Picture Books by Native American Authors
August 9, 2010
Joseph Bruchac:
Between earth & sky : legends of Native American sacred places- 398.2 B83b
Buffalo song- 970.3 B834bs
Crazy horse’s vision- 923 C85b
How Chipmunk got his stripes : a tale of bragging and teasing- 398.24 B834h
Jim Thorpe’s bright path- 927 T398b
Seasons of the circle : a Native American year- 970.1 B834s
Squanto’s journey : the story of the first Thanksgiving- 394.26 T32 B834s
The earth under Sky Bear’s feet : Native American poems of the land- 398.2 B83e
Turtle’s race with Beaver: a traditional Seneca story- 398.2089975 B832t
( Joseph Bruchac has written many other children’s books. These can be found using the library catalog.)
Barbra A. Gray-Kanatiiosh:
Chickasaw- 970.3 N213chi
Chumash- 970.3 N213chum
Gabrielino- 970.3 N213gab
Huron- 970.3 N213hur
Kumeyaay- 970.3 N213kum
Yokut- 970.3 N213yok
Mojave- 970.3 G791m
Salinan- 970.3 N213saL
Shawnee- 970.3 N213shaw
Shoshone- 970.3 N213sho
Ute- 970.3 N213ute
Wampanoag- 970.3 G791w
(Barbara A. Gray-Kanatiiosh has written many more books on each native American tribe. These books can be found by searching the library catalog)
Virginia A. Stroud
A walk to the Great Mystery- 813 St89w
Doesn’t Fall Off His Horse- 813 St89d
The path of the quiet elk: a Native American alphabet book- 911 St89p
Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Morning on the lake- 823 W111411m
Skysisters- 823 W111411s 2000
More Authors:
Did you hear wind sing your name? : an Oneida song of spring -De Coteau Orie, Sandra.
508 D347d
Grandmother’s pigeon- Erdrich, Louise.
813 Er29g
The flute player: an Apache folktale- Lacapa, Michael.
398.2 L116f
The mouse couple: a Hopi folktale- Malotki, Ekkehart.
398.2 M298m
Jingle dancer- Smith, Cynthia Leitich.
813 Sm5312j
Enduring wisdom : sayings from Native Americans- Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk.
970.1 En25
Tallchief : America’s prima ballerina-Tallchief, Maria.
927 T144w
Navajo ABC : a Diné alphabet book- Tapahonso, Luci
970.3 T16n
