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Native American Heritage Month: Children's & Juvenile Books

American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners

Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
Call Number: A.I.Y.L. FIC YOU
ISBN: 0062990403
Publication Date: 2021
Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child; Jonathan Thunder (Illustrator); Gordon Jourdain (Translator)
Call Number: A.I.Y.L. E CHI
2020 Best Picture Book Award
Indian No More by Charlene McManis; Traci Sorell
Call Number: A.I.Y.L. FICTION MCM
2020 Best Middle Grade Book Award
Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Call Number: A.I.Y.L. FICTION SMI
2020 Best Young Adult Book Award
Shanyáak'utlaax by Johnny Marks (Editor); Hans Chester (Editor); Nora Dauenhauer (Editor); Richard Dauenhauer (Editor); David Katzeek (Editor); Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
Call Number: A.I.Y.L. E SHA
2018 Best Picture Book Award
Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, Volume 1 by Lee Francis (Editor-In-Chief); Arigon Starr (Editor)
Call Number: A.I.Y.L. PN6727 .T358 2016
2018 Best Middle Grade Book Award
#Notyourprincess by Lisa Charleyboy (Editor); Mary Beth Leatherdale (Editor)
Call Number: A.I.Y.L. E98.W8 N68 2017
2018 Best Young Adult Book Award

See Full List of American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners Here:
https://research.wou.edu/c.php?g=551287&p=7894500

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall; James Mark Yellowhawk (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile Award Winners: A.I.Y.L. FICTION MAR
Publication Date: 2015

Children & Early Reader Books

Nibi's Water Song by Sunshine Tenasco; Chief Lady Bird (Illustrator)
Call Number: Picture Books: E TEN
ISBN: 9781643794822
Publication Date: 2021
I Sang You down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
Call Number: Picture Books: E SPI
ISBN: 9780316493161
Publication Date: 2021
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
Call Number: CALDECOTT E LIN
ISBN: 9781250203557
Publication Date: 2020
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard; Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
Call Number: E MAI
ISBN: 9781626727465
Publication Date: 2019
At the Mountain's Base by Traci Sorell; Weshoyot Alvitre (Illustrator)
Call Number: E SOR
ISBN: 9780735230606
Publication Date: 2019

Juvenile

The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson
Call Number: eBoook
ISBN: 0823450406
Publication Date: 2022
Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids; Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Illustrator); Nancy K. Mays
Call Number: Juvenile Non-Fiction: E901.1.D375 A3 2021
ISBN: 9780062979667
Publication Date: 2021
Powwow by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
Call Number: Juvenile Non-Fiction: E98.P86 P44 2020
ISBN: 9781459812345
Publication Date: 2020
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger; Rovina Cai (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile Fiction: FICTION LIT
ISBN: 9781646140060
Publication Date: 2020
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
Call Number: Juvenile Fiction: FICTION DAY
ISBN: 9780062871992
Publication Date: 2019
Wilma's Way Home by Doreen Rappaport; Linda Kukuk (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile Non-Fiction: E99.C5 R27 2019
ISBN: 9781484747186
Publication Date: 2019
Marooned in the Arctic by Peggy Caravantes
Call Number: Juvenile Non-Fiction: E99.E7 B65629 2016
ISBN: 9781613730980
Publication Date: 2016
Walking Two Worlds by Joseph Bruchac; David Kanietakeron Fadden (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile Fiction: FICTION BRU
ISBN: 9781939053138
Publication Date: 2015
Dreaming in Indian by Lisa Charleyboy (Editor); Mary Beth Leatherdale (Editor)
Call Number: Juvenile Non-Fiction: N6549.5.A54 D74 2014
ISBN: 9781554516872
Publication Date: 2014
Rez Life by David Treuer
Call Number: E93 .T735 2012
ISBN: 9780802120823
Publication Date: 2013
Buffalo Bird Girl by S. D. Nelson
Call Number: Juvenile Non-Fiction; E99.H6 N45 2012
ISBN: 9781419703553
Publication Date: 2012
Pipestone by Adam Fortunate Eagle; Laurence M. Hauptman (Afterword by)
Call Number: A.I.Y.L. E97.6.P65 E23 2010
ISBN: 9780806141145
Publication Date: 2010