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

Shortlist of 2023-2024 Children's Nominated Titles


Runs With the Stars
Author : Darcy Whitecrow, Heather M. O'Connor
Publisher : Second Story Press



Dancing with Our Ancestors
Author : Robert Davidson, Sara Davidson
Publisher : Portage and Main



The Day I Became Number 54
Author : Lorre Gallant
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press

Longlist of 2023-2024 Children's Nominated Titles

With Our Orange Hearts
Author : Phyllis Webstead
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing


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


The Day I Became Number 54
Author : Lorre Gallant
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press


Returning to the Yakoun River
Author : Sarah and David Robertson
Publisher : Portage and Main


Runs With the Stars
Author : Darcy Whitecrow, Heather M. O'Connor
Publisher : Second Story Press


kā-āciwīkicik / The Move
Author : Don K. Philpot, Doris George
Publisher : Heritage House


Dancing with Our Ancestors
Author : Robert Davidson, Sara Davidson
Publisher : Portage and Main


Beautiful You Beautiful Me
Author : Tasha Spillet Sumner
Publisher : OwlKids Books


Adventures of the Pugulatmu’j: Giju’s Gift
Author : Brandon Mitchell
Publisher : Highwater Press


Jordan and Mom
Author : Jerleen Anderson Sullivan
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press


Animals Illustrated: Ringed Seal
Author : William Flaherty
Publisher : Inhabit Media
