Lost at Windy River
This graphic novel for middle-grade readers tells the true story of how a young Indigenous girl survived nine days after getting lost during a snowstorm in northern Canada.
Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee
In this dual-language picture book in English and Anishinaabemowin, a child is chased by Windigo, who preys on isolation and insecurity. But Kokum calls to the child with a message of hope, and a hummingbird arrives with teachings of love and resilience.
Original People, Original Television
Original People, Original Television offers an insightful, honest perspective into the development and launch of the first Indigenous television network, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Former Communications Director for APTN Jennifer David shares behind-the-scenes stories and a closer look at the call to action.
Raven Gets Tricked
In this picture book featuring Coast Salish art and Traditional Storytelling techniques, a little deer tricks a greedy raven into sharing his food.
This Land Is a Lullaby
In this gentle picture-book lullaby, the sounds of the land soothe an Indigenous child to sleep on a stormy summer night on the Plains.
This Land Is a Lullaby / cistomâwasowin ôma askiy
In this gentle picture-book lullaby written in both Plains Cree and English, the sounds of the land soothe an Indigenous child to sleep on a stormy summer night on the Plains.
When We Are Kind
This beautiful board book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child’s life.
Lights along the River
In this illustrated picture book set in 1952, a young Métis girl anticipates the arrival of electricity in her small town.
Crow Helps a Friend
In this picture book featuring Coast Salish art and Traditional Storytelling techniques, a wood duck and a crow turn a mistake into an opportunity for friendship and growth.
My Heart Fills With Happiness / Mi corazón se llena de alegría
A dual-language book that celebrates happiness and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy. In English and Spanish.
You Hold Me Up / Tú me sostienes
An evocative picture book intended to foster empathy among children and encourage them to show each other love and support. In English and Spanish.
You Hold Me Up
An evocative board book intended to foster empathy among children and encourage them to show each other love and support.
Otter Doesn’t Know
In this picture book featuring Coast Salish art and Traditional Storytelling techniques, a salmon and an otter learn to help each other even though they don't have all the answers.
Pineshish, The Blue Jay
A blue jay called Pineshish is wounded and needs help. Trees should provide shelter, but not every tree wants to, only the pine tree does. Mother nature then punishes the selfish trees. They will lose their leaves in the fall from now on.
We Belong to the Drum
A child at daycare—away from his family for the first time—finds belonging through the music of the powwow drum, in this illustrated picture book.
We Belong to the Drum / mistikwaskihk kitipêyimikonaw
In this dual-language illustrated picture book, a child who's away from his family for the first time at daycare finds belonging through the music of the powwow drum. In English and Plains Cree.
Forever Our Home / kâkikê kîkinaw
This gentle picture-book lullaby, in both Plains Cree and English, is a celebration of the plants and animals of the Prairies and the Plains and a meditation on the sacred, ancestral connections between Indigenous children and their Traditional Territories.
The Secret Pocket
This illustrated nonfiction picture book tells the true story of how a resilient group of girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their clothes to hide food.
Dig Deep
This nonfiction book introduces middle-grade readers to marine archaeology. Illustrated with photographs throughout, in this book young people will discover how understanding our ancient ancestors' relationships with the ocean can help the planet today and in the future.
Weird Rules to Follow
In this novel for middle readers told in vignettes, Mia and her best friend, Lara, have very different experiences growing up in a northern fishing community in the 1980s.
I Hope / nipakosêyimon
This beautifully illustrated dual-language picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives. In English and Plains Cree.
J’espère
Cet album aux illustrations magnifiques, écrit par l’autrice autochtone primée Monique Gray Smith, fait un survol des espoirs que les adultes nourrissent pour les enfants de leur vie.
We Sang You Home / kikî-kîwê-nikamôstamâtinân
This dual-language book celebrates baby and welcomes them into the world. In English and Plains Cree.
Little You / kiya kâ-apisîsisiyan
This dual-language, poetic book for babies and toddlers celebrates every child and the joy babies bring into the world. In English and Plains Cree.
