You Belong Book Project - November Book List
November is Native American Heritage Month.
All month long we will be celebrating the stories of Indigenous Americans, to kick things off we were joined by Samantha Nephew who read Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids with Nancy K. Mays; Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Other November readings include:
Powwow Day by Traci Sorell; Illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight read by William Cornelison
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard; Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal read by Bradley John
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Linstrom; Illustrated by Michaela Goade read by Davon Riddlebarger
Watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time
Book List for School Readiness Month:
Below you will find a specially curated list of early childhood books in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. If you are donating to the book drive this month, we encourage you to pick a book from this list. Books with a * at the end are books that were read for this month's You Belong Book Project Story Time.
You can learn more about the You Belong Book Project, or watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time videos here.
A Day with Yayah by Nicola I. Campbell; Illustrated by Julie Flett
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard; Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal*
I Sang You Down From the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner; Illustrated by Michaela Goade
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story by Alexis Bunten, Anthony Perry, and Danielle Greendeer; Illustrated by Garry Meeches, Sr.
Little You by Richard Van Camp; Illustrated by Julie Flett
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joose; Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee
My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith; Illustrated by Julie Flett
Powwow Day by Traci Sorell; Illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight *
Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Nancy K. Mays and Sharice Davids; Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley *
Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie and Julie Flett
Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk; Illustrated by Alexandrea Neonakis
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell; Illustrated by Frane Lessac
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Linstrom; Illustrated by Michaela Goade *
We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp; Illustrated by Julie Flett