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Awarded biennially, the award identifies and honors the best writings and illustrations for youth, by and about Native American and Indigenous peoples of North America. Works selected to receive the award, in picture book, middle grade, and young adult categories, present Native American and Indigenous North American peoples in the fullness of their humanity in present, past and future contexts.
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Picture Book Award Winner
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Forever Cousins
Laurel Goodluck - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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In this Native American story, Kara and Amanda are best-friend cousins. Then Kara leaves the city to move back to the Rez. Will their friendship stay the same?Kara and Amanda hate not being together. Then it's time for the family reunion on the Rez. Each girl worries that the other... |
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Picture Book Honor
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Rock Your Mocs
Laurel Goodluck - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover
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In this happy, vibrant tribute to Rock Your Mocs Day, observed yearly on November 15, author Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tsimshian) and artist Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw) celebrate the joy and power of wearing moccasins - and the Native pride that comes with them. A perfect... |
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Berry Song
Michaela Goade - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a gorgeous celebration of the land she knows well and the powerful wisdom of elders.
On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth. Salmon from... |
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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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Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series
Traci Sorell - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports.Charles... |
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Celebration
Lily Hope - SHI
Format: Book
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"Celebration is almost here! For four days every other June, the streets of Juneau are filled with Native people of all ages dressed in the signature regalia of clans from throughout Southeast Alaska and beyond. There is traditional song and dance. Arts and crafts. Food. And people... |
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Middle Grade Book Winner
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We Still Belong
Christine Day - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover
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A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor-winning author Christine Day (Upper Skagit) , about a girl whose hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and plans to ask her crush to the school dance) go all wrong - until she finds herself... |
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Middle Grade Honor Books
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Eagle Drums
Nasugraq Rainey Hopson - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition.As his family prepares for winter, a young, skilled hunter must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for knapping -- the same mountain where his two older brothers... |
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Mascot
Charles Waters - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade novel in verse, two best-selling BIPOC authors tackle this hot-button issue.. In Rye, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, people work hard, kids go to school, and football is big on Friday... |
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Jo Jo Makoons: Snow Day (Jo Jo, 3)
Dawn Quigley - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover
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Oh, snow day, snow day, what a very fun no-school day! Jo Jo Makoons is back in the third book in this favorite chapter book series, and she's planning the very best version of the winter Olympics that her Ojibwe community has ever seen ... Jo Jo Makoons has noticed that the family... |
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She Persisted: Maria Tallchief
Christine Day - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Christine Day, readers learn about the amazing life of Maria Tallchief--and how she persisted. Maria Tallchief loved to dance, but was told that she might need to change her Osage name to one that sounded more Russian to make it as a professional... |
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She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller
TRACI SORELL - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Wilma Mankiller!The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears,... |
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She Persisted: Deb Haaland: She Persisted
Laurel Goodluck - Listening Library
Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds - including Deb Haaland!As a child of two military parents, Deb Haaland moved around a lot when she was young before... |
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Young Adult Winner
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Rez Ball
Byron Graves - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover
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This compelling debut novel by new talent Byron Graves tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be. These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school... |
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Young Adult Honor
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Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.. Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best... |
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Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
Cherie Dimaline - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover
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After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring Indigenous identity from the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series.Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery... |
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Man Made Monsters: Man Made Monsters
ANDREA ROGERS - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover
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Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-old girls. Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance that has swept the last decade.Horror fans will... |
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Running with Changing Woman
Lorinda Martinez - Salina Bookshelf
Format: Book
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"Samantha is a Navajo girl attending Atsá Mesa Community School on the Navajo Reservation. Her life has seemed pretty average when one day at school her body suddenly changes. As a ́Diné, Samantha must now prepare for the Diné womanhood ceremony called the Kinaaldá, a ceremony... |
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Heroes of the Water Monster
Brian Young - Heartdrum
Format: Hardcover
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An unmissable companion to Healer of the Water Monster, which won the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award, this novel by Navajo author Brian Young tells the story of two contemporary young Navajo heroes - and one water monster - who must learn to work together to save... |
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