Shortlist of 2025-2026 Children's Nominated Titles

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

Boozhoo! / Hello!

Author : MANGESHIG PAWIS-STECKLEY
Publisher : Groundwood Books

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

Animals Illustrated: Raven

Author : Monica Ittusardjuat
Publisher : Inhabit Media

Boozhoo! / Hello!

Author : MANGESHIG PAWIS-STECKLEY
Publisher : Groundwood Books

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 Creator’s Plan

Author : Richard Lush (Author); Jessica Jerome (Illustrator)
Publisher : Acorn Press

The Giant and the Grizzly Bear

Author : Rosemarie Avrana Meyok
Publisher : Inhabit Media

The Hawk Shadow

Author : Jan Bourdeau Waboose (author) and Karlene Harvey (illustrator)
Publisher : Kids Can Press

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