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Stories Behind The Stories
Welcome to this gallery of some of our earliest conversations about the creation of books for children and teens! For more recent author interviews, visit Cynsations.
Historical Native American Children’s and Young Adult Books
This bibliography is drawn from books published between 1995 and 2020. While some award-winners and bestsellers are included, part of the goal is to feature underappreciated gems. SEE ALSO Ongoing Coverage of Native Books at Cynsations, Home and Classroom Teaching: Native American Children’s Teens’ Books & Resources, and Native American Children’s and Young Adult Book Bibliographies and Educator Resources.
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Contemporary Native American Children’s and Young Adult Books
SEE ALSO Ongoing Coverage of Native Books at Cynsations, Home and Classroom Teaching: Native American Children’s Teens’ Books & Resources, and Native American Children’s and Young Adult Book Bibliographies and Educator Resources.
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Native American Authors and Illustrators in Children’s and Young Adult Books
This bibliography is drawn from books published between 1995 and 2020. While some award-winners and bestsellers are included, part of the goal is to feature underappreciated gems. SEE ALSO Ongoing Coverage of Native Books at Cynsations, Home and Classroom Teaching: Native American Children’s Teens’ Books & Resources, and Native American Children’s and Young Adult Book Bibliographies and Educator Resources.
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Teacher and Librarian Resources for Native American Children’s and Young Adult Books
Welcome! This resource page is compiled in hopes of improving education related to Native peoples and Nations.
SEE ALSO companion bibliographies of contemporary Native books, historical Native books, more books by Native creators, and books published by Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint of HarperCollins.
Finding Friends (And Ourselves) In Books by Cynthia Leitich Smith from Harper Stacks.
Teaching Respect for Native Peoples
- Do present Native peoples as appropriate role models with whom a Native child can identify.
- Don’t single out Native children, ask them to describe their families’ traditions, or their people’s cultures.
- Don’t assume that you have no Native children in your class.
- Don’t do or say anything that would embarrass a Native child.