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Indigenous People's Month: Books for Young Readers

Explore the many stories, cultures and traditions of Indigenous America and Canada. Read these picture books by indigenous authors and illustrators!

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  • Tonya Simpson is of Scottish and Cree anscestry. She is a member of the Pasqua First Nation. Carla Joseph is Cree.
    Book, 2023[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2023. — E SIMPSON
  • Julie Flett is Cree-Métis.
    Book, 2021Vancouver [British Columbia] : Greystone Kids, [2021] — E FLETT
  • Sharice's Big Voice

    a Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

    Davids, Sharice,
    Sharice Davids is one of the first two Native American women to serve in Congress. She is a member of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people, and an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley is an Ojibwe Woodland…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — EB DAVIDS
  • When We Are Kind

    Nihaa'ádahwiinít'ı̨́́įgo

    Gray Smith, Monique, 1968-
    Monique Gray Smith is is Cree, Lakota and Scottish. Nicole Neidhardt says: " I am Diné (Navajo) of Kiiyaa'áanii clan on my mother’s side and a blend of European ancestry on my father’s side."
    Book, 2020Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2020. — E GRAY SMITH
  • Denise K. Lajimodiere and Angela Erdrich are citizens of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.
    Book, 2021St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2021] — E LAJIMODIERE
  • Carole Lindstrom is Anishinabe/Métis and is a proud member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe Indians.
    Book, 2023New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023. — EB PELTIER
  • Winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal! Carole Lindstrom is Anishinabe/Metis and is tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Michaela Goade is an enrolled member of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Roaring Brook Press, 2020. — E LINDSTROM
  • Xelena González is amember of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation.
    Book, 2022New York : Cinco Puntos Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., [2022] — E GONZALEZ
  • David Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. Julie Flett is Cree-Métis.
    Book, 2021[Toronto] : Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited, [2021] — E ROBERTSON
  • Barbara Gonzales, co-author, is from San Idelfonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Aphelandra is a descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.
    Book, 2021Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021. — EB MARTINEZ
  • Traci Sorell is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Madelyn Goodnight is a member of the Chickasaw Nation.
    Book, 2022Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2022] — E SORELL
  • Art Coulson is Cherokee. Madelyn Goodnight is a member of the Chickasaw Nation.
    Book, 2022Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge Publishing, [2022] — SPA E COULSON
  • Julie Flett is Cree-Métis.
    Book, 2019Vancouver, B.C. ; Berkeley, CA : Greystone Books, 2019. — E FLETT
  • Traci Sorell is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation; Weshoyot Alvitre is Tongva/Scots-Gaelic.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2019]. — E SORELL
  • Brenda J. Child and Jonathan Lake are Red Lake Ojibwe; Gordon Jourdain (who translated the story into Ojibwe) is Lac La Croix First Nation.
    Book, 2018Saint Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2018] — E CHILD
  • Traci Sorell is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
    Book, 2018Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018] — E 975.004975 SORELL
  • Fry Bread

    a Native American Family Story

    Maillard, Kevin Noble,
    Kevin Noble Maillard is is a member of the Seminole Nation, Mekusukey Band. Juana Martinez-Neal is originally from Lima, Peru.
    Book, 2019New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2019. — E MAILLARD
  • The Cloud Artist

    Hoshonti Holbvttoba Inchunli

    Maret, Sherri,
    Book, 2017Oklahoma City, Oklahoma : The Roadrunner Press, 2017. — E MARET
  • David Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. Julie Flett is Cree-Métis.
    Book, 2016Winnipeg, Manitoba : HighWater Press, [2016] — E ROBERTSON
  • Robbie Robertson is of Mohawk descent.
    Book, 2015New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. — E ROBERTSON