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A Select Bibliography of Children's Books by and about Aboriginal Peoples for Ages 4-14.

Myths and Legends for Older Children

A brown and blue line

Legend of the Mimigwesseos Legend of the Mimigwesseos.

Ballantnye, Adam.
Illustrated by Annie Downes Catterson.
Manotick: Penumbra Press, 1999.
ISBN 0-921254-806.

Ages 8+.
Wisakyjak and the New World. Wisakyjak and the New World.

Ballantnye, Adam.
Illustrated by Annie Downes Catterson.
Manotick: Penumbra Press, 1991.
ISBN 0-921254-342.

Ages 8+.
A Cree Indian Legend:  A Story of Chakapas. A Cree Indian Legend: A Story of Chakapas.

Catterson, Annie Downes and Downes, P. G.
Illustrated by Annie Downes Catterson.
Manotick: Penumbra Press, 1990.
ISBN 0-920806-91-0.

Ages 8+.
The Bear-Walker and Other Stories. The Bear-Walker and Other Stories.

Johnston, Basil H.
Illustrated by David A. Johnston.
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1995. 64 p. ISBN 0-88854-415-4.

Ages 10+.
 
Mermaids and Medicine Women Mermaids and Medicine Women.

Johnston, Basil H.
Illustrated by Maxine Noel (Ioyan Mani).
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 80p.
ISBN 0-88854-429-4.
(originally published as Tales of the Anishinaubaek.)

Ages 10+.
Star-Man and Other Tales The Star-Man and Other Tales.

Johnston, Basil H. and Jonas George (Wah-sa-ghe-zik)
Illustrated by Ken Syrette (Nohdin). Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1997. 64 p. ISBN 0-88854-419-7.

Ages 10+.
Tales the Elders Told: Ojibway Legends. Tales the Elders Told: Ojibway Legends.

Johnston, Basil H.
Illustrated by Shirley Cheechoo. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1981. 64p. ISBN 0-88854-261-5.

Ages 10+.
Kou-Skelowh / We are the People: A Trilogy of Okanagan Legends: How Food was Given, How Names Were Given & How Turtle Set the Animals Free. Kou-Skelowh / We are the People: A Trilogy of Okanagan Legends: How Food was Given, How Names Were Given & How Turtle Set the Animals Free.

Illustrated by Barbara Marchand. Penticton, B.C.: Theytus Books,1999. 87 p. ISBN 0-919441-81-5.

Ages 10+.
Ktunaxa Legends Ktunaxa Legends.

Compiled and translated by the Kootenai Culture Committee Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
Salish Kootenai College Press, 1997.
ISBN 0-295-97660-8.

Ages 10+.
Coyote as the Sun and Other Stories:  Shuswap Legends Coyote as the Sun and Other Stories: Shuswap Legends.

Kamloops: Secwepemc Cultural Education Society, 1993. 54 p.
ISBN 0-921235-21-6.



Ages: 8+.
Children of the Thunderbird Children of the Thunderbird : Legends and Myths from the West Coast.

Meyers, Edward.
Illustrated by Matthew Varey. Surrey, B.C.: Hancock House, 1994. 160 p. ISBN 0-88839-264-8.

Ages 12+.
The Princess and The Sea-Bear Princess and the Sea-Bear and Other Tsimshian Stories.

Skogan, Joan.
Illustrations by Claudia Stewart.
Victoria: Polestar Books, 1990. 42 p.
ISBN 0-91959-54-X.

Ages 10-14.
Kwulasulwut: More Stories from the Coast Salish Kwulasulwut: More Stories from the Coast Salish.

White, Ellen.
Penticton: Theytus Books, 1981. 76 p.
ISBN 0-919441-45-9.

Ages 8-14.
Kwulasulwut II: More Stories from the Coast Salish. Kwulasulwut II: More Stories from the Coast Salish.

White, Ellen.
Penticton: Theytus Books,1997. 79p.
ISBN 0-919441-54-8.

Ages 8-14.
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