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Black Bear, Red Fox: Colours in Cree

Colors; Animals; Languages

Richard Van Camp

Family; Babies; Love

May We Have Enough to Share

Richard Van Camp

Richard Van Camp

Gratitude; Family; Love

Greystone Books

Children; Animals; Play

Kiss by Kiss / Ocêtôwina: A Counting Book for Families /Peyak oskan ohcih-Akitah-Masinahikan

Richard Van Camp

Mary Cardinal Collins

Cree (nihcikiskwapiwinihk Saddle Lake First Nation)

Counting; Babies; Love

Welcome Song for Baby: A Lullaby for Newborns

Richard Van Camp

Lullabies; Babies; Family; Bedtime

My Heart Fills with Happiness

Monique Gray Smith

Families; Happiness; Emotions

When We Are Kind

Monique Gray Smith

Diné (Navajo) of Kiiyaa'áanii clan

Kindness; Emotions; Children

Alexandria Neonakis

Board Book/Picture Book

We Sang You Home

Richard Van Camp

New baby; Love; Family

Wilgyigyet: Learn the Colors in Sm'algyax

Compiled by the Haayk Foundation

Huk Yuunsk (David Lang)

simshian, Gitsbutwada Clan

Monique Gray Smith

Friendship; Reconciliation; Love; Children

Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation

Adriana M. Garciao

Circles; Shapes; Birth and death; Family; Life cycles; Memories; Children;

ALSC Notable Children’s Book; 2018 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book; 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Award: Picture Book Honor; Best Picture Book, Texas Institute of Letters; 2017 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award

Where Wonder Grows

Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation

Adriana M. Garciao

Grandparents; Grandchildren; Nature; Family; Plants; Gardening

At the Mountain’s Base

Military families; Military mothers; Families; Parent serving overseas; Pilots

Becoming Miss Navajo

Jolyana Begay-Kroupa

Greystone Books

Moving; Elders; Neighbors; Death and loss; Seasons; Change

WINNER OF THE TD CANADIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARD; FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD; AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE HONOR TITLE; A BOSTON WINNER OF THE TD CANADIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARD; FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE HONOR TITLE; A BOSTON GLOBE HORN BOOK HONOR BOOKLOB HORN BOOK HONOR BOOK

Bowwow Powwow: Bagosenjige-niimi’idimo

Jonathan Thunder

Lac La Croix First Nation

Minnesota Historical Society Pr

Dogs; Powwows; Holidays; Celebrations

The Powwow Dog

Nulhegan Abenaki)

Dogs; Mysteries; Ghosts

The Powwow Thief

Nulhegan Abenaki)

Mystery; Grandparents

Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

Standing Rock Sioux

Standing Rock Sioux

Harry N Abrams Inc

Nulhegan Abenaki)

Lee & Low Books

Bison; Buffalo; Nature

Nicola I Campbell

Grandmothers; Grandchildren; Nature; Gathering

Fall in Line, Holden!

Daniel W Vandever

Daniel W Vandever

Salina Bookshelf Inc

School; Being yourself

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Kevin Noble Maillard

Seminole Nation, Mekusukey Band

Juana Martínez-Neal

Family; Food; History;

A 2020 Charlotte Huck Recommended Book; A Publishers Weekly Best Picture Book of 2019; A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019; A School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2019; A Booklist 2019 Editor's Choice; A Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of 2019; A Goodreads Choice Award 2019 Semifinalist
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2019; A National Public Radio (NPR) Best Book of 2019; An NCTE Notable Poetry Book; A 2020 NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People; A 2020 ALA Notable Children's Book; A 2020 ILA Notable Book for a Global Society
2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List; One of NPR's 100 Favorite Books for Young Readers Nominee, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award 2022-2022 Nominee, Illinois Monarch Award 2022

The Girl and the Wolf

Katherena Vermette

In My Anaana's Amuatik

Nadia Sammurtok

Lenny Lishchenko

The Girl and the Wolf

Katherena Vermette

Johnny’s Pheasant

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Univ of Minnesota Pr

Ktunaxa First Nation

Shoes; Love; Family;Foster Family

nibi is water, nibi aawon nbiish

Joanne Robertson

Atikameksheng Anishnawbek

Raven Makes the Aleutians

Adapted from a traditional Tlingit story

Haida, Raven of the Double-Finned Killer Whale clan, Brown Bear House

The Range Eternal

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

Paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

Univ of Minnesota Pr

Home; Food; Famiy