2026 Awards

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.

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.

Written by Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation), illustrated by Adriana Garcia and published by Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company.

Written by Tasha Spillett (Cree and Trinidadian), illustrated by Daniel Ramirez (Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan) and published by Little, Brown and Company.

Written by Daniel W. Vandever (Navajo and Irish), illustrated by Deonoveigh Mitchell (Navajo and Black American) and published by South of Sunrise Creative.

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.

Written by Trina Rathgeber (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation), illustrated by Alina Pete (Little Pine First Nation), and published by Orca Book Publishers.

Written by Elise McMullen-Ciotti (Cherokee Nation), and published by Scholastic Inc.

Written and illustrated by Cameron Mukwa (Anishinaabe) and published by Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

written by Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe), and published by Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

written by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), illustrated by Steph Littlebird (Oregon’s Grand Ronde Confederate Tribes), and published by Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

Written by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache), illustrated by Rovina Cai, and published by Levine Querido.

Written by Angeline Boulley (Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) and published by Henry Holt and Company.

Written and illustrated by Arigon Starr (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma) and published by Wacky Productions Unlimited.

Written by Cheryl Isaacs (Kanyen’keha) and published by Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Written by Anton Treuer (Ojibwe) and published by Levine Querido