Browse below for all shortlisted titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury has shortlisted these titles.
List of 2022-2023 Adult/YA
Shortlisted Titles


The Wolf Mother : Mothers of Xsan Vol 5
Author : Brett D. Huson Hetxw’ms Gyetxw
Publisher : Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press



This is What I’ve Been Told
Author : Juliana Armstrong
Publisher : Victoria: Medicine Wheel Education



We Dream Medicine Dreams
Author : Lisa Boivin
Publisher : Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press



Little Bear in Foster Care
Author : S.P. Joseph Lyons
Publisher : Six Nations: Indigenous Education Press

Longlist of 2022-2023 Children's Nominated Titles
Browse below for all nominated titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury selects a shortlist and the winning title.

Learning to Carve Argillite
Author : Robert Davidson, Sara Florence Davidson
Publisher : Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press


We Dream Medicine Dreams
Author : Lisa Boivin
Publisher : Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press


The Shaman’s Apprentice
Author : Zacharias Kunuk
Publisher : Iqaluit: Inhabit Media


On the Trapline
Author : David A. Robertson
Publisher : Toronto: Penguin Random House


Animals Illustrated : Wolverine
Author : Allen Niptanatiak
Publisher : Iqaluit: Inhabit Media


We All Play / kimêtawânaw
Author : Julie Flett
Publisher : Vancouver: Greystone Books


Jigging for Halibut with Tsinii
Author : Robert Davidson, Sara Florence Davidson
Publisher : Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press


The Water Sings to Suli? / iʔ siwɬkw nkwancinəm k̕əl suliʔ
Author : Harron Hall
Publisher : Penticton: Theytus Books


Little Bear in Foster Care
Author : S.P. Joseph Lyons
Publisher : Six Nations: Indigenous Education Press


The Wolf Mother : Mothers of Xsan Vol 5
Author : Brett D. Huson Hetxw’ms Gyetxw
Publisher : Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press


The Frog Mother : Mothers of Xsan Vol 4
Author : Brett D. Huson Hetxw’ms Gyetxw
Publisher : Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press


This is What I’ve Been Told
Author : Juliana Armstrong
Publisher : Victoria: Medicine Wheel Education


Little Moar and the Moon : English Edition
Author : Roselynn Akulukjuk
Publisher : Iqaluit: Inhabit Books


Thunder and the Noise Storms
Author : Jeffrey Ansloos, Shezza Ansloos
Publisher : Toronto: Annick Press


A is For Anemone: A First West Coast Alphabet
Author : Robert Budd, Roy Henry Vickers
Publisher : Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing


White Raven
Author : Teoni Spathelfer
Publisher : Victoria: Heritage House Publishing


Louis Riel Day: The Fur Trade Project
Author : Deborah L. Delaronde
Publisher : Penticton: Theytus Books


Little Wolf
Author : Teoni Spathelfer
Publisher : Victoria: Heritage House Publishing
