01 Nov Big Library Read: Children’s Books by Native American Authors
OverDrive’s latest Big Library Read is A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger! From November 2-16, booklovers with a PGTPL library card can join thousands of others around the globe by borrowing Darcie Little Badger’s indigenous YA fantasy novel, A Snake Falls to Earth. Library card holders may read the ebook and audiobook for free without waiting on the Libby app or by visiting OverDrive. Readers can then discuss online at Big Library Read.
While A Snake Falls to Earth is a YA title, we have many children’s books by Native American authors and illustrators in our collection! Here are just a few to read and enjoy.
Board Books
We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp
Picture Books
We all play = kimêtawânaw by Julie Flett
Chukfi Rabbit’s Big, Bad Bellyache by Greg Rodgers
Powwow Day by Traci Sorrell
Tanna’s Owl by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Stolen Words by Melanie Florence
Raven’s Feast by Kung Jaadee
Chapter Books
Night Wings by Joseph Bruchac
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
The Great Bear by David Robertson
The Case of Windy Lake by Michael Hutchinson
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson
Graphic Novels
This Place: 150 Years Retold by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Sonny Assu
Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett
Early Readers / Early Chapter Books
Jo Jo Makoons by Dawn Quigley
Nonfiction
Sky Wolf’s Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn
We Are Still Here: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorrell
Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
We Learn From the Sun by David Bouchard
Looking for more? Find books that celebrate Native American Heritage Month throughout November at Children’s Room at PGTPL.
