Indigenous Storybooks

Publisher's Description (Indigenous Storybooks): 
Indigenous Storybooks is a Canadian website for children, families, community members, and educators. Inspired by the open-licensed stories from Little Cree Books, this project aims to make the text, images, and audio of stories available in Indigenous languages as well as English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada. A story that is read in English or French at school can be read in ancestral languages by parents and children at home. In this way, Indigenous Storybooks provides access to stories in ancestral languages as well as English and French. Similarly, the audio versions of the stories can help beginning readers and language learners make the important connection between speech and text. A video introducing the Indigenous Storybooks project can be viewed here.

Creator Biographies (Indigenous Storybooks): 
Sara Florence Davidson is a Haida educator and Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department at the University of the Fraser Valley where she teaches courses in literacy and Indigenous Education. She is also the project lead for Indigenous Storybooks. Her research interests include: Indigenous education, including the use of traditional Indigenous stories to support literacy development; K-12 literacy education; culturally responsive teaching and research practices; and narrative writing and research. Website: saraflorence.ca

Bonny Norton, FRSC, is a Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, UBC. She is the research advisor for Indigenous Storybooks. Her research focuses on identity and language learning, critical literacy, and international development. Website: faculty.educ.ubc.ca/norton

Liam Doherty is a PhD candidate in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, UBC, under the supervision of Prof. Patricia Duff. He is the technical advisor for Indigenous Storybooks and a strong advocate for open educational resources.

Christine Bridge has a PhD in Literacy Education and is currently a sessional lecturer in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, UBC. Her research interests include place and land-based pedagogies, teacher education, and literacy across the curriculum. Her work with Indigenous Storybooks is focused on developing our Indigenous Story Resources page.

Resource format: Illustrated Online Stories

Age recommendation: Various

Keywords: Indigenous Storybooks, Canadian website, children’s literature, family resource, community members, educators, Little Cree Books, open-licensed stories, Indigenous languages, English, French, immigrant languages, refugee languages, ancestral languages, bilingual storytelling, language learning, language preservation, Indigenous culture, storytelling in Indigenous languages, language accessibility, audio versions, beginning readers, language learners, speech and text connection, Indigenous heritage, educational resource, cultural education, Indigenous youth, language revitalization, family literacy, community engagement, multilingual storytelling, cross-cultural learning, Treaty 7, Treaty 6, Cree

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Publisher information: Little Cree Books