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American Indian Trickster Tales
Richard Erdoes - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover
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Spanning several centuries and the whole North American continent, a unique, illustrated collection of more than one hundred Native American folktales featuring the tricksters of sixty tribes is a companion volume to American Indian Myths and Legends. 15,000 first printing. |
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My Powerful Hair
Carole Lindstrom - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering picture book about family history, self-expression, and reclaiming your identityOur ancestors say our hair is our memories,our source of strength and power,a celebration of our lives.Mom never had long... |
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Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
Tim Tingle - Cinco Puntos Press
Format: Hardcover
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There is a river called Bok Chitto that cuts through Mississippi. In the days before the War Between the States, in the days before the Trail of Tears, Bok Chitto was a boundary. On one side of the river lived the Choctaws. On the other side lived the plantation owners and their slaves.... |
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A Day with Yayah
Nicola I Campbell - Crocodile Books
Format: Hardcover
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Set in the Nicola Valley, British Columbia, in Canada's westernmost province, a First Nations family goes on an outing to forage for herbs and mushrooms. A grandmother passes down her knowledge of plant life and the natural world to her young grandchildren. |
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Remember
Joy Harjo - Random House Studio
Format: Hardcover
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US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's iconic poem "Remember," illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, and to remember the importance of their place in it.Remember the sky you were born under,... |
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Dragonfly's Tale
Kristina Rodanas - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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After a poor harvest, two children regain the Corn Maidens' blessings for their people with the aid of a cornstalk toy, the dragonfly. |
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First Laugh-Welcome, Baby!
Rose Tahe - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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In Navajo families, the first person to make a new baby laugh hosts the child's First Laugh Ceremony. Who will earn the honor in this story?The First Laugh Ceremony is a celebration held to welcome a new member of the community. As everyone--from Baby's nima (mom) to nadi (big... |
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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Kevin Noble Maillard - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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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.Fry bread is food.It is warm and delicious,... |
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The Ghost and Lone Warrior: An Arapaho Legend
C. J. Taylor
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Crippled in an accident and left behind by his hunting party, Lone Warrior must overcome hunger, cold, pain, and despair to survive. But most terrifying of all his trials is the appearance of a skeleton-ghost arisen from the grave. That Lone Warrior can still remember to express h |
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How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
Joseph Bruchac - Dial
Format: Hardcover
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The Bruchacs, famous for their Native American folklore retellings, have joined forces with the best-selling illustration team of Aruego and Dewey to create a buoyant picture book teeming with surprises, glowing colors, and big, boastful fun!When you tease someone, you might just end up with... |
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How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend
Jerrie Oughton - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote. |
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Iktomi and the Buffalo Skull: A Plains Indian Story
Paul Goble - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover
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Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.Iktomi, the Plains... |
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Iktomi And The Coyote
Paul Goble - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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After tricking some prairie dogs into becoming his dinner, Iktomi is himself outwitted by Coyote |
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Jingle Dancer
Cynthia Leitich Smith - Heartdrum
Format: Paperback
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New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smiths lyrical text is paired with the warm, evocative watercolors of Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu in this affirming story of a contemporary Native American girl who turns to her family and community. The cone-shaped jingles sewn... |
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The Legend of the Bluebonnet
Tomie dePaola - Puffin
Format: Paperback
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When a killing drought threatens the existence of the tribe, a courageous little Comanche girl sacrifices her most beloved possession--and the Great Spirit's answer results not only in much needed rain but a very special gift in return. "An ideal complement to Native American... |
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Native American Mythology
Jim Ollhoff - ABDO & Daughters
Format: Hardcover
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Who is Kokyanwuuti? What is a shaman? Why are myths so important in our lives? Myths are a rich source of history. People use them to make sense of our world. Even before myths were written down, people told and retold the stories of the gods and goddesses of their homeland. Readers of Native... |
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The Rough-Face Girl
Rafe Martin - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From Algonquin Indian folklore comes one of the most haunting, powerful versions of the Cinderella tale ever told.In a village by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible being. All the young women wanted to marry him because he was rich, powerful, and supposedly very handsome. But to marry... |
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The Seasons and Someone
Virginia L. Kroll - Harcourt Childrens Books
Format: Library Binding
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The changing seasons and activities in the magnificent Alaskan landscape are viewed through the eyes of a young Eskimo girl. By the author of Masai and I. |
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Small Wolf
Nathaniel Benchley - Harpercollins Childrens Books
Format: Hardcover
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A young Native American boy sets out to hunt on Manhattan Island and discovers some strange people with white faces and very different ideas about land |
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Sootface: An Ojibwas Cinderella Story
Robert D San Souci - Dragonfly/Random House children's Books
Format: Print book
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Abused by two lazy sisters who make her do all the work, Sootface dreams of finding a husband, until an invisible great hunter declares that he will marry the woman whose kind and honest heart enables her to see him. |
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Stolen Words
MELANIE FLORENCE - Second Story Press
Format: Library Binding
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The story of the beautiful relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks her grandfather how to say something in his language, Cree, he admits that his language was stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather find his language... |
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They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths
Jean Guard Monroe - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A collection of legends about the stars from various North American Indian cultures, including explanations of the Milky Way and constellations such as the Big Dipper. |
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