Find Her
by Ginger Reno
(Finalist, 2025)
Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior
by Carole Lindstrom and Bridget George
(Finalist, 2024)
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson
(Honor, 2019)
The Birchbark House
by Louise Erdrich
(Honor, 2000)
Children of the Maya
by Brent K. Ashabranner
(Honor, 1987)
People at the Edge of the World: The Ohlone of Central California
by Betty Morrow and Shahid Naeem
(Honor, 1983)
Brave
by Weshoyot Alvitre
(Finalist, 2026)
Mascot
by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell
(Honor, 2024)
Weedflower
by Cynthia Kadohata
(Winner, 2007)
This Land Is My Land
by George Littlechild
(Winner, 1994)
Many Smokes, Many Moons: A Chronology of American Indian History Through Indian Art
by Jamake Highwater
(Winner, 1979)
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac
(Finalist, 2022)
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
by Tim Tingle, illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges
(Honor, 2007)
The Heart of a Chief
(Honor, 1999)
We Are Mesquakie, We Are One
by Hadley Irwin
(Honor, 1981)
The Sacred Stone Camp
by Rae Rose and Aly McKnight
(Finalist, 2026)
Rez Dogs
by Joseph Bruchac
(Honor, 2022)
Show Me a Sign
by Ann Clare Lezotte
(Finalist, 2020)
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Winner, 2021)
Sweetgrass Basket
by Marlene Carvell
(Honor, 2006)
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
(Honor, 2005)
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