the landscape, and water pollution and conservation.
- WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?
- KATHERINE FARRIS
- BR63355
- AGES 9 AND UP
- The editors of Owl Magazine present questions and answers about nature, science and technology: How tall is a baby giraffe? Why do boats have round windows? Do fish get dirty? How big is the largest flying bird?
- Print-Braille
- ACORN TO OAK TREE
- BARBARA REID
- PB64880
- AGES 3 TO 6
- A tiny acorn grows to become an oak tree.
- CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY
- BARBARA REID
- (FIRST LOOK BOARD BOOKS)
- PB64888
- AGES 3 TO 6
- How does a tiny egg, which becomes a caterpillar and then a chrysalis, turn into a beautiful Monarch butterfly? This book, part of the First Look Board Book series, explains all about how caterpillars grow up to be butterflies.
- LADYBUG GARDEN
- CELIA GODKIN
- PB64153
- AGES 5 TO 8
- When a gardener sprays his garden with a bug killer, he discovers that some bugs die or escape the garden, but others thrive. He realizes that the bad bugs thrive and are killing his garden, so he puts more good bugs, especially the ladybugs, back into his garden.
- SEED TO SUNFLOWER
- BARBARA REID
- PB64919
- AGES 3 TO 6
- A little seed grows and becomes a giant sunflower.
- Audio
- Fiction
- AN ISLAND OF MY OWN
- ANDREA SPALDING
- RC18682
- AGES 7 TO 12
- While her parents are on assignment in Africa, 15-year-old Rowan is sent to spend the summer with her cousins in an isolated area in British Columbia. In an attempt to keep busy, she decides to camp out on a nearby island to study an endangered group of sea otters. With the help of her family, friends, journalists and a marine biologist, Rowan fights for the protection of the otters.
- LOST IN THE BARRENS
- FARLEY MOWAT
- RC01087
- AGES 10 AND UP
- When a member of the Cree Nation and his white friend become separated from a hunting party, they are forced to spend a long winter on the barrens. Followed by Curse of the Viking Grave.
- MIRACLE AT WILLOWCREEK
- ANNETTE LEBOX
- RC16511
- AGES 10 AND UP
- When Tess DeBoer's grandfather dies, he leaves his home, Willowcreek, to the rest of the family. Tess's uncle wants to have the land developed, even though it will mean destroying the natural habitat of the sandhill cranes. Tess becomes friends with a woman who wants to protect the cranes as much as she does, and they work together to make sure the cranes are protected.
- THE SCREECH OWLS' NORTHERN ADVENTURE
- ROY MACGREGOR
- (THE SCREECH OWLS SERIES; BOOK III)
- RC21196
- AGES 9 TO 14
- When the Screech Owls are invited to be the first non-Native team to participate in the First Nations Pee Wee Hockey Tournament, they are all excited about their trip north to James Bay. They'll have a chance to stay with local Native families and learn about their traditions and their lifestyle. But when the team ends up alone in the bush during a storm, they have to rely on their own resources to save themselves.
- Audio
- Non-Fiction
- CHICKADEE
- YOUNG NATURALIST FOUNDATION
- RC03746
- AGES 3 TO 6
- This talking book includes stories from the 1982 issues of Chickadee: The Canadian Magazine for Young Children, which is published 10 times a year.
- CONNECTIONS: FINDING OUT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT
- DAVID SUZUKI
- RC09338
- AGES 3 TO 8
- David Suzuki discusses nature and environmental issues. Includes 10 lively songs.
- THE EARTH
- CYNTHIA PRATT NICOLSON
- ILLUSTRATIONS: BILL SLAVIN
- (STARTING WITH SPACE)
- RC20509
- AGES 8 TO 11
- The Earth presents stories and myths about Earth's origins and explains where the planet fits in the solar system; why there is night and day; and how plants, animals and people have affected its environment. Includes experiments and a glossary of terms.
- EXPLORING THE SKY BY DAY: THE EQUINOX GUIDE TO WEATHER AND THE ATMOSPHERE;
- EXPLORING THE NIGHT SKY: THE EQUINOX ASTRONOMY GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS
- TERENCE DICKINSON
- RC12233
- AGES 10 AND UP
- In Exploring the Sky by Day, Dickinson discusses types of clouds and precipitation, storms, aurora borealis, the sun and the moon. Exploring the Night Sky covers our solar system, comets, black holes, quasars and the night sky.
- FOREST MAMMALS
- BOBBIE KALMAN
- ILLUSTRATIONS: GLEN LOATES
- (THE GLEN LOATES NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE SERIES)
- RC08011
- AGES 7 TO 10
- These three books include unusual or little-known facts about a wide variety of animals.
- OWL'S QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS KIDS ASK ABOUT BIRDS, CATS, BATS, UFOS AND MORE
- BY THE EDITORS OF OWL MAGAZINE
- KATHERINE FARRIS, EDITOR
- (AN OWL MAGAZINE/GOLDEN PRESS BOOK)
- RC03897
- AGES 8 TO 12
- A fun and informative question-and-answer book about a variety of topics.
- OWL'S QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK 2: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS KIDS ASK ABOUT DINOSAURS, HORSES, SNAKES, SPACE AND MORE
- BY THE EDITORS OF OWL MAGAZINE
- KATHERINE FARRIS, EDITOR
- (AN OWL MAGAZINE/GOLDEN PRESS BOOK)
- RC03898
- AGES 8 TO 12
- A fun and informative question-and-answer book about a variety of topics.
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