I'm starting AICL's "Best Books of 2017" today--November 24--and will update it as we read other books published in 2017.
Please share this page with teachers, librarians, parents--anyone, really--who is interested in books about Native peoples. As we come across additional books published in 2017, we will add them to this list. If you know of ones we might want to consider, please let us know!
BY NATIVE WRITERS OR ILLUSTRATORS
Comics and Graphic Novels
BY WRITERS WHO ARE NOT NATIVE
Picture Books
Please share this page with teachers, librarians, parents--anyone, really--who is interested in books about Native peoples. As we come across additional books published in 2017, we will add them to this list. If you know of ones we might want to consider, please let us know!
BY NATIVE WRITERS OR ILLUSTRATORS
Comics and Graphic Novels
- Nicholson, Hope. (Ed.) (2017). Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 2. Alternative History Comics, Canada.
- Storm, Jen. (2017). Fire Starters. Highwater Press. Canada.
- Flett, Julie. (2017). Black Bear, Red Fox: Colours in Cree. Native Explore. Canada.
- Campbell, Nicola. (2017). A Day with Yayah, illustrated by Julie Flett. Tradewind Books. Canada.
- Ortiz, Simon J. (2017). The People Shall Continue, illustrated by Sharol Graves. Lee and Low. U.S.
- Robertson, Joanne. (2017). The Water Walker. Second Story Press. Canada.
- Smith, Monique Gray. (2017). You Hold Me Up, illustrated by Danielle Daniel. Orca. Canada.
- Vandever, Daniel W. (2017). Fall in Line, Holden! Salina Books. U.S.
- Tingle, Tim. (2017). "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains." in Flying Lessons and Other Stories. Random House. U.S.
- Charleyboy, Lisa and Mary Beth Leatherdale. (2017). #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American. Annick Press. Canada.
- Dimaline, Cherie. (2017). The Marrow Thieves. Dancing Cat Books. Canada.
- Rendon, Marcie. (2017). Murder on the Red River. Cinco Puntos Press. U.S.
BY WRITERS WHO ARE NOT NATIVE
Picture Books
- Elliott, Zetta. (2017). Benny Doesn't Like to be Hugged. Rosetta Press. U.S
- Brown, Monica. (2017). Lola Levine and the Vacation Dream. Little Brown. U.S.