Picture Books

Alego

Teevee, Ningeokuluk.

Translated from the Inuktitut. Parallel title in Inuktitut characters. Maps on endpapers. While collecting clams for their dinner, Alego discovers all the things that live in the tide pools near the ocean, including starfish, sea snails, a sculpin, and more.

Date Published:2009

Ancient thunder

Yerxa, Leo, 1947-

School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.). Publisher's Weekly. School Library Journal, November 2006. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2010. Publisher's Weekly, October 2006. Kirkus Review, August 2006. Library Media Connection, March 2007. Resource Links, February 2007. A beautiful and visionary book, Ancient Thunder celebrates wild horses and the natural world of the prairies. Using an extraordinary technique, Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, makes paper look like leather, so that his illustrations seem to be painted on leather shirts. The art is accompanied by a rich song of praise for the wild horses that came to play such an important role in the lives of the First Peoples.

Date Published:2012

Awsis and the world-famous bannock

Hunt, Dallas, 1987-,

School Library Journal, April 2019. Kirkus Review, March 2019. School Library Journal. Kirkus Review. As young Awâsis searches for the ingredients to make Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe, they run into a variety of other-than-human relatives that help them along in their journey. Includes a pronunciation guide and Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe at the back of the book.

Date Published:2018

Be a good ancestor

Prince, Leona,

Addressing environmental issues, animal welfare, self-esteem and self-respect, and the importance of community, the authors deliver a poignant and universal message in an accessible way: Be a good ancestor to the world around you. Thought-provoking stanzas offer a call to action for each one of us to consider how we affect future generations. Every decision we make ripples out, and we can affect the world around us by thinking deeply about those decisions.

Date Published:2022

Berry song

Goade, Michaela,

School Library Journal starred, July 2022. Booklist starred, May 2022. Horn Book Starred, July 2022. Pub Weekly, April 2022. Kirkus Starred, February 2022. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Horn Book Starred. As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.

Date Published:2022

Birdsong

Flett, Julie,

When a young girl moves to her new home far away from the sea, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of nature and art. As the seasons change, can the girl navigate the failing health of her new friend?

Date Published:2020

Call of the fiddle

Burton, Wilfred.

Includes CD. Call of the Fiddle completes the trilogy of a young boy as he embraces his Métis heritage and carries on his family's traditions.

Date Published:2011

Chuck in the city

Wheeler, Jordan, 1964-

Chuck ventures out into the city on his own and must figure out a way to get home when he realizes he is lost.

Date Published:2009

Contenders : two Native baseball players, one World Series

Sorell, Traci,

The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American 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.

Date Published:2023

Coyote's Christmas : a Lakota story

Nelson, S. D.

His stomach rumbling, Coyote approaches a house on Christmas Eve hoping to trick the family there out of a hot meal by dressing as Santa Claus, but Sister Raven sees the strange events and plays a wonderful trick of her own.

Date Published:2007

Drum from the heart

Louie, Ren,

"When he is gifted a handmade drum by his mother, Ren learns the teachings of the drum that are also passed down to him. He discovers that through this special drum, he is able to connect to his culture and find a confidence in his voice to joyfully share in singing the traditional songs of his Nuu-chah-nulth Nation"--Amazon.

Date Published:2021

Edànì n̜ogë d̜one gok'e̜idì : How the fox saved the people

Football, Virginia.

Translated from the Dogrib. Compact disc. Accompanied by an audio multimedia CD in both languages. Also issued in Dogrib and French. The people, sad and hungry because of the disappearance of the caribou, rely on help from Wolf and Fox to uncover Raven's trickery which is causing their loss. Presented in English and Dogrib. Includes a multimedia CD.

Date Published:2010

Edànì n̜ogë weg̜̀ò̜o degë adzà : How the fox got his crossed legs

Translated from the Dogrib. Accompanied by a multimedia CD-ROM in Tłı̨chǫ and English in pocket, p. [3] of cover. Resource Links. Resource Links, April 2010. An illustrated retelling of a Tł̜ıch̜o tale in which Fox, distressed when Bear pulls off his leg during an argument, sends Raven to retrieve his lost limb, which gets put back on incorrectly.

Date Published:2009

First laugh : welcome, baby!

Tahe, Rose Ann,

Publisher's Weekly, June 2018. Publisher's Weekly. A Navajo family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures.

Date Published:2018

Flow spin grow : looking for patterns in nature

Barss, Patchen,

School Library Journal, September 2018. Kirkus Review, September 2018. School Library Journal. Kirkus Review. Look. did you ever notice that just as the branches of a tree spread upward to the sky, its roots branch deep into the ground? Branching also happens in our lungs and veins-but why? You can find patterns almost anywhere, repeating themselves in the most unexpected places. Like secret codes, they can be traced through nature. And like secret codes, they can reveal the invisible! Using patterns as a road map, Flow Spin Grow: Looking for Patterns in Nature will take readers on a thought-provoking tour of the natural world, inspiring them to observe and question: Why do trees and rivers branch? Why do storms and snail shells spiral? Why do electrons and galaxies spin? Step into the world of patterns to find out!

Date Published:2018

Friendship Bay

Delaronde, Deborah L., 1958-

Date Published:2004

Fry bread : a Native American family story

Maillard, Kevin Noble,

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brings families together for meals and new memories. Fry bread is nation. It is shared by many from coast to coast and beyond. Fry bread is us. It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference. Told in a 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 Caldecott Honor winner Juana Martinez-Neal.

Date Published:2019

The giving tree : a retelling of a traditional Métis story about giving and receiving

Dorion, Leah, 1970-

Accompanied by a CD. Text and CD narration in English and Michif. The Giving Tree is a charming story that focuses on the boyhood reminisces of Moushoom as he describes finding the "Great Giving Tree" with his mother and father. It emphasizes Métis core values and beliefs including strength, kindness, courage, tolerance, honesty, respect, love, sharing, caring, balance, patience, but most importantly, the connection with the Creator and Mother Earth.

Date Published:2009

Go show the world : a celebration of Indigenous heroes

Kinew, Wab, 1981-,

Publisher's Weekly, August 2018. Booklist, July 2011. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Rhyming text showcases a diverse group of historic and modern day Indigenous people from the United States and Canada.

Date Published:2018

Grandma's tipi : a present-day Lakota story

Nelson, S. D.,

Also available on SORA. Clara spends her summer visiting her grandma and cousin on Standing Rock reservation, where Clara and her family set up the ancestral tipi and grow closer together as they tell stories, sing songs, and learn about their Lakota roots.

Date Published:2023