Native American Heritage Month

Explore books recommended by your Arlington Public Schools Libraries as we shine an extra spotlight on the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans during Native American Heritage Month in November. 

Reach out to your school library staff for more suggestions and support. Happy reading!

At the Mountain's Base

by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre

print | e-book

Berry Song

by Michaela Goade

print

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

print | e-book | audio

Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

by Sharice Davids with Nancy K. Mays, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

print | e-book

We Are Still Here: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac

print | e-book

We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade

print | e-book | audio | Spanish

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith

print | e-book | audio

A Man Called Horse: John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad

by Glennette Tilley Turner

print | e-book

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas

by María García Esperón, illustrated by Amanda Mijangos, translated by David Bowles

print | e-book | audio

Apple: Skin to the Core

by Eric Gansworth

print | e-book | audio

Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

print | e-book | audio | for young adults

Elatsoe

by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai

print | e-book | audio

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask

by Anton Treuer

print | e-book | audio

Warrior Girl Unearthed

by Angeline Boulley

print | e-book | audio