Everyone in libraries knows that literature, especially children’s literature, has an growing assortment of really good books in all sorts of areas. The books we are able to share with our community members have more representation of everyone across our country (and world!), and the stories are better looks at the way people live their lives. This is such a good development for us all! Learning more good, true, useful information about other people helps us all to build more empathy, as we understand the way other people live and their circumstances.

Check out a webinar and some resources, from our colleagues at Northern Lights library system, that helps to build ideas and book suggestions for American Indian books for a children’s collection!

This is a link to a Zoom presentation, with a discussion from Cassy Leeport.

Here is a PDF bibliography of Ojibwe material.

This is the website American Indians in Children’s Literature. “Established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Nambé Pueblo, American Indians in Children’s Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children’s and young adult books. Dr. Jean Mendoza joined AICL as a co-editor in 2016.”