Jo Jo Makoons: The Super-Scary Sleepover
Written by Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe), illustrated by Tara Audibert (Wolastoquey and French), and published by Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Award Category: Honor Books
We Weave
Written by Daniel W. Vandever (Navajo and Irish), illustrated by Deonoveigh Mitchell (Navajo and Black American) and published by South of Sunrise Creative.
Raven’s Ribbons
Written by Tasha Spillett (Cree and Trinidadian), illustrated by Daniel Ramirez (Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan) and published by Little, Brown and Company.
For a Girl Becoming
Written by Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation), illustrated by Adriana Garcia and published by Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company.
Fierce Aunties
Written by Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tshimshian), illustrated by Steph Littlebird (Oregon’s Grand Ronde Confederate Tribes) and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.
Braided Roots
Written by Pasha Westbrook (Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Freedman), illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw Nation), and published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Running with Changing Woman
Running with Changing Woman Written by Lorinda Martinez (Diné) Cover design by Brittany Gene (Navajo) Publisher by Salina Bookshelf Inc. 2023
Man Made Monsters
Man Made Monsters Written by Andrea L. Rogers (Cherokee Nation) Illustrations by Jeff Edwards (Cherokee Nation) Publisher Levine Querido, distributed by Chronicle Books 2022
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls Written by Cherie Dimaline (Métis) Publisher Tundra Books, an imprint of Tundra Book Group, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited 2023
She Persisted: Maria Tallchief
She Persisted: Maria Tallchief Written by Christine Day (Upper Skagit) Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint Publisher Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2021