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1) Julie
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
226 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1952
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEWBERY COLLECTION. Newbery Medal winner, 1953. An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his Inca ancestors.
Winner of Newbery Award, 1953.
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this magical, modern twist on Peter Pan, stepsisters Lily and Wendy are spirited away to Neverland by a mysterious boy and must find a way back to the family they love.
4) Rain player
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[c1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of the little hummingbird has been told around the world in many forms and across many cultures, believed to have originated among the Indigenous Quecha people of modern-day Ecuador. In this spin on the globally popular legend, when a disastrous forest fire threatens the Great Forest, the hummingbird must inspire all the animals to work together to save their homes.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
As children help a Native American grandmother make fry bread, delves into the history, social ways, foodways, and politics of America's 573 recognized Indian tribes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Thanksgiving story that most Americans know celebrates the Pilgrims. But without members of the Wampanoag tribe who already lived on the land, the Pilgrims would never have made it through their first winter. And without Weeâchumun (corn), the Native people wouldn't have helped.
Written by Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag), Anthony Perry (Chickasaw), Alexis Bunten (Unangan/Yup’ik) and beautifully illustrated by Garry Meeches Sr. (Anishinaabe),...
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, a Penguin Random House Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
247 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Aski, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek...
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwood Books, an imprint of House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A child imagines all their relations who made a single mnoomin seed possible. Mayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose--all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. And when the seed sprouts? Underwater leaves will shelter young fish, shoots will protect ducklings, stalks will feed larvae, in turn providing food for bats... until finally mnoomin is ready to harvest again.
13) My powerful hair
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.
14) Calico captive
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2001], c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
274 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the French and Indian War, young Miriam Willard is captured by Indians and taken to Montreal.
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books, an imprint of Newmark Learning LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Written and illustrated by Native Americans from various tribal nations, these comics detail the deep emotions of leaving one’s homeland to fight in a war far away, the comfort and benefit in finding those who speak your native language, and the pride in knowing you served your country while honoring your people. A high percentage of Native Americans serve in the U.S. military and bring special talents that have aided their fighting units during...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity"--
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
223 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A living legend roosting in the backyard. An unmissable game. A hair-raising mystery. A road trip full of adventure and danger. And all the overlapping circles that connect us throughout Creation.
Melanie “Mel” Roberts and Ray Halfmoon may be from different Indigenous Nations, but the friends have become like siblings since the Robertses moved in with the Halfmoons. And they soon welcome a distinguished guest: Great-grandfather Bat, whose wing...
18) Sweetgrass
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1989
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
159 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Living on the western Canadian prairie in the nineteenth century, Sweetgrass, a fifteen-year-old Blackfoot Indian girl, saves her family from a smallpox epidemic and proves her maturity to her father.
Author
Series
Jo Jo Makoons volume 1
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
62 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat), she's worried that she needs to figure out how to make more...
20) Indian no more
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
211 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.
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