The Rez Doctor

By Gitz Crazyboy
Illustrated by Veronika Barinova, Azby Whitecalf, and Toben Racicot
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Coming of Age, Careers, Occupations, Internships, New Experience
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Spirituality and Ceremony, Contemporary Setting, Diverse and Inclusive Representation, Addiction, Social Emotional Learning, Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance, Responsibility, Social Justice, Citizenship and Social Responsibility, Discrimination, Impacts of Colonization and Colonialism, Prejudice and Racism

Young Ryan Fox gets good grades, but he’s not sure what he wants to be when he grows up. It isn’t until he meets a Blackfoot doctor during a school assembly that he starts to dream big.

However, becoming ...

God Flare

By David A. Robertson
Illustrated by Scott B. Henderson & Andrew Thomas
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Science Fiction, Mental Illness, Superheroes
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Sweat Lodge, Traditional Medicine, Contemporary Setting, Social Emotional Learning, Death, Grief, and Bereavement, Courage, Emotions and Feelings, Friendship, Mental Health and Well-Being, Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance, Strong Female Characters
Series: The Reckoner Rises

Cole and Eva are reunited once more. A new terror looms as Mihko Laboratories latest human experiments are about to be unleashed. Cole is on the long road to recovery, but he’s still struggling with ...

Little Moons

By Jen Storm
Illustrated by Ryan Howe
Nickolej Villiger
Alice RL
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Paranormal, Death & Dying, Siblings
Big Ideas: Social Justice, MMIWG2S, Prejudice and Racism, Social Emotional Learning, Death, Grief, and Bereavement, Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Smudging, Powwow, Spirituality and Ceremony, Traditional Art, Contemporary Setting, Strong Female Characters

In this moving graphic novel, thirteen-year-old Reanna grieves the loss of her older sister. Can she find comfort through her family’s Ojibwe traditions?

It’s been a year since Reanna’s sister, ...

Little By Little
You Can Change the World

By Sonya Ballantyne
Illustrated by Rhael McGregor
Toben Racicot
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Social Topics, Social Activists, Indigenous, Biography
Big Ideas: Contemporary Setting, Social Emotional Learning, Courage, Empathy, Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance, Social Justice, Citizenship and Social Responsibility, Foster Care and the Child Welfare System

Michael might be young, but he’s got a big heart and a strong sense of right and wrong. He knows it’s right to help people when they need it—but what can he do when so many people need help?

When ...

We Are the Medicine

By Tasha Spillett
Illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Scott B. Henderson
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Coming of Age, 2SLGBTQIA+
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Powwow, Spirituality and Ceremony, Contemporary Setting, Social Emotional Learning, Death, Grief, and Bereavement, Social Justice, Citizenship and Social Responsibility, Intergenerational Trauma, Family Separation, Genocide and Cultural Extinction, Prejudice and Racism, Residential Schools
Series: Surviving the City

Miikwan and Dez are in their final year of high school. Poised at the edge of the rest of their lives, they have a lot to decide on. Miikwan and her boyfriend, Riel, are preparing for university, but ...

The Kodiaks
Home Ice Advantage

By David A. Robertson
Categories: Children's Fiction, Indigenous, Hockey, Prejudice & Racism, New Experience
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Worldviews, Teachings, and Protocols, Contemporary Setting, Diverse and Inclusive Representation, Identity, Social Emotional Learning, Character Education, Courage, Friendship, Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance, Social Justice, Discrimination, Impacts of Colonization and Colonialism, Prejudice and Racism, Residential Schools
Series: The Breakout Chronicles

Hockey fans will love this action-packed middle grade novel about teamwork, overcoming adversity, and being proud of who you are and where you come from.

Everything is changing for 11-year-old Alex Robinson. ...

We Need Everyone

By Michael Redhead Champagne
Illustrated by Tiff Bartel
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Social Activism & Volunteering, Inspirational & Personal Growth, Diversity & Multicultural, Values & Virtues
Big Ideas: Contemporary Setting, Diverse and Inclusive Representation, Identity, Social Emotional Learning, Character Education, Friendship, Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance, Sharing

Everyone has a gift. Every gift is different, and every gift is special. Our world needs you to share your gift.

What is your gift? How can you use your gift to help others?

We Need Everyone empowers children ...

Hopeless in Hope

By Wanda John-Kehewin
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Aboriginal & Indigenous, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Orphans & Foster Homes
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Smudging, Contemporary Setting, Diverse and Inclusive Representation, Anxiety, Depression and Suicide, Addiction, Literary Studies, Social Emotional Learning, Self-Expression, Creative Writing, and Art, Social Justice, Family Separation, Foster Care and the Child Welfare System, Intergenerational Trauma, Poverty, Residential Schools, Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance, Strong Female Characters
Cultures & Peoples: Cree

We live in a hopeless old house on an almost-deserted dead-end street in a middle-of-nowhere town named Hope. This is the oldest part of Hope; eventually it will all be torn down and rebuilt into perfect ...

Heart Berry Bling

By Jenny Kay Dupuis
Illustrated by Eva Campbell
Categories: Children's Fiction, Indigenous, Values & Virtues, Prejudice & Racism, Multigenerational
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Traditional Art, Traditional Foods, Contemporary Setting, Social Emotional Learning, Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance, Social Justice, Discrimination, Indian Act, Strong Female Characters
Cultures & Peoples: Anishinaabeg

On a visit to her granny, Maggie is excited to begin her first-ever beading project: a pair of strawberry earrings. However, beading is much harder than she expected! As they work side by side, Granny ...

As I Enfold You in Petals

By Richard Van Camp
Illustrated by Scott B. Henderson
Donovan Yaciuk
Nickolej Villiger
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Diversity & Multicultural, Aboriginal & Indigenous, Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, Values & Virtues
Big Ideas: Aspects of Indigenous Cultures, Spirituality and Ceremony, Storytelling and Oral Culture, Contemporary Setting, Diverse and Inclusive Representation, Identity, Social Emotional Learning, Death, Grief, and Bereavement, Social Justice, Impacts of Colonization and Colonialism
Cultures & Peoples: Dene, Tlicho, Inuit
Indigenous Languages: Dene, Tlicho, Words or Phrases
Series: The Spirit of Denendeh

Newly sober, Curtis searches for healing in the ancient cultural practices of his Tłıcho Dene grandfather. But will the Little People answer his call?

Curtis has returned to Fort Smith, six weeks sober. ...