University Libraries: Native American Heritage Month: Books for Children

Books

Birdsong by Julíe Flett
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.F63585 Bi 2019
ISBN: 9781771644730
"When Katherena and her mother move to a small town, Katherena feels lonely and out of place. But when she meets an elderly woman artist who lives next door, named Agnes--her world starts to change."
Crazy Horse's Vision by Joseph Bruchac; S. D. Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.B888281 Cr 2000
ISBN: 9781584302827
"Crazy Horse is among the best known Native American heroes. Yet many people do not know his boyhood name was Curly, inspired by his curly hair. Curly was a leader even as a young boy, taming wild horses and hunting powerful buffalo."
Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle; Jeanne Rorex Bridges (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.T489 Cro 2006
ISBN: 9781933693200
"Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle blends songs, flute, and drum to bring the lore of the Choctaw Nation to life in lively historical, personal, and traditional stories."
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.L6623 We 2020
ISBN: 9781250203557
"Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America,We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption--a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade."
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard; Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.1.M34682 Fr 2019
ISBN: 9781626727465
"Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal."
Thunder Boy Jr by Sherman Alexie; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.A382 Th 2016
ISBN: 9780316013727
Thunder Boy Jr. is named after his dad, but he wants a name that's all his own. Just because people call his dad Big Thunder doesn't mean he wants to be Little Thunder.

The Game of Silence by Louise Erdrich
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.E72554 Gam 2005
ISBN: 9780064410298
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, The Game of Silence is the second novel in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich.
Chickadee by Louise Erdrich
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.E72554 Ch 2012
ISBN: 9780060577926
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, Chickadee is the first novel of a new arc in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich.
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7 .D7287 Mo 1992
ISBN: 9780786813582
Publication Date: 1999-05-18
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award, this moving and poetic fictional story follows two Taíno siblings and their life in the Bahamas during the fateful year of 1492.
Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7 .D7287 Sj 1996
ISBN: 9780786813575
"Set in 16th century America, this richly imagined and gorgeously written rite-of-passage story has the gravity of legend . . . "

Quiet Hero by S. D. Nelson
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor E90.H395 N45 2006
ISBN: 9781600604270
A biography of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six soldiers to raise the United States flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, an event immortalized by Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.
Navajo Long Walk by Joseph Bruchac
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor E99.N3 B744 2002
ISBN: 9780792270584
Powerfully written from the perspective of the Navajos and illustrated with deeply personal interpretations of historic events, this book sheds fresh light on a shameful episode of American history.
Native American Games and Stories by Joseph Bruchac; James Bruchac
Call Number: Online (Ebook)
ISBN: 9781555918279
An important credo of Native American life states that you can learn while you play and play while you learn. Readers will be able to pore over intriquing stories, immerse themselves in Native American understandings, and get to play these fun-filled games as they learn how global thought and beliefs can transcend into their own lives.
A Kid's Guide to Native American History by Yvonne Wakim Dennis; Arlene Hirschfelder
Call Number: Online (Ebook)
ISBN: 9781569763513
Hands-on activities, games, and crafts introduce children to the diversity of Native American cultures and teach them about the people, experiences, and events that have helped shape America, past and present.

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PS3560.O5395 O55 2020
ISBN: 9781982136451
"From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting social commentary on identity politics and the American Indian experience." Winner of the Alex Award 2021.
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PS3623.I57796 R63 2011
ISBN: 0307740803
Publication Date: 2012-04-17
"In this terrifying tale of humanity's desperate stand against a robot uprising, Daniel H. Wilson has written the most entertaining sci-fi thriller in years." Winner of the Alex Award in 2012.
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Call Number: Course Reserve Shelf
ISBN: 9781770864863
Publication Date: 2017-09-01
Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text) Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize Winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award Winner of the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: Juvenile 2nd Floor PZ7.A382 Ab 2007
ISBN: 9780316013697
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.