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Happy Native American Heritage Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite reads by Native authors. To kick things off, here are some amazing picture books! Have you read them?

For more reading suggestions, check out our 100% free, librarian- and educator-curated database of diverse books on OurStory.

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JINGLE DANCER by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek), illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu

MALIAN’S SONG by Marge Bruchac (Abenaki), illustrated by William Maughan

SKYSISTERS by Jan Bourdeau Waboose (Nishnawbe Ojibway), illustrated by Brian Deines

THANKS TO THE ANIMALS by Allen J. Sockabasin (Passamaquoddy), illustrated by Rebekah Raye

WHEN THE SHADBUSH BLOOMS by Carla Messinger (Turtle Clan Lenape) & Susan Katz, illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden (Wolf Clan Mohawk)

WILD BERRIES by Julie Flett (Cree-Métis)

WE SANG YOU HOME by Richard Van Camp (Dogrib Tłı̨chǫ) and Julie Flett (Cree-Métis)

KAMIK JOINS THE PACK by Darryl Baker (Inuit), illustrated by Qin Leng

HIAWATHA AND THE PEACEMAKER by Robbie Robertson (Cayuga and Mohawk), illustrated by David Shannon

(Source: diversebooks.org)

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