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Indigenous Reads Rising's 2024 Picture Books List

This booklist and the authors' tribal affiliations come from the Indigenous Reads Rising website. Indigenous Reads Rising is managed by the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books. (Not all picture books published by Indigenous authors in 2024 are included here but it's a great place to start!)

Pima County Public Library

37 items

  • Author Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley is Ojibwe. For readers ages 3-6. Publisher: Groundwood Books.
    eBook, 2024Groundwood Books Ltd, 2024
  • I Am Osage

    How Clarence Tinker Became the First Native American General

    Rogers, Kim
    Author Kim Rogers is Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Heartdrum.
    Book, 2024[New York] : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — 92 T494r 2024 CHILD
  • Clack, Clack! Smack!

    a Cherokee Stickball Story

    Sorell, Traci
    Author Traci Sorell is Cherokee Nation. For readers ages 4-7. Publisher: Charlesbridge.
    Book, 2024Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2024] — Picture Book Sorell
  • Author Ashley Fairbanks is Anishnaabe. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers.
    Book, 2024New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2024] — Picture Book Fairbanks
  • Author Kaylin Melia George is Native Hawaiian. For readers ages 5-8. Publisher: Red Comet Press.
    eBook, 2024Red Comet Press, 2024
  • Too Much

    My Great Big Native Family

    Goodluck, Laurel
    Author Laurel Goodluck is Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tsimshian Nations. For readers ages 4-8. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024. — Picture Book Goodluck
  • Author Monique Gray Smith is Cree, Lakota, and Scottish. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Heartdrum.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — Picture Book Gray
  • The Heartbeat Drum

    The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist (A Picture Book)

    Havrelock, Deidre
    Author Deidre Havrelock is Saddle Lake Cree Nation. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams.
    eBook, 2024Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024
  • Author Kealani Netane is Native Hawaiian/Samoan. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Orchard Books.
    eAudiobook, 2024Scholastic Inc., 2024
  • Author Tasha Hilderman is Métis. For readers ages 3-7. Publisher: Tundra Books.
    Book, 2024[Toronto, Ontario, Canada] : Tundra, [2024] — Picture Book Hilderman
  • Why We Dance

    a Story of Hope and Healing

    Havrelock, Deirdre
    Author Deidre Havrelock is Saddle Lake Cree Nation. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams.
    Book, 2024New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2024] — Picture Book Havrelock
  • Author Nicholas Hummingbird is Cahuilla/Apache. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: HarperCollins.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. — Picture Book Hummingbird
  • Author Staci Lola Drouillard is Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Clarion Books.
    Book, 2024New York : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — Picture Book Drouillard
  • Author Cheryl Minnema is Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. For readers ages 3-9. Publisher: Capstone Editions.
    eBook, 2025Capstone, 2025
  • Author Alexander Posey is Muscogee. For readers ages 3-5. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams.
    eBook, 2024Abrams Appleseed, 2024
  • When We Gather

    Otsadahlisiha : a Cherokee Tribal Feast

    Rogers, Andrea L.
    Author Andrea L. Rogers is Cherokee Nation. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Heartdrum.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — Picture Book Rogers
  • Author Traci Sorell is Cherokee Nation. Readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Kokila.
    Book, 2024New York : Kokila, 2024. — Picture Book Sorell
  • Author Martha Troian is Lac Seul First Nation/Wabauskang First Nation. For readers ages 4-8. Publisher: Greenwillow Books.
    Book, 2024New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — Picture Book Troian