University of Alberta Press – Alberta Books for Schools

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Historical; Poetry; War History
Grade Level: 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Canadian History; Social Studies
Description: Kevin Irie explores the Japanese–Canadian internment during World War II through lyrical and erasure poems in Evacuations. This collection uses archival materials such as government notices and media material to carve out the trauma and … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Memoir; Non-Fiction; War History
Grade Level: 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: Canadian History; English Language Arts; Social Studies; Ethics
Description: In this collection of 12 perspectives, Crossing into Canada explores the experiences of two waves of United States war resisters who sought refuge in Canada, those from the Vietnam era and others from the post-9/11 … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Learning; Memoir; Non-Fiction
Grade Level: 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Science; Social and Emotional Wellness
Description: Sarah Boon shares her experience as a woman in science in her autobiography, Meltdown, tracing her career trajectory from a field trip on Hilda Glacier to PhD-level work in the Arctic. This work is a … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Creative Non-Fiction; Environment and Culture; Essays
Grade Level: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: Alberta History; English Language Arts; Environmental and Outdoor Education; Social Studies
Description: Half-Light is a contemplative travel memoir that moves through the faded towns, industrial ruins, river bends, and abandoned homesteads of the North American settler west while reflecting on aging, memory, and ecological crisis. The book … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Non-Fiction
Grade Level: 6; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: Canadian History; Social Studies; Ethics
Description: In Our Rights and Freedoms, Aaron W. Hughes seeks to provide an overview of the Canadian Charter, what it protects, and the limitations of its scope. Delving into Canadian history to explore the historical context … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Memoir; Poetry
Grade Level: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Social and Emotional Wellness
Description: Nighthawks is a collection of lyrical poems broadly about humanity and our relationships with each other, the land, the past, and the future. The topics range from short, almost horoscopic poems for each of the … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Environment and Culture; Historical; Non-Fiction
Grade Level: 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: Alberta History; English Language Arts; Environmental and Outdoor Education; Science
Description: While its subject may have started as an amateur naturalist, in the biography Frank Farley and the Birds of Alberta, readers can follow Farley’s development into a provincial authority on birds. Interwoven with biographical detail … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Essays; Non-Fiction; Indigenous
Grade Level: 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Ethics; Indigenous Matters; Social and Emotional Wellness; Social Studies
Description: Every Story Is a Call to Action collects David A. Robertson’s (Norway House Cree Nation) reflections on the civic power of Indigenous stories and the responsibilities of writers, readers, and communities to act on what … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Poetry
Grade Level: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Social Studies; Rural Experience
Description: Northerny is a mesmerizing collection of fresh, unsentimental poems about growing up and living in the North. Macdonald, who grew up off the grid in Whitehorse, Yukon, reflects on the complications of life in the … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Poetry
Grade Level: 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Immigrants Experiences in Alberta; Black Experiences in Alberta
Description: there’s more is a collection of meditative poems exploring an immigrant experience in Canada. Nigerian-born Umezurike sorts through memories of his past, layered over by his current experiences and the people he meets in his … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Environment and Culture; Historical; Indigenous
Grade Level: 7; 8; 9
Curriculum Connections: Alberta History; Environmental and Outdoor Education; Indigenous Experiences in Alberta; Indigenous Matters; Social Studies
Description: Cartographic Poetry is a multidisciplinary examination of five maps drawn in 1801 and 1802 by Blackfoot and Gros Ventre Peoples for the Hudson’s Bay Company. These are some of the earliest documents created by Indigenous … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Historical; Memoir; War History
Grade Level: 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Social Studies
Description: A White Lie is a powerful memoir that chronicles the life of a Palestinian woman growing up in Gaza. Albatta begins by narrating a small lie she told when she was a schoolgirl and how … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Lecture; Memoir; Non-Fiction
Grade Level: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Social Studies; Fine Arts; Knowledge and Employability; Rural Experience
Description: In Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour, Kate Beaton tackles the themes of history, labour, and artistic expression and how people and societies value them. The author presents a range of personal stories intertwined with … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Poetry
Grade Level: 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts; Immigrants Experiences in Alberta; Social and Emotional Wellness; Social Studies
Description: This Sweet Rupture is a heartfelt poetry collection that explores themes of family secrets, diaspora, food culture, and the effects of war on personal stories. Drawing from Ramadan’s experiences as a first-generation son of Lebanese … [Click to Read More]

Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Genres: Essays; Non-Fiction
Grade Level: 10; 11; 12
Curriculum Connections: Alberta History; Social Studies; English Language Arts
Description: In this critical analysis of the masked and inherent value systems within Canadian poetry and literature, Compton reflects on what is lost when writing is only held to the standards of universalism. By interrogating popular … [Click to Read More]