Useful Books and Resources
Below are book titles listed by general grade range (Early Readers, Older Readers) as well as Informational Texts.
Early Readers (PreK to 3rd Grade)
Below is a listing of books that are suitable for early childhood education classrooms or early elementary students. Picture books listed under this category can (and should) be used in older grades as well.
A Rainbow at Night: The World in Words and Pictures by Navajo Children (1996) by Bruce Hucko
Baby's First Laugh (2003) by Jessie Eve Ruffenach
Baby Learns About Animals (2004) by Jessie Eve Ruffenach
Baby Learns About Colors (2004) by Jessie Eve Ruffenach
Baby Learns to Count (2003) by Jessie Eve Ruffenach
Day and Night (1996) by Nedra Emery, illustrated by Verna Clinton
Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home: a Story of the Navajo Long Walk (2005) by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, Ed.D., illustrated by Irving Toddy
Navajo ABC: A Dine Alphabet Book (1995) by Luci Tapahanso and Eleanor Schick
Navajo Coyote Tales (1989) by William Morgan
Navajo Long Walk: The Tragic Story of a Proud People's Forced March from their Homeland (2002) by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Shonto Begay
Songs of Shiprock Fair (1999) by Luci Tapahonso, illustrated by Anthony Chee Emerson
The Hogan That Great-Grandfather Built (2012) by Nancy Bo Flood
The Navajo Year: Walk Through Many Seasons (2006) by Nancy Bo Flood, illustrated by Billy Whitethorne
The Stone Cutter and the Navajo Maiden (2008) by Vee Brown
The Three Little Sheep (2006) by Seraphine Yazzie
The Unbreakable Code (2007) by Sara Hoagland Hunter, illustrated by Julia Miner
Turkey and Giant (1996) by Nedra Emery, illustrated by Verna Clinton
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Older Readers (3rd to 7th Grade)
Alice Yazzie's Year (2004) by Ramona Maher, illustrated by Shonto Begay
Blue Horses Rush In: Poem and Stories (Sun Tracks) (1997) by Luci Tapahonso
Keepers of the Windclaw Chronicles (series) by Seth Muller
Sing Down the Moon (1970) by Scott O'Dell
Racing the Sun (1988) by Paul Pitts
Red is Beautiful (2003) by Roberta John
Waterless Mountain (1931) by Laura Adams Armer
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Informational Texts
A True Book: The Navajo (2011) by Kevin Cunningham and Peter Benoit
A True Book: The Navajo (2002) by Andrew Santella
First Americans: The Navajo (2006) by David C. King
Kinaalda: A Navajo Girl Grows Up (We Are Still Here: Native Americans Today) (1993) by Monty Roessel
Lifeways: The Navajo (1999) by Raymond Bial
Navajo Code Talkers (1994) by Nathan Aaseng
Songs from the Loom: a Navajo Girl Learns to Weave (1995) by Monty Roessel
The Navajo Nation (2000) by Sanda M. Pasqua
Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers (1990) by Kenji Kawano
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