Hi Elaine - Because I'm at a PreK-2 school I don't have very many books about Indigenous peoples. If I had 3rd and 4th graders I would certainly be weeding and purchasing new books. If I find any newer series, I'll share. I would try to find books that were written by Indigenous people or try to make sure that they were consulted.

Cynthia Leitich Smith is the creator of the Heartdrum imprint of HarperCollins. I don't know if they do nonfiction or not, but here's her site. I didn't look at all of it, but maybe she has resources or we could even reach out to her for suggestions.

I'll keep digging because I know I've been to conferences where they have shared other imprints or maybe others on this list-serv know of some.

Jenny

On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 12:11 PM Elaine Shapiro <elaine.shapiro7@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear elem. librarians,
Do you have nonfiction books about Indigenous tribes? I have begun weeding out old ones and wonder if I should replace them, and if so, are there newer, more reliably accurate and culturally sensitive/appropriate ones. Mine were published around 1999, 2000.
I have been collecting newer picture books by native authors.

Elaine
Broad Brook School, East Windsor, preK-4
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