2025-2026
Winner
MANGESHIG PAWIS-STECKLEY
Browse below for all nominated titles. The First Nation Communities READ Award jury selects a shortlist and the winning title.
Shortlist of 2025-2026 Children's Nominated Titles
Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee
Author : Jennifer Leason
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
The Animal People Choose a Leader
Author : Bridget George
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Longlist of 2025-2026 Children's Nominated Titles
Animals at Play in Mi’kma’ki
Author : Mel Beaulieu
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Grandfather, Tell Me Again How We Are All Related
Author : Delena Rose
Publisher : red feather smooth stone
Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee
Author : Jennifer Leason
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Kukuatsheu Creates the World
Author : Annie Picard
Publisher : Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides
Lights along the River
Author : Pat Lamondin Skene
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
My Little Ogichidaa: An Indigenous Lullaby
Author : Willie Poll
Publisher : Medicine Wheel Publishing
The Animal People Choose a Leader
Author : Bridget George
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
The Bears and the Magic Masks
Author : Joseph Dandurand
Publisher : Nightwood Editions
The Giant and the Grizzly Bear
Author : Rosemarie Avrana Meyok
Publisher : Inhabit Media
This Land Is a Lullaby / cistomâwasowin ôma askiy
Author : Tonya Simpson and Delreé Dumont
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
We Need Everyone
Author : Michael Redhead Champagne
Publisher : Portage & Main Press / HighWater Press
You Are the Land
Author : Sarah-Anne Tourond
Publisher : Strong Nations Publishing