by Lauren Fox, Head of Youth Services, and Samantha Totman, Circulation Assistant
November is Native American Heritage Month and we wanted to honor and celebrate some of our favorite Native American authors. Did you know that Lynnfield is on Massachusetts and Pawtucket Tribal Land? We feature these books in November, but if you don’t get to them all this month, don’t worry… they’re just as good all year long. These book are all available in our catalog.
Picture Books:
- Wild Berries by Julie Flett
- It’s a Mitig! by Bridget George
- The First Blade of Sweetgrass by Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey, illustrated by Nancy Baker
- Josie Dances by Denise Lajimodiere, illustrated by Angela Erdrich
- We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade
- Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
- My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Julie Flett
- On the Trapline by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett
- In My Anaana’s Amautik by Nadia Sammurtok, illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko
- At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre
- I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Summer, illustrated by Michaela Goade
- Swift Fox All Along by Rebecca Thomas, illustrated by Maya McKibbin
Children’s Chapter Books:
- I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
- In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall
- Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis
- Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-To-Be-Best-Friend by Dawn Quigley
- Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Story by Andrea L. Rogers
- Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- How I Became a Ghost by Tim Tingle
- Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
Children’s Biographies:
- Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids with Nancy K. Mays, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawls-Steckley
- Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor by Jessica Engelking, illustrated by Tashia Hart
- Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher by Kade Ferris
- Cuthbert Grant: Leader of the Métis People by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Linus Woods
- Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Linda Kukuk
- Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Young Adult Books:
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
- This Place: 150 Years Retold by Alicia Elliot et al.
- Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
- Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley
- Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Surviving the City by Tasha Spillet
Adult Books:
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
- Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
- The Removed by Brandon Hobson
- The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
- There, There by Tommy Orange
- The Grass Dancer by Susan Power
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
- This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples
- Cherokee America by Margaret Verble
- Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
