2024 Winner
Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck
Amanda and Kara are cousins and best friends in an intertribal Native American family; but Kara’s family leaves the city and moves back to the Rez, making both girls sad–but the summer reunion reminds them that they will always be cousins.
A Letter for Bob by Kim Rogers
Celebrates the treasured cars that carry us through our most meaningful childhood moments”– Provided by publisher.
We Still Belong by Christine Day
Wesley’s hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples’ Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong–until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow.
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
When the varsity basketball team members take him under their wing, Tre Brun, representing his Ojibwe reservation, steps into his late brother’s shoes as star player but soon learns he can’t mess up–not on the court, not in school and not in love.
2024 Honor(s):
Picture Books:
- Celebration by Lily Hope
- Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World by Traci Sorell
- Berry Song by Michaela Goade
- Remember by Joy Harjo
- Rock Your Mocs by Laurel Goodluck
Children’s Liteature:
- Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson
- Mascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell
- Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants by Dawn Quigley
- Jo Jo Makoons: Snow Day by Dawn Quigley
- She Persisted: Maria Tallchief by Christine Day
- She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller by Traci Sorell
- She Persisted: Deb Haaland by Laurel Goodluck
Young Adult:
- Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
- Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
- Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
- Running with Changing Woman by Lorinda Martinez
- Heroes of the Water Monster by Brian Young
2022 Winner & Honor(s) – Winner in Bold
Picture Books:
- Herizon by Daniel W. Vandever (Diné)
- Diné Bich’eekę Yishłeeh (Diné Bizaad)/Becoming Miss Navajo (English) by Jolyana Begay-Kroupa (Diné)
- Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Gold Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell (Cherokee)
- Learning My Rights with Mousewoman by Morgan Asoyuf (Ts’msyen)
- I Sang You Down From the Stars by Tasha Spillet-Sumner (Cree and Trinidadian)
- We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell (Cherokee)
Children’s Literature:
- Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young (Diné)
- Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector by Diane Wilson (Dakota)
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day by Katrina M. Phillips (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)
- Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe)
- Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor by Jessica Engelking (White Earth Band of Ojibwe)
- The Sea in Winter by Christine Day (Upper Skagit)
Young Adult:
- Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth (Onondaga)
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache Tribe)
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline (Metis Nation of Ontario)
- Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation)
- Soldiers Unknown by Chag Lowry (Yurok, Maidu and Achumawi), illustrated by Rahsan Ekedal
*Summaries are taken from publisher, book and/or our online catalog*