Residential School Resources

These resources are a collection of books that are largely told from the point of view of an
individual who attended residential school or the family member of an individual who attended
residential schools.

Picture Books

Title: My Grandma’s School

Author: Leona Caringnan

Title: As Long as the Rivers Flow

Author: Larry Loyie

Title: Kookum’s Red Shoes

Author: Peter Eyvindson

Title: Shin-chi’s Canoe

Author: Nicola I. Campbell

Title: Shi-shi-etko

Author: Nicola I. Campbell

Title: When We Were Alone

Authors: David A. Robertson and Julie Flett

Title: Stolen Words

Author: Melanie Florence

Title: I Am Not a Number

Authors: Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer

Title: When I was Eight

Authors: Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

Title: Not my Girl

Athors: Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

Juvenile Novels

Title: The Education of Augie Merasty

Authors: Joseph Auguste Merasty and David Carpenter

Title: Dear Canada: These Are My Words; The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens

Author: Ruby Slipperjack

Title: Fatty Legs

Authors: Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

Title: A Stranger at Home

Authors: Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton