21 Books in this collection
Native American English Collection
This collection includes delightful, child-centered stories that support literacy learning content for beginning and soon-to-be readers. Appealing texts and pictures by outstanding authors and illustrators of diverse backgrounds engage young readers and support their efforts as they begin their journey to becoming successful, independent readers. Also included in this collection are books for on-grade level readers. These are sure to engage with a range of high-interest topics and complexity to meet all students’ needs. With these books, students can explore a variety of content to discover and develop their interests.
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Books in This Collection
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Baby Rattlesnake / Viborita de Cascabel
By Te Ata, Siobhan Moroney, Mira ReisbergThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBaby Rattlesnake / Viborita de Cascabel
By Te Ata, Siobhan Moroney, Mira ReisbergView DetailsBilingual English/Spanish. A Native American (Pawnee) tale of family love and forgiveness.
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Bears Make Rock Soup
and Other StoriesBy Lise Erdrich, Lisa FifieldView DetailsIn this collection of paintings and stories, painter Lisa Fifield and writer Lise Erdrich honor their Native American tradition in their own unique ways.
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Bowman's Store
By Joseph BruchacThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBowman's Store
By Joseph BruchacView DetailsBowman's Store gracefully weaves themes from Joseph Bruchac's intimate knowledge of Native American cultures with the scenes from the past that have shaped his life.
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Buffalo Song
By Joseph Bruchac, Bill FarnsworthThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBuffalo Song
By Joseph Bruchac, Bill FarnsworthView DetailsThe story of Salish Indian Walking Coyote and his efforts to save the vanishing buffalo herds from extinction in the United States during the 1870s and 1880s.
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Crazy Horse's Vision
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. NelsonCrazy Horse's Vision
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. NelsonView DetailsThe true story of the great Sioux warrior who, as a young boy, defies tradition and seeks a vision on his own in hopes of saving his people.
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Giving Thanks
A Native American Good Morning MessageBy Chief Jake Swamp, Erwin Printup Jr.View DetailsA traditional Iroquois celebration of the beauty and spirit of Mother Earth, as told by a contemporary Mohawk chief.
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Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. NelsonJim Thorpe's Bright Path
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. NelsonView DetailsA biography of the legendary Native American Jim Thorpe (1888--1953), voted the Greatest Football Player and Greatest Athlete of the Half-Century by two AP polls, focusing on his early childhood and how school and sports shaped his future.
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Nibi's Water Song
By Sunshine Tenasco, Chief Lady BirdNibi's Water Song
By Sunshine Tenasco, Chief Lady BirdView DetailsThis bright and vivacious book from two Native creators celebrates the energy, moxie, and determination of water activists of all ages.
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Rattlesnake Mesa
Stories from a Native American ChildhoodBy Ednah New Rider Weber, Richela RenkunThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageRattlesnake Mesa
Stories from a Native American ChildhoodBy Ednah New Rider Weber, Richela RenkunView DetailsA true account of a spirited Native American girl's experiences growing up on a reservation and attending Phoenix Indian School in the 1920s, written in an engaging, unconventional style and accompanied by 38 dramatic photographs.
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Sky Dancers
By Connie Ann Kirk, Christy HaleThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageSky Dancers
By Connie Ann Kirk, Christy HaleView DetailsJohn Cloud's father is a steelworker building skyscrapers in New York City, far away from their home upstate on the Mohawk Reservation.
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The Blue Roses
By Linda Boyden, Amy CórdovaThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThe Blue Roses
By Linda Boyden, Amy CórdovaView DetailsA modern-day Native American girl learns to understand the cycle of life after her grandfather dies.
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This Land is My Land
By George LittlechildThis Land is My Land
By George LittlechildView DetailsThrough his own words and paintings, acclaimed Native artist George Littlechild takes us back in time to the first meeting between his Plains Cree ancestors and the first European settlers in North America.
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What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?
By Richard Van Camp, George LittlechildThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageWhat's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?
By Richard Van Camp, George LittlechildView DetailsAuthor Richard Van Camp asks his friends and family, "What's the most beautiful thing you know about horses?"