Sims Books | 20 Native American Picture Books for November instead of some settler Thanksgiving BS @sims_books | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
If you're a white Houstonian, donate to the Atakapa-Ishak tribe, whose land you're living on: atakapa-ishak.org
If you're not from Houston, look up whose land you're on: native-land.ca
The violent history of the first Thanksgiving: tlio.org.uk/1637-pequot-massacre-%E2%80%8Bthe-real-story-of-thanksgiving
Lack of diversity, particularly Native-American representation in kid lit: huffingtonpost.ca/entry/diversity-kids-books-statistics_ca_5d0bb0f8e4b0859fc3db38c3
Outdoor cats & birds: abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/#:~:text=Predation%20by%20domestic%20cats%20is,of%20millions%20of%20outdoor%20cats
Books by Native Authors featured:
(You can find all these titles on Amazon, but where possible I've provided a link to buy from the publisher, because authors generally receive a bigger cut that way, and also Bezos sucks)
Sweetest Kulu: barnesandnoble.com/w/sweetest-kulu-celina-kalluk/1114776752
We are Grateful: Otsaleheliga penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566582/we-are-grateful-otsaliheliga-by-traci-sorell-author-frane-lessac-illustrator
You Hold me Up: orcabook.com/You-Hold-Me-Up-P1321.aspx
Sometimes I Feel like a Fox: houseofanansi.com/products/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-fox
SkySisters: kidscanpress.com/products/skysisters
What's my Superpower: amazon.com/Whats-Superpower-English-Aviaq-Johnston/dp/1772271403
Birdsong: greystonebooks.com/products/birdsong
Fry Bread: us.macmillan.com/books/9781626727465
The Good Luck Cat: amazon.com/Good-Luck-Cat-Joy-Harjo/dp/0152321977
The Water Walker: secondstorypress.ca/kids/thewaterwalker
We are Water Protectors: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250203557
Bowwow Powwow: barnesandnoble.com/w/bowwow-powwow-brenda-j-child/1126978096
The Jingle Dancer: birchbarkbooks.com/all-online-titles/jingle-dancer
Raccoon's Last Race: indiebound.org/book/9780803729773
Stolen Words: secondstorypress.ca/kids/stolen-words
At the Mountain's Base: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558334/at-the-mountains-base-by-traci-sorell-illustrated-by-weshoyot-alvitre
Go Show the World: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557387/go-show-the-world-by-wab-kinew-illustrated-by-joe-morse
Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/331744/tallchief-by-maria-tallchief
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker: abramsbooks.com/product/hiawatha-and-the-peacemaker_9781419712203
Native authors for adults to check out: firstnations.org/nativereads
Even more Native American & First Nations picture book authors: cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit-resources/read/diversity/native-am/nat-lit/native_lit_picbooks
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If you're a white Houstonian, donate to the Atakapa-Ishak tribe, whose land you're living on: atakapa-ishak.org
If you're not from Houston, look up whose land you're on: native-land.ca
The violent history of the first Thanksgiving: tlio.org.uk/1637-pequot-massacre-%E2%80%8Bthe-real-story-of-thanksgiving
Lack of diversity, particularly Native-American representation in kid lit: huffingtonpost.ca/entry/diversity-kids-books-statistics_ca_5d0bb0f8e4b0859fc3db38c3
Outdoor cats & birds: abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/#:~:text=Predation%20by%20domestic%20cats%20is,of%20millions%20of%20outdoor%20cats
Books by Native Authors featured:
(You can find all these titles on Amazon, but where possible I've provided a link to buy from the publisher, because authors generally receive a bigger cut that way, and also Bezos sucks)
Sweetest Kulu: barnesandnoble.com/w/sweetest-kulu-celina-kalluk/1114776752
We are Grateful: Otsaleheliga penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566582/we-are-grateful-otsaliheliga-by-traci-sorell-author-frane-lessac-illustrator
You Hold me Up: orcabook.com/You-Hold-Me-Up-P1321.aspx
Sometimes I Feel like a Fox: houseofanansi.com/products/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-fox
SkySisters: kidscanpress.com/products/skysisters
What's my Superpower: amazon.com/Whats-Superpower-English-Aviaq-Johnston/dp/1772271403
Birdsong: greystonebooks.com/products/birdsong
Fry Bread: us.macmillan.com/books/9781626727465
The Good Luck Cat: amazon.com/Good-Luck-Cat-Joy-Harjo/dp/0152321977
The Water Walker: secondstorypress.ca/kids/thewaterwalker
We are Water Protectors: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250203557
Bowwow Powwow: barnesandnoble.com/w/bowwow-powwow-brenda-j-child/1126978096
The Jingle Dancer: birchbarkbooks.com/all-online-titles/jingle-dancer
Raccoon's Last Race: indiebound.org/book/9780803729773
Stolen Words: secondstorypress.ca/kids/stolen-words
At the Mountain's Base: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558334/at-the-mountains-base-by-traci-sorell-illustrated-by-weshoyot-alvitre
Go Show the World: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557387/go-show-the-world-by-wab-kinew-illustrated-by-joe-morse
Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/331744/tallchief-by-maria-tallchief
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker: abramsbooks.com/product/hiawatha-and-the-peacemaker_9781419712203
Native authors for adults to check out: firstnations.org/nativereads
Even more Native American & First Nations picture book authors: cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit-resources/read/diversity/native-am/nat-lit/native_lit_picbooks
Follow me places:
Twitter: @sim_kern
instagram: @sim_bookstagrams_badly
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