Canadian, Aboriginal

Plain, Ferguson. 1996. Rolly’s Bear. Winnipeg, MB: Pemmican Publications Inc.
ISBN: 0-921827-52-0
Age: 5 - 10
Language: English
Subject: Children; Fiction; Woodland, Ojibwe
OUT OF PRINT

Rolly is an Elder and storyteller. One day a young friend joins him, and Rolly tells him the story of his first bear hunt.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Plain, Ferguson. 1994. Grandfather Drum. Winnipeg, MB: Pemmican Publications Inc.
ISBN: 0-921827-41-5
Age: 5 - 12
Language: English
Subject: Children; Myths & Legends; Woodland, Ojibwe
OUT OF PRINT

This book is a story within a story. It gives some of the rules around storytelling and the use of the drum. It also tells the story of how Nanaboozhoo saves his village from starvation and teaches Great White Owl a lesson.

Aboriginal, non-Canadian

Poirer, Thelma. Illustrator/ Nona Foster. 1994 (2nd Printing). The Bead Pot. Winnipeg, MB: Pemmican Publications Inc. ISBN: 0-921827-30-X
Age: 6 - 9
Language: English
Subject: Children; Fiction; Plains

Toniya, who grows up on the Great Plains, inherits her greatgrandmother’s bead pot and continues her beading. Eventually she too passes the bead pot on to her own great-granddaughter.