The third entry in The Land Is Our Storybook series, which introduces young readers to the native peoples of Canada's Northwest Territories, Living Stories is narrated by Therese Zoe, a Tłįchǫ woman from the village of Gamètì, together with her brother-in-law, Tłįchǫ elder Philip Zoe, and Mindy Willett. The bright color photographs that accompany the text are supplied by Tessa Macintosh, a free-lance photographer based in Yellowknife.

Topics addressed include the 2003 land claim agreement between the Tłįchǫ people (once known as the Dogrib) and the Canadian government, the symbolism of the Tłįchǫ flag, the importance of the "ancestral trails" which the Tłįchǫ have used for generations in their yearly food-harvesting, the role of both traditional and modern medicine in the community, and the preparation of ehgwàa (dried fish) and birchbark baskets. Education is also discussed, and a modified traditional story about the folk hero Yamǫǫzha is told.

Like the previous two titles in the series, The Delta Is My Home and We Feel Good Out Here, Living Stories is an engaging, informative, and well-packaged book. It's good to see titles about First Nations peoples that are written with and by actual native people, rather than about them. I liked that respect is shown, particularly as it concerns the retelling of important stories like the one about Yamǫǫzha, which is edited so that places names - which can only be revealed in the presence of an elder - are omitted. ( )