English Titles in Alternate Formats

The following titles are available from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Library in Toronto. The original print format has been transcribed into braille. For those titles under the print-braille heading, both formats have been bound together so that a visually impaired parent can read with a sighted child and vice versa.

(Annotations provided by the CNIB)

Braille

Fiction

AKAVAK: AN ESKIMO JOURNEY

JAMES A. HOUSTON

BR11160

AGES 9 TO 12

Akavak and his grandfather, who has promised to see his brother before he dies, set out on a long and difficult journey. When their cache of food is stolen by a bear, the journey becomes a struggle against cold and hunger to survive.

CRABBE

WILLIAM BELL

BR62760

AGES 12 AND UP

Eighteen-year-old Franklin Crabbe, a wealthy alcoholic, packs his gear and goes into the woods to disappear. Unprepared for bush life, Crabbe nearly perishes before meeting someone else who has reason to hide. For junior- and senior-high readers.

HARPOON OF THE HUNTER

MARKOOSIE

ILLUSTRATIONS: GERMAINE ARNAKTAUYOK

BR60698

AGES 10 TO 15

This first piece of Inuit fiction to be published in English tells the story of young Kamik. The story's hero achieves manhood during the hunt for a polar bear and on his long journey home after his companions have been killed.

TIKTA'LIKTAK: AN INUIT-ESKIMO LEGEND

JAMES A. HOUSTON

BR71310

AGES 8 TO 12

Tikta'liktak describes the adventures of a young Inuit hunter who faces the perils and precariousness of life in the far north. When Tikta'liktak is set adrift on an ice floe, he has to use all his wits in an exciting struggle for survival.

Braille

Non-Fiction

THE CANADIAN JUNIOR GREEN GUIDE: HOW YOU CAN HELP SAVE OUR WORLD

TERI DEGLER AND POLLUTION PROBE

POETRY: DENNIS LEE

BR63662

AGES 8 TO 11

An easy-to-read handbook for the fight against acid rain and global warming, The Canadian Junior Green Guide addresses the issue of garbage disposal and other environmental problems. Based on the book by John Elkington and Julia Hailes with Douglas Hill.

EARTHCYCLES AND ECOSYSTEMS

BETH SAVAN

BR64110

AGES 10 AND UP

Environmental scientist Beth Savan examines how the earth's ecosystems work. She talks about water cycles and rain, food cycles and nutrients, and how air is recycled.

I AM A PART OF NATURE

BOBBIE KALMAN AND JANINE SCHAUB

(PRIMARY ECOLOGY SERIES)

BR66365

AGES 8 TO 12

This book contains photographs and text showing how people and animals are all related to one another in nature.

OWL'S QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS KIDS ASK ABOUT BIRDS, CATS, BATS, UFOS, AND MORE

BY THE EDITORS OF OWL MAGAZINE

KATHERINE FARRIS, EDITOR

(AN OWL MAGAZINE/GOLDEN PRESS BOOK)

BR50076

AGES 8 TO 12

A fun and informative question-and-answer book about a variety of topics.

OWL'S QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK 2: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS KIDS ASK ABOUT DINOSAURS, HORSES, SNAKES, SPACE AND MORE

BY THE EDITORS OF OWL MAGAZINE

KATHERINE FARRIS, EDITOR

(AN OWL MAGAZINE/GOLDEN PRESS BOOK)

BR50070

AGES 8 TO 12

A fun and informative question-and-answer book about a variety of topics.

STORIES FROM CHICKADEE 1979

YOUNG NATURALIST FOUNDATION

BR30118

AGES 3 TO 6

Contains a selected sampling from the 1979 issues of Chickadee: The Canadian Magazine for Young Children, which is published 10 times a year.

STORIES FROM CHICKADEE 1981

YOUNG NATURALIST FOUNDATION

BR30117

AGES 3 TO 6

Contains ten stories from the 1981 issues of Chickadee: The Canadian Magazine for Young Children, which is published 10 times a year.

WONDERFUL WATER

BOBBIE KALMAN AND JANINE SCHAUB

(PRIMARY ECOLOGY SERIES)

BR65122

AGES 7 TO 11

Nothing can live without water. The authors talk about what water does and how it acts. They cover the water cycle, how cities treat water, how water affects the landscape, and water pollution and conservation.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?

KATHERINE FARRIS

BR63355

AGES 9 AND UP

The editors of Owl Magazine present questions and answers about nature, science and technology: How tall is a baby giraffe? Why do boats have round windows? Do fish get dirty? How big is the largest flying bird?

Print-Braille

ACORN TO OAK TREE

BARBARA REID

PB64880

AGES 3 TO 6

A tiny acorn grows to become an oak tree.

CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY

BARBARA REID

(FIRST LOOK BOARD BOOKS)

PB64888

AGES 3 TO 6

How does a tiny egg, which becomes a caterpillar and then a chrysalis, turn into a beautiful Monarch butterfly? This book, part of the First Look Board Book series, explains all about how caterpillars grow up to be butterflies.

LADYBUG GARDEN

CELIA GODKIN

PB64153

AGES 5 TO 8

When a gardener sprays his garden with a bug killer, he discovers that some bugs die or escape the garden, but others thrive. He realizes that the bad bugs thrive and are killing his garden, so he puts more good bugs, especially the ladybugs, back into his garden.

SEED TO SUNFLOWER

BARBARA REID

PB64919

AGES 3 TO 6

A little seed grows and becomes a giant sunflower.

Audio

Fiction

AN ISLAND OF MY OWN

ANDREA SPALDING

RC18682

AGES 7 TO 12

While her parents are on assignment in Africa, 15-year-old Rowan is sent to spend the summer with her cousins in an isolated area in British Columbia. In an attempt to keep busy, she decides to camp out on a nearby island to study an endangered group of sea otters. With the help of her family, friends, journalists and a marine biologist, Rowan fights for the protection of the otters.

LOST IN THE BARRENS

FARLEY MOWAT

RC01087

AGES 10 AND UP

When a member of the Cree Nation and his white friend become separated from a hunting party, they are forced to spend a long winter on the barrens. Followed by Curse of the Viking Grave.

MIRACLE AT WILLOWCREEK

ANNETTE LEBOX

RC16511

AGES 10 AND UP

When Tess DeBoer's grandfather dies, he leaves his home, Willowcreek, to the rest of the family. Tess's uncle wants to have the land developed, even though it will mean destroying the natural habitat of the sandhill cranes. Tess becomes friends with a woman who wants to protect the cranes as much as she does, and they work together to make sure the cranes are protected.

THE SCREECH OWLS' NORTHERN ADVENTURE

ROY MACGREGOR

(THE SCREECH OWLS SERIES; BOOK III)

RC21196

AGES 9 TO 14

When the Screech Owls are invited to be the first non-Native team to participate in the First Nations Pee Wee Hockey Tournament, they are all excited about their trip north to James Bay. They'll have a chance to stay with local Native families and learn about their traditions and their lifestyle. But when the team ends up alone in the bush during a storm, they have to rely on their own resources to save themselves.

Audio

Non-Fiction

CHICKADEE

YOUNG NATURALIST FOUNDATION

RC03746

AGES 3 TO 6

This talking book includes stories from the 1982 issues of Chickadee: The Canadian Magazine for Young Children, which is published 10 times a year.

CONNECTIONS: FINDING OUT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

DAVID SUZUKI

RC09338

AGES 3 TO 8

David Suzuki discusses nature and environmental issues. Includes 10 lively songs.

THE EARTH

CYNTHIA PRATT NICOLSON

ILLUSTRATIONS: BILL SLAVIN

(STARTING WITH SPACE)

RC20509

AGES 8 TO 11

The Earth presents stories and myths about Earth's origins and explains where the planet fits in the solar system; why there is night and day; and how plants, animals and people have affected its environment. Includes experiments and a glossary of terms.

EXPLORING THE SKY BY DAY: THE EQUINOX GUIDE TO WEATHER AND THE ATMOSPHERE;

EXPLORING THE NIGHT SKY: THE EQUINOX ASTRONOMY GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

TERENCE DICKINSON

RC12233

AGES 10 AND UP

In Exploring the Sky by Day, Dickinson discusses types of clouds and precipitation, storms, aurora borealis, the sun and the moon. Exploring the Night Sky covers our solar system, comets, black holes, quasars and the night sky.

FOREST MAMMALS

BOBBIE KALMAN

ILLUSTRATIONS: GLEN LOATES

(THE GLEN LOATES NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE SERIES)

RC08011

AGES 7 TO 10

These three books include unusual or little-known facts about a wide variety of animals.

OWL'S QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS KIDS ASK ABOUT BIRDS, CATS, BATS, UFOS AND MORE

BY THE EDITORS OF OWL MAGAZINE

KATHERINE FARRIS, EDITOR

(AN OWL MAGAZINE/GOLDEN PRESS BOOK)

RC03897

AGES 8 TO 12

A fun and informative question-and-answer book about a variety of topics.

OWL'S QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK 2: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS KIDS ASK ABOUT DINOSAURS, HORSES, SNAKES, SPACE AND MORE

BY THE EDITORS OF OWL MAGAZINE

KATHERINE FARRIS, EDITOR

(AN OWL MAGAZINE/GOLDEN PRESS BOOK)

RC03898

AGES 8 TO 12

A fun and informative question-and-answer book about a variety of topics.