Tookoome, Simon & Sheldon Oberman. 1999. The Shaman’s Nephew: A Life in the Far North. Toronto, ON: Stoddart Kids. ISBN: 0-77373-200-4
Age: 12+
Language: English
Subject: Youth, Adult; Non-Fiction; Biography; Inuit; Nunavut

This is the life of Simon Tookoome, an Inuit artist, who was the shaman’s nephew. Since Simon did not speak English, he told the stories to Sheldon Oberman through a translator. The stories tell of traditional Inuit life.

Toye, William. (Retold by). Illustrator/ Elizabeth Cleaver. 1977. The Loon’s Necklace. Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0-19540-675-3
Age: 6 - 10
Language: English
Subject: Children; Myths & Legends; Tsimshian

A blind man gets his sight back after the loon takes him to the bottom of the lake. In return, the man gives the loon a shell necklace. The shell marks its feathers and changes the appearance
of the loon forever.

Toye, William (Retold by). Illustrator/ Elizabeth Cleaver. 1979. The Fire Stealer. Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0-19-540515-3
Age: Pre-school - 8
Language: English
Subject: Children; Myths & Legends; Woodland, Ojibwe

Nanabozho becomes a rabbit to get into a wigwam where a warrior and his daughter guard the fire. Inside, he returns to his own form, and grabs a torch. Flames from his torch set dry grass on fire. To this day, autumn colours in the woods remind the people of Nanabozho's gift of fire.