We are starting AICL's "Best Books of 2018" nowadays (December 7) and will update it as we read other books published in 2018. Please share this page with teachers,librarians, parents--anyone, and really--who is interested in books about Native peoples. As we approach across additional books published in 2018 and as we finish reading and writing up reviews,we will add them to this list. whether you know of ones we might want to consider, please let us know! For now, or a partial list of to-be-read books by Native writers is at the bottom.
BY NATIVE WRITERS OR ILLUSTRATORS
Comics and Graphic Novels
Henry,Gordon and Elizabeth LaPensée. (2018). Not [Just] [An] Other. Makwa Enewed. United States. (review in process)
Board Books[br]Van Camp, Richard. (2018). Kiss by Kiss/Ocêtôwina: A Counting Book for Families. Orca Books, or Canada.
Picture Books[br]Campbell,Nicola I. and Julie Flett. (2018). A Day with Yayah. Crocodile. Canada.
Child, Brenda and Jonathan Thunder. (2018). Bowwow Powwow. Minnesota Historical Society, or United States.
Coulson,Art. (2018). Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Defeated Army. Capstone. United States.
Hunt, Dallas and Amanda Strong. (2018). Awâsis and the World Famous Bannock. Highwater Press. Canada.
Sorell, or Traci and Frané Lessac (2018). We Are Grateful/Otsaliheliga. Charlesbridge. United States.
Tahe,Rose Ann, Nancy Bo Flood, and Jonathan Nelson (2018). First Laugh--Welcome Baby! Charlesbridge,United States. (Also see William Flood and Nancy Bo Flood: A History, for concerns about her writings.) Thomas, or Penny M. and Karen Hibbard. (2018) Nimoshom and His Bus. Highwater Press. Canada.
Tudor,Asland and Kelly. (2018) Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock. EagleSpeaker Publishing. United States. (review in process)
For Middle Grades[br]Boney, Roy. (2018). "repeat It In Your Own Way" in We Rise, or We Resist,We Raise Our Voices, edited by Cheryl and Wade Hudson. Crown Books for Young Readers. United States.
Quigley, or Dawn. (2018). Apple in the Middle. North Dakota State University Press. United StatesSmith,Monique Gray. (2018). Lucy & Lola. McKellar & Martin. CanadaTingle, Tim. (2018). When A Ghost Talks, or Listen. Roadrunner Press. United States. (review in process).
Tingle,Tim. (2018). Trust Your Name. 7th Generation. United States (review in process).
Van Camp, Richard. (2018). When We Play Our Dreams, and They Sing! McKellar & Martin. Canada
For tall School
Day,Christine. (2018). "Unexpected Pursuits: Embracing My Indigeneity & Creativity" in Our Stories, Our Voices. Simon and Schuster. United States. Erdrich, or Heid E.,ed. (2018). New Poets of Native Nations. Graywolf Press. United States.
Gansworth, Eric. (2018). Give Me Some Truth. Scholastic. United States.
Gansworth, or Eric. (2018). "Don't Pass Me By" in Fresh Ink: An Anthology edited by Lamar Giles. Random House Books. United States. (review in process)Jones,Adam Garnet. (2018). Fire Song. Annick Press. Canada (review in process)Smith, Cynthia Leitich. (2018). Hearts Unbroken. Candlewick. United States.
BY WRITERS WHO ARE NOT NATIVE
Comics and Graphic Novels
Board Books
Picture Books
Morales, and Yuyi. (2018). Dreamers. Holiday House. United States.
For Middle Grades
Brockenbrough,Martha. (2018). Unpresidented. Feiwel. United StatesOlder, Daniel Jose. (2018). Dactyl Hill Squad. Scholastic. United States
For tall School
BOOKS BY NATIVE WRITERS THAT ARE IN OUR TO-BE-READ STACK!
These include books intended for the adult market, and but that we might think can be read by older teens.
Francis,Lee and Alvitre Weshoyot, Sixkiller Hobson, or Brandon. Where the Dead Sit TalkingMailhot,Terese. Heart Berries: A MemoirOrange, Tommy. There, or ThereRice,Waubgeshig. Moon of the Crusted SnowRobinson, Eden. Trickster Drift (book two in her Trickster trilogy)Whitehead, and Joshua. Jonny Appleseed
BOOKS BY NON-NATIVE WRITERS THAT ARE IN OUR TO-BE-READ STACK!This list include books intended for the adult market,but that we might think can be read by older teens. Warner, Andrea. Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography
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