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.
Award Category: Picture Book
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.
Chooch Helped
Written by Andrea L. Rogers (Cherokee Nation) illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz (Cherokee Nation) and published by Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Levine Querido.
Remember
Remember Written by Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation) Illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit Nation) Publisher Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House 2023
Berry Song
Berry Song Written and Illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit Nation) Publisher Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group 2022
Contenders
Contenders Written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) Illustrated by Arigon Starr (Kickapoo Tribe) Publisher Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2023
Celebration
Celebration Written by Lily Hope (Tlingit) Illustrated by Kelsey Mata Foote (Tlingit) Publisher Sealaska Heritage Institute 2022