A first reading list - sharing my favourites
Over the past four decades, I have fallen in love with dozens of books. Honing that list down is almost impossible yet I will try to lay out a list for any who are interested.
This first grouping (...there will be others):
Primary: Guess who my favourite person is - by Byrd Baylor (Indigenous - my We Learn from the Sun)
Intermediate: The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service - illustrations by Ted Harrison (Indigenous - my I am Raven)
Middle School: The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney (...and my Voices from the Wild)
High School/Adult reader: The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant (Indigenous - Ragged Company by Richard Wagamese)
Educators/Parents: I learn to read and write the way I learn to walk and talk by Marlene Barron (Indigenous focus - The Mishomis Book by Edward Benton-Banai)
Seasonal winners: Hallowe'en - Ghost Eye Tree by Bill Martin Junior
Christmas - Children of Christmas by Cynthia Rylant
Christmas - The Legend of Holly Claus by Brittney Ryan
