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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A Man Called Raven
By Richard Van Camp, George LittlechildPaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA Man Called Raven
By Richard Van Camp, George LittlechildView DetailsBlending past with present, the magical with the real,A Man Called Ravenis both a tribute to the wisdom of the raven and a positive reminder that we can all learn from nature.
Baby Rattlesnake / Viborita de Cascabel
By Te Ata, Siobhan Moroney, Mira ReisbergPaperback: $11.95 This 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.
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.
Bowman's Store
By Joseph BruchacPaperback: $14.95 This 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.
Buffalo Song
By Joseph Bruchac, Bill FarnsworthPaperback: $11.95 This 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.
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.
George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
By Gaylia Taylor, Frank MorrisonGeorge Crum and the Saratoga Chip
By Gaylia Taylor, Frank MorrisonView DetailsAn account of the life and career of George Crum, a biracial chef who is credited with the invention of the potato chip at a Saratoga Springs, New York, restaurant in 1853. Based on historical records.
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.
Home to Medicine Mountain
By Chiori Santiago, Judith LowryHome to Medicine Mountain
By Chiori Santiago, Judith LowryView DetailsTwo young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer.
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.
Kiki's Journey
By Kristy Orona-Ramirez, Jonathan P. GomezKiki's Journey
By Kristy Orona-Ramirez, Jonathan P. GomezView DetailsKiki and her parents travel back to the Taos Pueblo reservation where she was born to learn more about their Tiwa Indian heritage.
Louis Sockalexis
Native American Baseball PioneerBy William Wise, Bill FarnsworthPaperback: $11.95 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLouis Sockalexis
Native American Baseball PioneerBy William Wise, Bill FarnsworthView DetailsA biography of Louis Sockalexis, Penobscot Indian and the first Native American to play professional baseball, focusing on his formative years and culminating in an historic game at New York's Polo Grounds in 1897.
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.
Quiet Hero
The Ira Hayes StoryBy S. D. NelsonView DetailsA biography of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six soldiers to raise the United States flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, an event immortalized by Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.
Rattlesnake Mesa
Stories from a Native American ChildhoodBy Ednah New Rider Weber, Richela RenkunPaperback: $19.95 This 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.
Sky Dancers
By Connie Ann Kirk, Christy HalePaperback: $11.95 This 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.
The Blue Roses
By Linda Boyden, Amy CórdovaPaperback: $11.95 This 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.
The People Shall Continue
By Simon J. Ortiz, Sharol GravesThe People Shall Continue
By Simon J. Ortiz, Sharol GravesView DetailsRepublished for its fortieth anniversary, this powerful story by renowned Acoma Pueblo poet and storyteller Simon J. Ortiz traces the history of Native / Indigenous people of North America from the time of creation to the present.
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun / La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol
By Alejandro Cruz Martinez, Fernando Olivera, Rosalma ZubizarretaThe Woman Who Outshone the Sun / La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol
By Alejandro Cruz Martinez, Fernando Olivera, Rosalma ZubizarretaView DetailsBilingual English/Spanish. A legend of Lucia Zenteno, who is part of the oral history of the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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.
What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?
By Richard Van Camp, George LittlechildPaperback: $12.95 This 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?"
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