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Board Books
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My Heart Fills with Happiness
Monique Gray Smith - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Board book
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The sun on your face. The smell of warm bannock baking in the oven. Holding the hand of someone you love. What fills your heart with happiness? This beautiful board book, with illustrations from celebrated artist Julie Flett, serves as a reminder for little ones and adults alike to reflect... |
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Cradle Me (English edition)
Slier - Star Bright Books
Format: Board book
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The rich Native American tradition of carrying babies safely, comfortably and close to their mothers in cradle boards endures to this day. As shown in this photo-filled book, each cradle board is personalized and they differ from tribe to tribe, not only in style but also in the material... |
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May We Have Enough to Share
Richard Van Camp
Format: Book
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Award-winning author Richard Van Camp wrote this book to express his gratitude for all that surrounds him and his family. The strength of their connections, the nature that provides for them, the love that is endless. Complemented by photos from photographers who celebrate their own gratefulness... |
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Kiss by Kiss / Octwina: A Counting Book for Families
Richard Van Camp - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Board book
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One kiss, two kiss, three kiss, four! So many kisses and so many more. From bestselling author Richard Van Camp comes a delightful counting book that honors families and can be used to praise your little ones as they learn to count. Ten kisses from your sweet baby might not be enough to get you through... |
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We Sang You Home
Richard Van Camp - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Board book
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In this sweet and lyrical board book from the creators of the bestselling Little You, gentle rhythmic text captures the wonder new parents feel as they welcome baby into the world. A celebration of the bond between parent and child, this is the perfect song to share with your little... |
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Picture Books
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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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Bowwow Powwow
Brenda J Child - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Hardcover
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Windy Girl is blessed with a vivid imagination. From Uncle she gathers stories of long-ago traditions, about dances and sharing and gratitude. Windy can tell such stories herself-about her dog, Itchy Boy, and the way he dances to request a treat and how he wriggles with joy in response... |
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Wild Berries
Julie Flett - Simply Read Books; Bilingual edition
Format: Hardcover
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Tch, tch, sh, sh, tup, tup.Spend the day picking wild blueberries with Clarence and his grandmother. Meet ant, spider, and fox in a beautiful woodland andscape, the ancestral home of author and illustrator Julie Flett. This book is written in both Enlglish and Cree, in particular the n-dialect,... |
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Birdsong
Julie Flett - Greystone Kids
Format: Hardcover
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A tender, luminous portrait of art, nature, and connecting across generations. When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of arts and crafts. Can the girl navigate the changing... |
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Kunus Basket: A Story from Indian Island
Lee DeCora Francis - Tilbury House Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Young Kunu wants to make a pack basket on his own. Hes watched his dad and his grandfather make baskets on Indian Island, but now that hes trying to make one for himself, it s not as easy as he thought it would be. Kunu isnt a quitter, but he gets so frustrated that he has to go outside... |
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All Around Us
Xelena González - Cinco Puntos Press
Format: Audiobook
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"All Around Us begs to be shared over and over." -- Yuyi Morales "A transcendent, perfectly gorgeous book." - Naomi Shihab Nye ALSC Notable Childrens Book 2018 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book2018 American Indian Youth Literature Award: Picture Book Honor Best Picture... |
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You Hold Me Up
Monique Gray Smith - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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This vibrant picture book, beautifully illustrated by celebrated artist Danielle Daniel, encourages children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other's well-being in their everyday actions. Consultant, international speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray... |
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Sweetest Kulu
Celina Kalluk - Inhabit Media
Format: Hardcover
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A lyrical lullaby imbued with traditional Inuit beliefsThis bedtime poem, written by internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, describes the gifts bestowed upon a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic. Lyrically and lovingly written, this visually stunning book... |
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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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When We Were Alone
David Robertson - HighWater Press
Format: Print book
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When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother... |
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Fall in Line, Holden!
Daniel W Vandever - Salina Bookshelf
Format: Hardcover
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At a very strict school in Indigenous Nation, everyone but Holden stays in line until they reach the door at the end of the school day. |
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SkySisters
Jan Bourdeau Waboose - Kids Can Press
Format: Print book
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Two Ojibway sisters set off across the frozen north country to see the SkySpirits' midnight dance. It isn't easy for the younger sister to be silent, but gradually she begins to treasure the stillness and the wonderful experiences it brings. After an exhilarating walk and patient... |
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Non-Fiction
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Mission To Space
John B Herrington - White Dog Press
Format: Print book
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Astronaut John Herrington shares his passion for space travel and his Chickasaw heritage as he gives children a glimpse into his astronaut training at NASA and his mission to the International Space Station. Learn what it takes to train for space flight, see the tasks he completed in space,... |
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Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story
S. D. Nelson - Lee & Low Books
Format: Hardcover
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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 Rosenthals Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.Growing up on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona, Ira Hayes was a quiet,... |
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Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
S.D. Nelson - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring picture book biography of the Lakota/Sioux warrior and chief Sitting Bull, from award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson Sitting Bull (c. 1831-1890) was one of the greatest Lakota/Sioux warriors and chiefs who ever lived. He was eventually named war chief, leader... |
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Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Robbie Robertson - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation. Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk... |
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Juvenile Fiction
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The Birchbark House
Louise Erdrich - Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
Format: Paperback
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"[In this] story of a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities,... |
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If I Ever Get Out of Here
Eric Gansworth - Arthur A. Levine Books; 7.2.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover
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"A heart-healing, mocs-on-the-ground story of music, family and friendship." -- Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of TANTALIZE and RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAMELewis "Shoe" Blake is used to the joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975: the joking,... |
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In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
Joseph Marshall - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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Through stories of Lakota leader Crazy Horse, a boy learns about his heritage and himself in this American Indian Youth Literature Award-winning novel from acclaimed author Joseph Marshall III Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy, though you wouldnt guess it by his name. His mother is Lakota,... |
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Stone River Crossing
Tim Tingle - Tu Books
Format: Hardcover
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Martha Tom knows better than to cross the Bok Chitto River to pick blackberries. The Bok Chitto is the only border between her town in the Choctaw Nation and the slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory. The slave owners could catch her, too. What was she thinking But crossing the river... |
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Graphic Novels
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Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection
Matt Dembicki - Fulcrum Publishing
Format: Paperback
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2010 Maverick Award winner, 2011 Aesop Prize Winner - Children's folklore section, and a 2011 Eisner Award Nominee. All cultures have tales of the trickster - a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order... |
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