American Indians in Children's Literature Best Books

Given by American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)

118 Works / 120 Items 15,066 Books 885 Reviews 4.2
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Years:
All, 2023 (47), 2022 (25), 2021 (33), 2020 (15)
WorkCategoryYear
Taos Pueblo Winter by Leonard Archuleta
Board Books2023
Taos Pueblo Summer by Janell Lujan
Board Books2023
Taos Pueblo Spring by Frank Rain Leaf
Board Books2023
Taos Pueblo Fall by DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo
Board Books2023
Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen
Comics and Graphic Novels2023
As I Enfold You in Petals by Richard Van Camp
Comics and Graphic Novels2023
Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend by Noah Van Sciver
Comics and Graphic Novels2023
A Girl Called Echo Omnibus by Katherena Vermette
Comics and Graphic Novels2023
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk
Crossover Books2023
A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power
Crossover Books2023
Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital by Elizabeth (ed.) Rule
Crossover Books2023
She Persisted: Maria Tallchief by Christine Day
Early Chapter Books2023
She Persisted: Deb Haaland by Laurel Goodluck
Early Chapter Books2023
The First Woman Cherokee Chief: Wilma Pearl Mankiller (Step into Reading) by Patricia Morris Buckley
Early Chapter Books2023
Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants (Jo Jo, 2) by Dawn Quigley
Early Chapter Books2023
Jo Jo Makoons: Snow Day (Jo Jo, 3) by Dawn Quigley
Early Chapter Books2023
She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller by Traci Sorell
Early Chapter Books2023
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
For High School2023
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
For High School2023
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
For High School2023
In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier
For High School2023
Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith
For High School2023
The Spirit of the North Wind by Anthony Anselmo
For Middle Grades2023
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs
For Middle Grades2023
We Still Belong by Christine Day
For Middle Grades2023
The Storyteller by Brandon Hobson
For Middle Grades2023
Eagle Drums: (Newbery Honor Book) by Nasugraq Rainey Hopson
For Middle Grades2023
Hopeless in Hope by Wanda John-Kehewin
For Middle Grades2023
Running with Changing Woman by Lorinda Martinez
For Middle Grades2023
Mascot by Charles Waters
For Middle Grades2023
Heroes of the Water Monster by Brian Young
For Middle Grades2023
Mashkiki Road: The Seven Grandfather Teachings by Elizabeth S. Barrett
Picture Books2023
What Your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me: Deb Haaland's Historic Inauguration by Alexis Bunten
Picture Books2023
Biindigen! Amik Says Welcome by Nancy Cooper
Picture Books2023
Heart Berry Bling by Jenny Kay Dupuis
Picture Books2023
Rock Your Mocs by Laurel Goodluck
Picture Books2023
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer
Picture Books2023
Remember by Joy Harjo
Picture Books2023
The Secret Pocket by Peggy Janicki
Picture Books2023
Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior by Carole Lindstrom
Picture Books2023
My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom
Picture Books2023
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving by Chris Newell
Picture Books2023
Just Like Grandma by Kim Rogers
Picture Books2023
A Letter for Bob by Kim Rogers
Picture Books2023
Little People of the Dawn by Minquansis Sapiel
Picture Books2023
Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series by Traci Sorell
Picture Books2023
Powwow Day by Traci Sorell
Picture Books2023
Blessing's Bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Books Written by Non-Native People2022
A Blanket of Butterflies by Richard Van Camp
Comics and Graphic Novels2022
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years by Joy Harjo
Crossover Books2022
Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon
Crossover Books2022
Following My Spirit Home: A Collection of Paintings and Stories by Sam Zimmerman Zhaawanoogiizhik
Crossover Books2022
Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants (Jo Jo, 2) by Dawn Quigley
Early Chapter Books2022
My Good Man by Eric Gansworth
For High School2022
Man Made Monsters: Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
For High School2022
The Raven Mother (Mothers of Xsan, 6) (Volume 6) by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson
For Middle Grades2022
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene
For Middle Grades2022
Deb Haaland: First Native American Cabinet Secretary (Gateway Biographies) by Matthew J. Martinez
For Middle Grades2022
She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller by Traci Sorell
For Middle Grades2022
