American IndianLibrary Association's 2016 Youth Literature Awards were announced today. These awards are made every two years. Here's the list--check your collection, do you have some of them? If not, consider it!
Picture Book
Award Winner
Little You
Written by
Richard Van Camp
Illustrated by
Julie Flett
Published in
2013 by Orca Book Publishers
Picture Book
Honor
Sitting Bull:
Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
Written and
illustrated by S.D. Nelson
Published in
2015 by Abrams Books for Young Readers
Middle School
Award Winner
In the
Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph
Marshall III
Written by
Joseph Marshall III
Published in
2015 by Amulet Books
Middle School
Honor
Dreaming in
Indian: Contemporary Native Voices
Edited by Lisa
Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Published in
2014 by Annick Press
Young Adult
Winner
House of
Purple Cedar
Written by Tim
Tingle
Published n
2013 by Cinco Puntos Press
Young Adult
Honor
Her Land, Her
Love
Written by
Evangeline Parsons Yazzie
Published in
2016 by Salina Bookshelf
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