This is a list of picture books suitable for sharing with young children when teaching them about truth and reconciliation, residential schools, indigenous cultures, histories, and current realities. If there is a book I should add to this list, please get in touch.
Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
By Dallas Hung and Amanda Strong
Go Show the World
Written by Wab Kinew
Illustrations by Joe Morse
I Lost My Talk
By Rita Joe
Illustrated by Pauline Young
It’s a Mitig!
By Bridgit George
My Heart Fills with Happiness
By Monique Gray Smith
Illustrated by Jilie Flett
The Orange Shirt Story
Written by Phyllis Webstad
Illustrated by Brock Nicol
Shin-chi’s Canoe
Written by Nicola Campbell
Illustrated by Kim LaFave
Shi-shi-etko
Written by Nicola I. Campbell
Illustrated by Kim LaFave
Stolen Words
Written by Melanie Florence
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
The Train
Written by Jodie Callaghan
Illustrated by Georgia Lesley
We Are Water Protectors
Written by Carole Lindstrom
Illustrated by Michaela Goade
When I Was Eight
Written by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
(This is the picture book version of Fatty Legs, which is a chapter book suitable for older children.)
When We Are Kind
Written by Monique Gray Smith
Illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt
When We Were Alone
Written by David A. Robertson
Illustrated by Julie Flett