Native American Children's Books

and Children's Books by Native American Authors

Native American Children's Books

In 2006, the American Indian Library Association began presenting the American Indian Youth Services Literature Award.

Three awards are presented every other year, in the categories of

• picture book
• middle school
• young adult

The winners appear below.

The first book listed for each year is the picture book winner, second is middle school, and third is young adult.

Titles that appear as links are reviewed on this site.

2010

• A Coyote Solstice Tale, by Thomas King


• Meet Christopher: An Osage Indian Boy from Oklahoma, by Genevieve Simermeyer


• Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me, by Lurline Wailana McGregor

2008

• Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond, by Joseph Medicine Crow


• Crossing Bok Chitto, by Tim Tingle


• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie

2006

• Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story, by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes


• The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich


• Hidden Roots, by Joseph Bruchac

Other Native American Children's Books reviewed on this site

Children's books by Native American authors and of Native American interest:

• Annie and the Old One
• Arrow to the Sun
• Bears Make Rock Soup
• For a Girl Becoming
• Knots on a Counting Rope
• Walk Two Moons

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