Olsen, Sylvia. 2001. Catching Spring. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers.
ISBN: 1-55143-298-6
Age: 8 - 12
Language: English
Subject: Children; Fiction; Pacific Northwest, Coast Salish

The story takes place in 1957. Bobby, a Tsartlip boy, really wants to take part in the local fishing derby. However, he needs $5 to take part in it. Not only that but he has already promised someone that he will help them that day. In the end, Bobby gets to take part.

Ortiz, Simon. Illustrator/ Sharol Graves. 1994. The People Shall Continue. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press. ISBN: 0-89239-125-1
Age: 7 - 10
Language: English
Subject: Children; Non-Fiction; Pueblo

Ortiz, a Pueblo poet, tells the story of Native American people from creation to the present.

Osofsky, Audrey. Illustrator/ Ed Young. 1992. Dreamcatcher. Scholastic.
ISBN: 053105988X
Age: Pre-school – 8
Language: English
Subject: Children; Fiction; Ojibwe

The baby lies in a cradleboard, while his family goes around him – working and playing. His big sister makes a dreamcatcher from willow and nettle stalk to hang above the baby to catch bad dreams.

Oughton, Jerrie. 1996. How the Stars Fell into the Sky. Houghton Mifflin.
ISBN: 0395779383
Age: Pre-school – 8
Language: English
Subject: Children; Myths & Legends; Navajo

First Woman tells First Man that people need to be able to read the laws. He tells her to write them in the sky so she takes her jewels and begins to design a pattern. Then Coyote interferes and throws the rest of the stars into the sky creating chaos.