Shortlist of 2023-2024 Children's Nominated Titles

Browse below for all nominated titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury selects a shortlist and the winning title.

Runs With the Stars

Author : Darcy Whitecrow, Heather M. O'Connor
Publisher : Second Story Press

The Day I Became Number 54

Author : Lorre Gallant
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press

Dancing with Our Ancestors

Author : Robert Davidson, Sara Davidson
Publisher : Portage and Main

Phoenix Gets Greater

Author : Marty Wilson Trudeau
Publisher : Second Story Press

Longlist of 2023-2024 Children's Nominated Titles

Beautiful You Beautiful Me

Author : Tasha Spillet Sumner
Publisher : OwlKids Books

kā-āciwīkicik / The Move

Author : Don K. Philpot, Doris George
Publisher : Heritage House

The Day I Became Number 54

Author : Lorre Gallant
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press

Muinji’j Asks Why

Author : Shanika & Breighlynn MacEachern
Publisher : Muinji’j Asks Why

Phoenix Gets Greater

Author : Marty Wilson Trudeau
Publisher : Second Story Press

Adventures of the Pugulatmu’j: Giju’s Gift

Author : Brandon Mitchell
Publisher : Highwater Press

Una Huna?: Ukpik Learns to Sew

Author : Susan Aglukark
Publisher : Inhabit Media

With Our Orange Hearts

Author : Phyllis Webstead
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing

Jordan and Mom

Author : Jerleen Anderson Sullivan
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press

Returning to the Yakoun River

Author : Sarah and David Robertson
Publisher : Portage and Main

Dancing with Our Ancestors

Author : Robert Davidson, Sara Davidson
Publisher : Portage and Main

Animals Illustrated: Ringed Seal

Author : William Flaherty
Publisher : Inhabit Media

Runs With the Stars

Author : Darcy Whitecrow, Heather M. O'Connor
Publisher : Second Story Press