Firefly: A Boarding School Story by Elizabeth Albert-Peacock
Picture Books2022
Where We Come From by John Coy
Picture Books2022
Dancing With Our Ancestors by Sara Florence Davidson
Picture Books2022
Returning to the Yakoun River by Sara Florence Davidson
Picture Books2022
Amo's Sapotawan by William Dumas
Picture Books2022
It's a Mitig! by Bridget George
Picture Books2022
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Picture Books2022
Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck
Picture Books2022
Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Recommendation of Buffy Sainte-Marie's Works Rescinded Nov. 12, 2023
Picture Books2022
Beautiful You, Beautiful Me by Tasha Spillett-Sumner
Picture Books2022
Finding My Dance by Ria Thundercloud
Picture Books2022
Herizon by Daniel W. Vandever
Picture Books2022
Where Did You Get Your Moccasins? by Bernelda Wheeler
Picture Books2022
A Is for Anemone: A First West Coast Alphabet (First West Coast Books, 5) by Roy Henry Vickers
Board Books2021
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
Books Written or Illustrated by non-Native People: For High School2021
The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege by Brendan Kiely
Books Written or Illustrated by non-Native People: For High School2021
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Books Written or Illustrated by non-Native People: Picture Books2021
A Girl Called Echo, Vol. 4: Road Allowance Era by Katherena Vermette
Comics and Graphic Novels2021
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry by Joy Harjo
Crossover Books2021
Walking Softly by Thomas D. Peacock
Crossover Books2021
Jo Jo Makoons : the used-to-be best friend by Dawn Quigley
Early Chapter Books2021
Indian Shoes by Cynthia L Smith
Early Chapter Books2021
The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature by Esther G. Belin
For High School2021
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
For High School2021
Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell
For High School2021
Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith
For High School2021
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
For High School2021
Native Women Changing Their Worlds by Patricia Cutright
For Middle Grades2021
Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor by Jessica Engelking
For Middle Grades2021
Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher by Kade Ferris
For Middle Grades2021
The Case of the Burgled Bundle by Michael Hutchinson
For Middle Grades2021
Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia L Smith
For Middle Grades2021
Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector by Diane Wilson
For Middle Grades2021
Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
For Middle Grades2021
Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi! by Art Coulson
Picture Books2021
Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids
Picture Books2021
The Frog Mother (Mothers of Xsan) (Volume 4) by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson
Picture Books2021
The Wolf Mother (Mothers of Xsan, 5) (Volume 5) by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson
Picture Books2021
Josie Dances by Denise Lajimodiere
Picture Books2021
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby
Picture Books2021
On the Trapline by David A. Robertson
Picture Books2021
Jingle Dress by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Picture Books2021
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell
Picture Books2021
I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner
Picture Books2021
"The Fire" by Seycora" "Thomas
Picture Books2021
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford
Picture Books2021
Button Up! Fall in Alaska (Seasons of Alaska) by Angela Y. Gonzalez
Board Books2020
Wilgyigyet : learn the colors in Sm'algya̲x by David Lang
Board Books2020
Nibi is Water by Joanne Robertson
Board Books2020
Bye-Bye Ice! Springtime in Alaska (Seasons of Alaska) by Carla Snow
Board Books2020
Mittens and Mukluks! Winter in Alaska (Seasons of Alaska) by Joni Spiess
Board Books2020
Let's Play Out! Summer in Alaska (Seasons of Alaska) by Yaari Toolie-Walker
Board Books2020
A Girl Called Echo, Vol. 3: Northwest Resistance by Katherena Vermette
Comics and Graphic Novels2020
Kamik Takes the Lead (Kamik, 4) by Darryl Baker
Picture Books2020
Becoming Miss Navajo by Jolyana Begay-Kroupa
Picture Books2020
Rez Dog by Heather Brink
Picture Books2020
The Train by Jodie Callaghan
Picture Books2020
The Range Eternal by Louise Erdrich
Picture Books2020
When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith
Picture Books2020
The Eagle Mother (Mothers of Xsan, 3) (Volume 3) by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson
Picture Books2020
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Picture Books2020

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