2024-2025
Winner
Fred Carmichael and Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Browse below for all nominated titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury selects a shortlist and the winning title.
Shortlist of 2024-2025 Children's Nominated Titles
Smudging and the Four Sacred Medicines
Author : Sandra Samatte, Wahwahbiginojii Dr. David Anderson
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press
Minnow: The girl who became part fish
Author : Willie Poll and Bailey Macabre
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing
Freddie the Flyer
Author : Fred Carmichael and Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Publisher : Tundra Books
Longlist of 2024-2025 Children's Nominated Titles
Anishinaabemowin Animal Alphabet Book 1
Author :
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press
Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior
Author : Carole Lindstrom and Bridget George
Publisher : MacMillan Publishers
Benjamin’s Thunderstorm
Author : Hawlii Pichette (illustrator) & Melanie Florence (author)
Publisher : Kidscan Press
Blue Camas, Blue Camas
Author : Danielle S. Marcotte; illustrated by Alyssa Koski
Publisher : Heritage House
Every Child Matters
Author : Phyllis Webstead
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing
Forever Our Home / kâkikê kîkinaw
Author : Tonya Simpson
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Freddie the Flyer
Author : Fred Carmichael and Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Publisher : Tundra Books
Minnow: The girl who became part fish
Author : Willie Poll and Bailey Macabre
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing
Naaahsa Aisinaki! / Naaahsa is an Artist!
Author : Hali Heavy Shield
Publisher : Second Story Press
Niitu and Chips: Childhood Moments
Author : Babah Kalluk
Publisher : Inhabit Media
Seagull Island—kiyāsko-miniscikos
Author : Myles Charles and Miriam Körner
Publisher : Your Nickel's Worth Publishing
Smile So Big
Author : Sunshine Quem Tenasco and Chief Lady Bird
Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd.
Smudging and the Four Sacred Medicines
Author : Sandra Samatte, Wahwahbiginojii Dr. David Anderson
Publisher : Indigenous Education Press
Storyteller Skye: Teachings from My Ojibway Grandfather
Author : Lindsay King
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing
The Gift of Manoomin/Mnoomin maan’gowing
Author : Brittany Luby
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd.
The Princess and the Pants
Author : Carla Voyageur
Publisher : Strong Nations Publishing
The Song That Called Them Home
Author : David A. Robertson
Publisher : Penguin Random House
Walking Together
Author : Elder Dr. Albert D. Marshall, Emily Kewagashig (Illustrator), Louise Zimanyi
Publisher : Annick Press
We Belong to the Drum / mistikwaskihk kitipêyimikonaw
Author : Sandra Lamouche
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
We Love You as Much as the Fox Loves Its Tail
Author : Masiana Kelly
Publisher : Inhabit Media
