2020 One-Shelf Books…

Selected and reviewed by Gedakina Staff.

Picture Books and Young Readers

The Dancers, Thomas Peacock, pictures by Jacqueline Paske Gill

The Forever Sky, Thomas Peacock, pictures by Annette S. Lee

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, Kevin Noble Maillard, pictures by Juana Martinez-Neal

Gathering Up The Harvest, Jennie Eaglespeaker

Giving Thanks, Chief Jake Swamp

Grasshopper Girl, Teresa R Peterson, pictures by Jordan Rodgers

I Am Not a Number, Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, pictures by Gillian Newland

Kunu's Basket: A Story from Indian Island, Lee DeCora Francis, pictures by Susan Drucker

Less Than Half, More Than Whole, Kathleen Lacapa and Michael Lacapa, pictures by Michael Lacapa

Many Hands: A Penobscot Indian Story , Angeli Perrow

Muskrat Will Be Swimming, Cheryl Savageau, pictures by Robert Hynes

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things), Anastasia Higginbotham

Sixties Scoop, Inez Cook

Stolen Words, Melanie Florence, pictures by Gabrielle Grimard

The Train, Jodie Callaghan, pictures by Georgia Lesley

The Water Walker (English and Ojibwa Edition), Joanne Robertson

Middle and High School Readers

The Arrow Over The Door, Joseph Bruchac

Beginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny, Thomas Peacock

The Birchbark House Series, Louise Erdrich:

The Birchbark House (Book 1)

The Game of Silence (Book 2)

The Porcupine Year (Book 3)

Chickadee (Book 4)

Makoons (Book 5)

The Boy from Pickerel Lake: A Dakota Story, Stephen James Barse

Children of the Longhouse, Joseph Bruchac

Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England, Siobhan Senier

Eagle Song, Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Dan Andreasen

Fatty Legs, Christy Jordan-Fenton, pictures by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Liz Amini-Holmes

Hidden Roots, Joseph Bruchac

The Long Run, Joseph Bruchac

The Mighty Muskrats Mystery Series, Michael Hutchinson:

Windy Lake

Missing Auntie

Native Trailblazers Series, Vincent Schilling:

Native Defenders of the Environment, Vincent Schilling

Great Athletes in Action, Vincent Schilling

Native Women of Courage, Kelly Fournel

Native Writers: Voices of Power, Kim Sigafus and Lyle Ernst

Native Musicians in the Groove, Vincent Schilling

Native Elders: Sharing Their Wisdom, Kim Sigafus and Lyle Ernst

The Round House, Louise Erdrich

Sweetgrass Basket, Marlene Carvell

The Tao of Nookomis, Thomas D Peacock, pictures by Rabbett Before Horses Strickland

Talking Leaves, Joseph Bruchac

There There, Tommy Orange

Two Old Women, Velma Wallis

Two Roads, Joseph Bruchac

UNeducation Series, Jason Eaglespeaker:

Vol 1: A Residential School Graphic Novel

When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age Story about a Native American Boy Caught Between Two Worlds, Hal Borland

Young Native Boy Series, Aslan Tudor:

Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock

Young Native Activist: Growing Up in Native American Rights Movements

Teacher Resources

The First Nations Series for Young Readers Teacher Resource (Native Trailblazer Series), Shawntelle Nesbitt

Lessons from Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms Guy W. Jones & Sally Moomaw