Ages 0–3
Little YouRichard Van Camp
A board-book love song to a new baby, with Julie Flett’s art. Short lines meant to be read in a lap.
$10.95$12.95
Buy on Bookshop← All topics
Indigenous books
Books by and about Indigenous peoples — history, family, and living culture.
Indigenous kids deserve stories in the present tense: supper, dance, water, grandparents, an ordinary day. This hub is living culture. It is not a museum label, and it is not a November bin.
We look for Native families now. We skip legends with no living people attached. We skip books that only come off the shelf at Thanksgiving. Read these because they are good books.
A starter picture-book pile
The dedicated guide is Indigenous picture books for kids: Fry Bread, We Are Water Protectors, Jingle Dancer, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, All Around Us, and a board book for the lap, My Heart Fills With Happiness.
A question that keeps the story from turning into a lesson: who in this book is having an ordinary day? If the answer is nobody, the book may still be good, but it may be doing museum work. We try not to lead with museum work. Thanksgiving is not when these come off the shelf. They stay out with the trucks and the fairies.
Identity on the page
We do not use an Own Voices badge. If a listing mentions a creator's Nation or community, it comes from public self-identification or publisher materials they approved. If we cannot source it, we leave it out. Creator identity.
Related guides: Indigenous Picture Books for Kids
Audience
Age
10 books · Clear filters
Ages 0–3
We Sang You HomeRichard Van Camp
Parents tell a baby how they sang that child into the family. Van Camp and Flett again, this time about arrival and belonging.
$10.95$12.95
Buy on BookshopAges 0–3
Welcome Song for BabyRichard Van Camp
A blessing for a newborn — community, land, and the child who just arrived. Orca board book.
$10.95$12.95
Buy on BookshopAges 0–3
Cradle MeDebby Slier
Photographs of Native babies in cradleboards, with a few words per page. Star Bright Books.
$7.99$9.99
Buy on BookshopAges 0–3
10 Sitka HerringPauline Duncan
A Southeast Alaska counting book: herring meet the animals that eat them. David Lang illustrates. Sealaska Heritage / Baby Raven Reads.
$10.00$12.00
Ages 0–3
Good Morning WorldPaul Windsor
A Haisla/Heiltsuk greeting to the morning world, with Northwest Coast formline. Native Northwest.
$12.00$14.00
Ages 0–3
Celebrate My Hopi CornAnita Poleahla
A kernel of Hopi corn tells how it is planted, harvested, and used. Hopi and English. Emmett Navakuku illustrates. Salina Bookshelf.
$10.00$12.00
Ages 0–3
Black Bear, Red Fox: Colours in CreeJulie Flett
Cree color words with Flett’s animals. Native Northwest board book.
$12.00$14.00
Ages 0–3
I See MeMargaret Manuel
A First Nations child sees family, land, and self. Theytus Books board book.
$10.95$12.95
Ages 0–3
I'm Dreaming of... Animals of the Native NorthwestMelaney Gleeson-Lyall
Coast Salish author, Northwest Coast animal art. A bedtime board book from Native Northwest.
$12.00$14.00