| The Delta Is My Home Contributor(s): McLeod, Tom (Author), Willett, Mindy (Author), Macintosh, Tessa (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 1897252323 ISBN-13: 9781897252321 Publisher: Fifth House Publishers OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2008 Annotation: Tom McLeod is an eleven-year-old boy from Aklavik who is a gifted storyteller heard frequently on CBC Radio North. He is of mixed cultural heritage-Gwich'in and Inuvialuit. Tom tells us why his home in the Mackenzie Delta is a special place and why he loves to live on the land. He describes how his town floods in the spring and why he loves "ratting" (trapping muskrats) and hunting "black ducks" (white-winged and surf scoters) in the Delta. Readers will learn why these ducks are decreasing in number and how and why they are important to Tom and his people. Tom says, "Northerners have always hunted animals for survival. We are careful about how we use the land. To be good hunters we need to pay attention to what is happening on the land around us-that's why it's important for us to be out there. We are the first to know if the land and animals are changing." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Canada - Native Canadian |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Land Is Our Storybook |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 8.14" W x 8.24" (0.47 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Northwest Territories |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 134122 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Canadian Information Book Award Finalist 2009 First Nations Communities Read selection, 2009 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2009 Silver Birch Express nominee, 2010 Tom McLeod is an eleven-year-old boy from Aklavik who is a gifted storyteller heard frequently on CBC Radio North. He is of mixed cultural heritage-Gwich'in and Inuvialuit. Tom tells us why his home in the Mackenzie Delta is a special place and why he loves to live on the land. He describes how his town floods in the spring and why he loves "ratting" (trapping muskrats) and hunting "black ducks" (white-winged and surf scoters) in the Delta. Readers will learn why these ducks are decreasing in number and how and why they are important to Tom and his people. Tom says, Northerners have always hunted animals for survival. We are careful about how we use the land. To be good hunters we need to pay attention to what is happening on the land around us-that's why it's important for us to be out there. We are the first to know if the land and animals are changing. |
Contributor Bio(s): McLeod, Tom: - Tom McLeod and Mindy Willett; photographs byTessa MacintoshWillett, Mindy: - Mindy Willett lives in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories. She is a teacher at heart although no longer in the classroom. She first came north to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut in 1987 and most recently taught in Kugluktuk, Nunavut from 1996 to 2000. Mindy stopped being a classroom teacher when she had her son Jack. To remain home as much as possible, she started her own home-based business, writing educational materials.Macintosh, Tessa: - Tessa Macintosh has lived and worked north of 60 for over two decades and has been the official photographer for the government of the Northwest Territories for over 10 years. As one of the few professional photographers in the north, Tessa Macintosh has developed a varied repertoire of photographic skills. |