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Indigenous Perspectives on Education (K-10): Young People's Literature

This guide will help teachers locate materials and information about the history, traditions, and perspectives of First Nations Metis, Inuit, and Native peoples for teaching in the K-10 classroom. Thank you to Mark Mueller for developing this resource

Recommended Picture Books

Find Aboriginal Children's Literature on WorldCat

To find indigenous children's title at the Tyndale Library using WorldCat take the following steps:

  1. Develop a list of keywords that relate to your topic
    (i.e. First Nations, Ojibwa, Cree, etc.)
  2. Go to the library website and enter keyword(s) into the search engine
    (Hint: don't use sentences or articles such as "a" or "the")
  3. Click Search Catalog 
  4. Click on the Juvenile link on the left-hand side of the page
    (Hint: scroll down to the Refine Your Search Box)

For more information on how to use the WorldCat catalog see the WorldCat Research Guide.

Recommended YA Fiction

Recommend a title

Do you know a good title for young people that you would like to see in the  Library collection?

If so, we would love to hear about it.

Fill out the form on the Tyndale Library's Recommend a Purchase and tell us about it.