A list of kid's indigenous books. I come at this from a Canadian Metis point of view and welcome other suggestions of authentic indigenous authors.
created by ErinCorbois
last updated January, 2026
Oolichan Moon (Sisters Learn Foods of the Elders)
Samantha Beynon
Wild Berries
Julie Flett
My Friend May
Let's Go! (haw êkwa!)
Birdsong
We All Play
Celebrating Potlatches
A Dance Through the Seasons
Leona Prince
The First Salmon Run: The Bear Cubs' Adventure
Rhonda Girard
The Orange Shirt Story
Phyllis Webstad
Bud Finds Her Gift
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Circle of Love
Monique Gray Smith
I Hope / nipakosêyimon
My Heart Fills with Happiness / Ni Mîyawâten Niteh Ohcih
When We Are Kind
Dreaming Alongside / ê-pawâtamahk (Cree and English Edition)
Tilly and the Crazy Eights
You Hold Me Up
Be a Good Ancestor
Métis Like Me
Tasha Hilderman
My Heart Fills With Happiness
The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
Louise Erdrich
We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom
love this list! love picture books!
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