I Can Make This Promise
I Can Make This Promise Written by Christine Day (Upper Skagit) Cover art by Michaela Goade (Tlingit, Kiks.ádi clan, Steel House) Published by Harper Collins, 2018.
Award Category: Announcements
Indian No More
Indian No More Written by Charlene Willing McManis (Umpqua/Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde) with Traci Sorell (Cherokee) cover art by Marlena Myles (Spirit Lake Dakota, Mohegan, Muscogee Creek) Published by Tu Books / Lee & Low, 2019
Raven Makes the Aleutians
Adapted from a traditional Tlingit story Illustrated by Janine Gibbons (Haida, Raven of the Double-Finned Killer Whale clan, Brown Bear House) Published by Sealaska Heritage, 2018
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
Written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee) Illustrated by Frané Lessac Published by Charlesbridge, 2018
At the Mountain’s Base
Written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee) Illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva/Scots-Gaelic) Published by Kokila / Penguin Random House, 2019.
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story Written by Kevin Noble Maillard (Seminole Nation, Mekusukey Band) Illustrated by Juana Martínez-Neal (Peruvian-American) Published by Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan, 2019
2018 Awards
A color brochure of the 2018 award recipients is available to print and share The American Indian Library Association (AILA), an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected three titles to receive the 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Award. The 2018 AILA Best Picture Book is Shanyaak’utlaax: Salmon Boy (2017), published by Sealaska Heritage … Continued
2016 Awards
A color brochure of the 2016 award recipients is available to print and share. The American Indian Library Association (AILA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, has selected “Little You” (2013) Orca Book Publishers, written by Richard Van Camp, illustrated by Julie Flett as the 2016 Best Picture Book; “In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse” … Continued
2012 Awards
The American Indian Library Association (AILA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, has selected “The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood” (2011), written by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, illustrated by Ellen Beier; “Free Throw” (2011) and “Triple Threat” (2011), both written by Jacqueline Guest; and “Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School” … Continued