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Kids' Activities: Contents


Jane Lind's


Theme Catalogue and Teaching Guide for
Children's Books



Drawing by Judi Pennanen in Heads or Tails

Published by Penumbra Press
© Jane Lind

Introduction
About Jane Lind
Ages 5 to 8: Picture Books
Ages 7 to 10
Young Adult
Resource Books on the North & Environment
General Themes
Penumbra Press Books for Kids

AGES 5 to 8:
PICTURE BOOKS
Canada's Story
Activities Passing the Peace
Activities A Canadian ABC
Activities A Child's Story of Canada
Environment/Animals in the Wild
Activities The Cedar Glen Secret
Activities The Puff Adder Who Was Stuck
*The Lonely Seagull
The North's Seasons
Activities North Country Spring
Activities Barnaby Bear
Activities A Christmas Tree from Puddin' Stone Hill
Christmas
Activities A Christmas Tree from Puddin' Stone Hill
Science/Health
Activities Little Stitch
Activities The Secret Code of DNA
Conflict Resolution
Activities Heads or Tails
Animals/Pets
Activities Shadow Cat
Activities Legs and Bizou
Creation/Origin (Native) Legends
Activities Anytime Stories (With ages 7 to 10)
Activities Nanna Bijou the Sleeping Giant (With ages 7 to 10)
Activities The Story of Chakapas
Activities Wisakyjak and the New World

AGES 7 to 10

Canada's History
Activities A Child's Story of Canada
Creation/Origin (Native) Legends
Activities Anytime Stories
Activities Nanna Bijou the Sleeping Giant
Native Experience
Activities Sammy Goes to Residential School
The Ecosystem
Activities The Cedar Glen Secret

YOUNG ADULT

Survival and Native Culture
Activities *Anywhere Stories
Activities Legends from the Forest
Native Experience
Activities My Name is Louis
Autobiography
Activities Howlin' Marie
Social Relationships
Activities Jeremy Gates and the Magic Key
Activities You Don't Mess with Mozart
Activities Riding High
Activities Patrick and the Actors
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RESOURCE BOOKS ON THE NORTH—THE ENVIRONMENT

Notes The Northern Imagination: A Study of Northern Canadian Literature
Notes Grey Owl's Favorite Wilderness Revisited
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GENERAL THEMES

For project ideas, see Activities for the following books in themes above.
Environment
The Cedar Glen Secret
Grey Owl's Favorite Wilderness Revisited
The Lonely Seagull
North Country Spring
The Puff Adder Who Was Stuck
Magic
The Cedar Glen Secret
Legends from the Forest
Origin of the World and Its Creatures
Anywhere Stories
Self Discovery
Anywhere Stories
Little Stitch
Patrick and the Actors
Social Relationships
Howlin' Marie
Passing the Peace
Patrick and the Actors
Riding High
Cedar Glen Secret
You Don't Mess with Mozart
Survival
Jeremy Gates and the Magic Key
Legends from the Forest
Nanna Bijou the Sleeping Giant
Wisakyjak and the New World
Talking Animals
Barnaby Bear
Heads or Tails

Enjoy!

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