November is Native American Heritage Month - a time paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans. Celebrate with this booklist for all ages showcasing books by and about Native Americans.

Click on a title to find it in our catalog; and find many more titles at cobbcat.org.

Native American Heritage Month Booklist with links

Children's Picture Books

At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell

Bowwow Powwow by Brenda Child

Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle

First Laugh Welcome Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe

The Good Luck Cat by Joy Harjo

Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Kiss by Kiss by Richard Van Camp

Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk

Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie

When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith

When We Were Alone by David Robertson 

Children's Nonfiction Books

Enduring Wisdom: Sayings from Native Americans by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Four Ancestors: Stories, Songs, and Poems from Native North America by Joseph Bruchac

Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson

The Hunter’s Promise by Joseph Bruchac

The People Shall Continue by Simon J. Ortiz

Rock & Roll Highway by Sebastian Robertson

We Are Grateful by Traci Sorell

Children's and Preteen Chapter Books

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac

I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis

Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManus

Indian Shoes by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Legend of Zoey by Candie Moonshower

Makoons by Louise Erdrich

Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Talking Leaves by Joseph Bruchac

Teen & Young Adult Fiction

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones

Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Strangers by David Robertson

Adult Fiction

The Break by Katherena Vermette

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

There There by Tommy Orange

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson

Young Adult & Adult Nonfiction

#NotYourPrincess edited by Mary Beth Leatherdale

An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo

Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Marmo Silko