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Everlasting: Everlasting and The Great Ocean
By Richard Bremicker. 2014
Everlasting travels down the Great River to interpret for Russian priests who have come to teach the native people of…
Alaska. Caught between ancient native ways and changes brought by the invaders, Everlasting seeks wisdom. Far from her home, swept overboard into the Great Ocean, Everlasting is rescued by a dangerous Yankee whaling ship. The spunky Déné girl confronts evil, finds a great ally, and sets out on a perilous journey.Thanks to the Animals: 10th Anniversary Edition
By Allen Sockabasin. 2005
Named one of the Top 10 Native American Books for Elementary Schools by American Indians in Children's Literature Little Zoo…
Sap and his family are moving from their summer home on the coast to their winter home in the deep woods. Unnoticed, the youngster tumbles off the end of the sled. Alone, cold, and frightened, Zoo Sap cries, and his cries attract the forest animals. Beginning with beaver and ending with the great bald eagle, the animals rush to protect the baby and shelter him from the cold until his father returns for him. New, expanded 10th-anniversary edition of this classic that has sold more than 30,000 copies. · New features include an author’s note explaining the seasonal movement of the Passamaquoddy people; a pronunciation guide to the Passamaquoddy names of the animals in the story; and a QR code that will let readers link to the audio recording of Allen Sockabasin telling the story in the Passamaquoddy language. A beguiling bedtime story and a profound expression of reverence for the natural world. Lexile Level 620 Fountas and Pinnell Text Level LMoonstick: The Seasons Of The Sioux (Trophy Picture Bks.)
By John Sandford, Eve Bunting. 1997
"My father cuts a moon-counting stick that he keeps in our tipi. At the rising of the first moon he…
makes a notch in it. "A new beginning for the young buffalo, " he says. "And for us." In this beautifully written story by acclaimed author Eve Bunting, a young boy comes of age under the thirteen moons of the Sioux year. With each notch in his father's moon-counting stick, the boy marvels at the world around him, observing the sometimes subtle, sometimes remarkable changes in the seasons and in his own tribe's way of living. With rich and carefully researched paintings by artist John Sandford, "Moonstick: The Seasons of the Sioux is a glorious picture book about one boy's journey toward manhood.Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun
By Cindi Alvitre. 2020
&“Waa’aka’ was born when the earth was soft and the waters were new. It was the beginning of time.&” So…
begins Cindi Alvitre’s vivid and multifaceted telling of a traditional Tongva creation story from Southern California. Waa’aka’ follows the title character, a beautiful bird who falls in love with Tamet, the sun, and tries to follow him up to the sky. Accompanied by richly colorful illustrations from Carly Lake, the book touches deftly on themes like the unintended consequences of greed and the importance of working together. A rendition of one of California’s oldest tales, Waa’aka’ is a beautiful children’s book in the classic style.A group of brothers go fishing and inadvertently let their anchor down onto the undersea house of Nagunaks, the chief…
of the whales. What happens then? A mythical legend from the native peoples of the Canadian Pacific Coast with a lesson from the whale that inspires our relation to all animals and nature. The illustrations inspire fantasy, curiosity, and discovery, inviting the story to come alive with their shapes, forms, and colors. A book to explore and enjoy, for all ages.A Coyote Solstice Tale
By Thomas King. 2009
Winner of the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Awards, Best Picture Book.Trickster Coyote is having his friends over for…
a festive solstice get-together in the woods when a little girl comes by unexpectedly. She leads the party-goers through the snowy woods to a shopping mall -- a place they have never seen before. Coyote gleefully shops with abandon, only to discover that fi lling your shopping cart with goodies is not quite the same thing as actually paying for them. The trickster is tricked and goes back to his cabin in the woods -- somewhat subdued -- though nothing can keep Coyote down for long. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.The Basket Weaver
By Jacque Summers. 2018
Why Leaves Change Color: An Ojibwe Story
By Margi Preus. 2018
Nanabozho—part man, part spirit—is an Ojibwe trickster character, capable of great mischief. Nanabozho teaches us that beauty can sometimes come…
from mischief. In this story, Nanabozho "paints" the animal kingdom, giving color to each creature he can find.The First Blade of Sweetgrass
By Suzanne Greenlaw, Gabriel Frey. 2021
Selected for the Notable Social Studies 2022 List Named to ALA Notable Children's Books 2022 In this Own Voices Native…
American picture book story, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making. Musquon must overcome her impatience while learning to distinguish sweetgrass from other salt marsh grasses, but slowly the spirit and peace of her surroundings speak to her, and she gathers sweetgrass as her ancestors have done for centuries, leaving the first blade she sees to grow for future generations. This sweet, authentic story from a Maliseet mother and her Passamaquoddy husband includes backmatter about traditional basket making and a Wabanaki glossary.The Legend of the Bluebonnet
By Tomie DePaola. 1983
Thick clusters of vivid blue flowers, which resemble old-fashioned sunbonnets, cover the Texas hills in the springtime every year. These…
lovely wild flowers, known by the name of bluebonnet, are the state flower of Texas.This favorite legend based on Comanche Indian lore, tells the story of how the bluebonnet came to be. Tomie dePaola's powerful retelling and his magnificent full-color paintings perfectly capture the Comanche People, the Texas hills, and the spirit of She-Who-Is-Alone, a little girl who made a sacrifice to save her tribe.The Rough-Face Girl
By Rafe Martin. 1992
From Algonquin Indian folklore comes one of the most haunting, powerful versions of the Cinderella tale ever told.In a village…
by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible being. All the young women wanted to marry him because he was rich, powerful, and supposedly very handsome. But to marry the invisible being the women had to prove to his sister that they had seen him. And none had been able to get past the sister's stern, all-knowing gaze.Then came the Rough-Face girl, scarred from working by the fire. Could she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters had failed?At the Mountain's Base
By Traci Sorell. 2019
A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book…
celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots.At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war. With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred "Millie" Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.At the Mountain's Base (Cherokee edition)
By Traci Sorell. 2019
A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book…
celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots. Now available in Cherokee. At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war.With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred "Millie" Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.Kapaemahu
By Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu. 2022
An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit, or Mahu, brought healing arts from Tahiti…
to Hawaii, based on the Academy Award–contending short film. In the 15th century, four Mahu sail from Tahiti to Hawaii and share their gifts of science and healing with the people of Waikiki. The islanders return this gift with a monument of four boulders in their honor, which the Mahu imbue with healing powers before disappearing. As time passes, foreigners inhabit the island and the once-sacred stones are forgotten until the 1960s. Though the true story of these stones was not fully recovered, the power of the Mahu still calls out to those who pass by them at Waikiki Beach today. With illuminating words and stunning illustrations by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, and Daniel Sousa, KAPAEMAHU is a monument to an Indigenous Hawaiian legend and a classic in the making.Rabbit's Snow Dance
By Joseph Bruchac, James Bruchac. 2012
Rabbit’s Snow Dance Master storytellers Joseph and James Bruchac present a hip and funny take on an Iroquois folktale about the…
importance of patience, the seasons, and listening to your friends. Pair it with other stories about stubborn animals like Karma Wilson’s Bear Wants More and Verna Aardema’s Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. Rabbit loves the winter. He knows a dance, using an Iroquois drum and song, to make it snow—even in summertime! When rabbit decides that it should snow early, he starts his dance and the snow begins to fall. The other forest animals are not happy and ask him to stop, but Rabbit doesn’t listen. How much snow is too much, and will Rabbit know when to stop? The father-son duo behind How Chipmunk Got His Stripes, Raccoon’s Last Race, and Turtle’s Race with Beaver present their latest retelling of Native American folklore. “The telling is sprightly, and Newman's ink-and-watercolor artwork makes an ideal companion. An appealing addition to folktale shelves.” —Booklist“This modern retelling maintains [the Bruchacs’] solid reputation for keeping Native American tales fresh.” —School Library Journal“The picturesque language makes it a pleasure to read aloud.”—BCCBSpirit Rangers (Spirit Rangers)
By Karissa Valencia. 2022
A beautifully illustrated hardcover storybook introducing kids to the characters of Netflix&’s preschool show Spirit Rangers!It&’s opening day at Xus…
National Park in Southern California, and Kodi, Summer, and Eddy Skycedar&’s first day as Junior Park Rangers! But when a mysterious storm threatens to close the park, the siblings must put their heads together to save the day. Kids ages 3 to 7 will love this hardcover storybook full of beautiful illustrations featuring the amazing characters from Netflix&’s newest preschool show Spirit Rangers!Created by Samala Chumash descendent, Karissa Valencia, Spirit Rangers is a fantasy-adventure preschool series following Native American sibling trio Kodiak, Summer and Eddy Skycedar, who have a shared secret—they&’re Spirit Rangers! Spirit Rangers protect every crook, cranny and critter of Spirit Park. With the blessing of the Chumash and Cowlitz tribes, we&’ll join the Skycedar kids on their amazing adventures with spirits inspired by Indigenous stories.The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
By Tomie DePaola. 1988
In spring, the hills and meadows of Texas and Wyoming are ablaze with the reds, oranges, and yellows of the…
Indian Paintbrush. How this striking plant received its name is told in an old Indian legend.Many years ago, when the People traveled the Plains, a young Indian boy had a Dream-Vision in which it was revealed that one day he would create a painting that was as pure as the colors of the evening sky at sunset. The boy grew up to become the painter of the tribe, but although he found a pure white buckskin for a canvas and made paints from the brightest flowers and the reddest berries, he could not capture the sunset.How the young Indian artist finally fulfills his Dream-Vision is lovingly told and illustrated by Tomie dePaola, in words and pictures that capture the spirit and beauty of this dramatic legend.Yossel's Journey
By Kathryn Lasky. 2022
When Yossel&’s family flees anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia and immigrates to the American Southwest, he worries about making a new…
home and new friends.In his family's new store next to the Navajo reservation, Yossel watches neighbors pass through. He learns lots of Navajo (Diné) words, but he's still too afraid and lonely to try talking to anyone. Finally he meets Thomas, a Navajo boy just his age. Making new friends can be hard, especially when you're learning a new language to tell your jokes. A historical picture book about the power of cross-cultural friendships and the joy of finding out the true meaning of home.Powwow Day
By Traci Sorell. 2022
In this uplifting, contemporary Native American story, River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year.…
Will she ever dance again?River wants so badly to dance at powwow day as she does every year. In this uplifting and contemporary picture book perfect for beginning readers, follow River's journey from feeling isolated after an illness to learning the healing power of community.Additional information explains the history and functions of powwows, which are commonplace across the United States and Canada and are open to both Native Americans and non-Native visitors. Author Traci Sorell is a member of the Cherokee Nation, and illustrator Madelyn Goodnight is a member of the Chickasaw Nation.Look, Grandma! Ni, Elisi! (Storytelling Math)
By Art Coulson. 2021
Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!Bo wants to find the perfect container to show off his traditional marbles…
for the Cherokee national Holiday. It needs to be just the right size: big enough to fit all the marbles, but not too big to fit in his family's booth at the festival for the Cherokee National Holiday. And it needs to look good! With his grandmother's help, Bo tries many containers until he finds just the right one. A playful exploration of volume and capacity featuring Native characters and a glossary of Cherokee words.Storytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together. Developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM education nonprofit TERC, under a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.