2026 AIYLA Awards and Honors

Updated January 27, 2026
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Chippewa River District Library System
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Chooch helped
Rogers, Andrea L.
A Cherokee girl introduces her younger brother to their family's traditions -- begrudgingly! -- in this Caldecott Medal winning picture book written by Walter Award-winner Andrea L. Rogers and featuring gorgeous collage illustrations from debut artist Rebecca Lee Kunz. Sissy's...
Sheine Lende : a prequel to Elatsoe
Little Badger, Darcie
Ebook
Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can't afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood--and the loss of Shane's father and her grandparents. They don't think they...
Sisters in the wind
Boulley, Angeline
A Printz Honor Book! An AIYLA Honor Book! A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! From the instant New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed comes a daring new mystery about a foster teen claiming her heritage on her own...
Where wolves don't die
Treuer, Anton
Ebook
Best of the Year: NYPL - Chicago Public Library - American Indians in Children''s Literature - CCBC Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. But Ezra hates the dirty...

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