I Am Indigenous
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This beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates the diversity of Indigenous identities. Each illustration was created by a different Indigenous artist.
Juni and the Anything Tree
In this inspirational picture book, Juni loves to play with the fallen tree in her schoolyard, but the school board thinks it's dangerous. Can Juni find a way to prove the tree is worth saving?
Lila Makes a Monster
In this humorous picture book, Lila discovers a way to bring her imagination to life by creating something—or someone—out of scrap crafting materials she has collected. But as antics ensue, Lila finds that her creation truly has a mind of its own and is quickly becoming a real-life monster.
My First Book of O'odham Ha'icu Doakam / Animals
This book familiarizes people with an intro to not only animals in the Sonoran Desert, but also to bilingual text in Tohono O’odham and English. Each page has a drawing of a desert animal and a bilingual sentence to go with it.
My First Book of O'odham Nanko Ma:s Ce:ksañ / Shapes
This book is an introduction to basic shapes and colors in the Tohono O'odham language.
I Sure Do
A joyous and playful celebration of language, laughter, and unconditional love. With whimsical rhymes and charmingly absurd declarations, I Sure Do captures the boundless, steadfast affection a parent has for their child.
Still Friends
In this funny picture book, a dog makes a new friend at the park—a statue who doesn’t throw balls or give treats or pets. But he learns over time that she has her own strengths that make her a rock-solid friend.
Woolly Dog Warms His Family
In this picture book featuring Coast Salish art and Traditional Storytelling techniques, a Salish woolly dog finds natural fibers for his people to spin and weave into blankets.
Ayah and the Big World Outside
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In this moving picture book, Ayah, who has always lived in a refugee camp, is trying to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. When she falls asleep and dreams of a swallow who shows her there are places without fences, and without war, she realizes she wants to be free like him.
A Garden of Berries and Crows
In this beautifully illustrated picture book, Maeve and Fern create a connection that helps them both heal and honor the family they lost.
Kohkom's First Drum
In this moving picture book, Charlie’s Kohkom tells the story of recently receiving her first drum. Kohkom wasn’t raised Cree because she was taken from her family as a child as part of the Sixties Scoop. After hearing her story, Charlie offers to teach Kohkom a song—and they agree to go to the Friendship Center drum circle every week from now on.
Let’s Eat!
This inviting picture book is a joyful, rhyming celebration of foods of the world, including chai, raspado and khao-yum salad, prepared lovingly by children and their caregivers and then shared at a community feast.
One, Two, I Love You
In this counting board book with photos, caregivers notice and affirm every little thing about their babies, from their features and the noises they make to their smallest achievements and the world around them.
A Whale of a Dream
In this immersive picture book, Lena compares her art to someone else's and feels discouraged—until a whale in her dream takes her on an adventure to study modern art and she rediscovers her passion.
My First Book of O'odham Mamastagǐ / Colors
This bilingual book introduces common words and colors and allows them to match O’odham words, colors, and concepts. Each page features a color word with a corresponding picture of common O’odham vocabulary words. This colorful and vibrant book is a fun way to fortify colors and common words in both O’odham and English.
My First Book of O'odham Nunumilo / Numbers
This bilingual book introduces common words and numbers and allows the reader to match O’odham words to objects, and numbers. Each page features a number word with a corresponding pictures and both O'odham / English sentences.
chi miigwech, big thank you
This colorfully illustrated picture book expresses gratitude for the natural world, food and shelter, feelings, experiences and the Seven Grandfathers Teachings.
Gotcha Day
In this sweet rhyming picture book, a stray dog wanders through a neighborhood, dirty and hungry, until he's brought to a local rescue center where he gets fed, groomed and perfumed—and finally finds his forever home when a young girl and her family adopt him.
Springtime in Kitkatla
In this beautiful picture book, Walaas and her dzi'i (grandmother) take a fishing boat to their family’s reserve, Kitkatla, for spring break, where Walaas enjoys spending time with family, eating traditional foods and wandering the shoreline. Even though she’ll have to leave, she knows she’ll always belong there.
Tiny Hiker
In this rhyming picture book, the tiny hiker is excited for her first backpacking trip to camp on the beach, but when the trail is longer, steeper and much more difficult than she expected, she has to find a way to keep going—even when she wants to give up.
When the Clouds Came
In this lyrical picture book about a Chinese family, the sky tries to hold in the clouds just like the boy holds in his worries about his grandmother's health. When she passes away, the sky lets out all the rain—and helps the boy finally express his grief.
thankful / miigwechiwendam
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This colorfully illustrated picture book expresses gratitude for the natural world, food and shelter, feelings, experiences and the Seven Grandfathers Teachings.
How to Comfort a Monster
In this sweet picture book, a child attempts the impossible task of consoling a giant crying monster, but learns that his company is comfort enough.
We Can’t Wait to Hold You
Illustrated with photographs, this baby board book by acclaimed author Richard Van Camp is a buoyant ode to a baby on the way by those joyously awaiting their arrival.
