American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2023
Resources for selected titles recognized by this list since its inception in 2010 -- recognizing the best books by or about American Indians, First Nations, Native Americans, and Indigenous People.
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- 4,413 Resources including
- 442 Videos
- 248 Book Readings
- 402 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 298 book results
![Dreamers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0823440559.jpg)
![Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73500_hi.jpg)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Picture Book Selection, 2021)
68 Resources22 Awards
![We Are Water Protectors](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250203554.jpg)
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Picture Book Selection, 2020)
66 Resources19 Awards
![Firekeeper's Daughter](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73080_hi.jpg)
![Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1626727465.jpg)
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Picture Book Selection, 2019)
57 Resources18 Awards
![We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/61171_hi.jpg)
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Picture Book Selection, 2018)
50 Resources14 Awards
![Flying Lessons & Other Stories](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/110193459X.jpg)
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
by Ellen Oh, Kelly J. Baptist, Soman Chainani, and Meg Medina
(Middle Grade Selection, 2017)
45 Resources7 Awards
![Elatsoe](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/71971_hi.jpg)
![Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, An](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0807049395.jpg)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(High School Selection, 2019)
(Middle Grade Selection, 2019)
42 Resources10 Awards
![Shadowshaper](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0545591619.jpg)
![Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/74682_hi.jpg)
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Picture Book Selection, 2021)
41 Resources8 Awards
![Remember](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0593484835.jpg)
![When We Were Alone](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/155379673X.jpg)
When We Were Alone
by David Alexander Robertson and Julie Flett
(Board Book Selection, 2016)
40 Resources7 Awards
![Warrior Girl Unearthed](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/84837_hi.jpg)
![Mascot](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1623543800.jpg)
![Talk, The: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0593121619.jpg)
The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, and Torrey Maldonado
(Middle Grade Selection, 2020)
37 Resources7 Awards
![1619 Project, The: Born on the Water](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0593307356.jpg)
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith
(Picture Book Selection, 2021)
37 Resources12 Awards
![Birchbark House, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0063064162.jpg)
![Marrow Thieves, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1770864865.jpg)
![Hearts Unbroken](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763681148.jpg)
![Jingle Dancer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/006301811X.jpg)
Jingle Dancer
by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
(Elementary Selection, 2010)
(Picture Book Selection, 2021)
35 Resources4 Awards
![Apple: (Skin to the Core)](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/72561_hi.jpg)
![Indian Shoes](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0064421481.jpg)
Indian Shoes
by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Jim Madsen
(Early Chapter Book Selection, 2021)
(Middle Selection, 2010)
32 Resources4 Awards
![Under the Mesquite](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1600604293.jpg)
![Powwow Day](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/158089948X.jpg)
Powwow Day
by Traci Sorell and Madelyn Goodnight
(Picture Book Selection, 2023)
32 Resources10 Awards
![Fatty Legs: A True Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1554512476.jpg)
Fatty Legs: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and Liz Amini-Holmes
(Elementary Selection, 2013)
(Middle Grade Selection, 2020)
31 Resources6 Awards
![We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0525580425.jpg)
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, and Tony Medina
(Middle Grade Selection, 2018)
31 Resources7 Awards
![Birdsong](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1771644737.jpg)
![On the Trapline](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0735266689.jpg)
On the Trapline
by David Alexander Robertson and Julie Flett
(Picture Book Selection, 2021)
31 Resources8 Awards
![Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0062979663.jpg)
Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman
by Sharice Davids, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, and Nancy K. Mays
(Picture Book Selection, 2021)
30 Resources6 Awards
![Impossible Knife of Memory, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0670012092.jpg)
![Round House, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0062065254.jpg)
![My Heart Fills with Happiness](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1459809572.jpg)
My Heart Fills with Happiness
by Monique Gray Smith and Julie Flett
(Board Book Selection, 2016)
29 Resources5 Awards
![Show Me a Sign](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/72468_hi.jpg)
![Healer of the Water Monster](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73076_hi.jpg)
![I Sang You Down from the Stars](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75142_hi.jpg)
I Sang You Down from the Stars
by Tasha Spillett and Michaela Goade
(Picture Book Selection, 2021)
29 Resources8 Awards
![Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0593406478.jpg)
Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series
by Traci Sorell and Arigon Starr
(Picture Book Selection, 2023)
29 Resources7 Awards
![At the Mountain's Base](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/68194_hi.jpg)
At the Mountain's Base
by Traci Sorell and Weshoyot Alvitre
(Picture Book Selection, 2019)
28 Resources7 Awards
![I Am Not a Number](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1927583942.jpg)
I Am Not a Number
by Jenny Kay Dupuis, Kathy Kacer, and Gillian Newland
(Middle Grade Selection, 2016)
27 Resources7 Awards
![This Place: 150 Years Retold](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1553797582.jpg)
This Place: 150 Years Retold
by Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, David Alexander Robertson, and Jen Storm
(Comics and Graphic Novels Selection, 2019)
27 Resources4 Awards
![Berry Song](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/80114_hi.jpg)
![Rain Is Not My Indian Name](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0380733005.jpg)
Rain Is Not My Indian Name
(High School Selection, 2021)
(Middle Selection, 2010)
26 Resources2 Awards
![Sisters of the Neversea](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73078_hi.jpg)
![Sea in Winter, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/74528_hi.jpg)
![Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1554516870.jpg)
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices
by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale, and Inti Ameratsu
(High School Selection, 2014)
25 Resources7 Awards
![In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/141970785X.jpg)
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph Marshall, III and Jim Yellowhawk
(Middle Grade Selection, 2015)
25 Resources7 Awards
![Indian No More](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/67012_hi.jpg)
Indian No More
by Charlene Willing McManis and Traci Sorell
(Middle Grade Selection, 2019)
25 Resources6 Awards
![Mii Maanda Ezhi-Gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, Dgwaagig, Bboong, Mnookmig Dbaadjigaade Maanpii Mzin'igning / A Book about the Seasons](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/177306326X.jpg)
Mii Maanda Ezhi-Gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know: Niibing, Dgwaagig, Bboong, Mnookmig Dbaadjigaade Maanpii Mzin'igning / A Book about the Seasons
by Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
(Picture Book Selection, 2021)
25 Resources10 Awards