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American Indian Genre
Books in the American Indian genre:
Sinopah, the Indian Boy (1913)
Author(s):
James Willard Schultz
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge-Fire (1915)
A collection of Native American myths, legends and tales. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Frank Bird Linderman
Illustrator(s):
Charles Marion Russell
Manual of the Woodcraft Indians The Fourteenth Birch Bark Roll (1915)
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Sign Talk (1918)
Author(s):
Lillian Delger Powers
Hugh Lenox Scott
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
The Last of the Mohicans (1919)
Author(s):
James Fenimore Cooper
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Indian Old-Man Stories: More Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge-Fire (1920)
A collection of Native American myths, legends, and tales. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Frank Bird Linderman
Illustrator(s):
Charles Marion Russell
How It Came About Stories (1921)
A collection of Native American stories. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Frank Bird Linderman
Illustrator(s):
Carle Michel Boog
The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore (1922)
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Indian Chief and Prospector in the Snow (1925)
This illustration was probably prepared for a magazine story, but the source is currently unknown.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Little Ugly Face and Other Indian Tales (1925)
An elementary school reader.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Florence Claudine Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Last of the Mohicans (1926)
This, the second book in the Leatherstocking Tales, is again set in New York during the French and Indian War. Uncas is the titular Mohican.
Author(s):
James Fenimore Cooper
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
Claws of the Thunderbird: A Tale of Three Lost Indians (1928)
Three Chippewa children captured by the Sioux escape to warn their tribe of an imminent raid by their enemy. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Little Indians (1930)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Mabel Guinnip La Rue
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Rhythm of the Redman (1930)
A collection of Native American songs and dances.
Author(s):
Julia M. Buttree
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Daniel Boone (1931)
A brief biography of the pioneering backwoodsman.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Willow Whistle (1931)
Mary Anne’s father opens a general store on the prairie. Her friend Eric teaches her to make willow whistles.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
The Sign of the Buffalo Skull (1932)
A biography of Jim Bridger, mountain man.
Author(s):
Peter O. Lamb
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Caddie Woodlawn (1935)
Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Drums Along the Mohawk (1936)
Author(s):
Walter D. Edmonds
Illustrator(s):
Henry Bitz
The Gospel of the Redman: An Indian Bible (1936)
A summary of Native American society and belief as it was before Columbus.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Julia M. Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Three Little Indians (1937)
An authentic depiction of the everyday life of the Chippewa Indians in the Lake Superior region.
Author(s):
Ann H. Leavitt
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
The Log of Christopher Columbus’ First Voyage to America in the Year 1492 (1938)
An adaptation of Columbus’ description of his first voyage to America.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Bartolomé de las Casas
Illustrator(s):
John O’Hara Cosgrave, II
Quito Express (1938)
A baby stows away on the Quito Express.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Five Bushel Farm (1939)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Little Buffalo Boy (1939)
A story about the plains Indians.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Michel’s Island (1940)
Michel Jarnac, son of a French voyageur and grandson of an Indian chief, lives on Mackinac Island in the early 1800’s.
Author(s):
Mabel L. Hunt
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Paco Goes to the Fair (1940)
In this Story of Far-away Ecuador Paco sells his wool at the fair.
Author(s):
Richard Cochran Gill
Helen Hoke
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison (1941)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Kimbi, Indian of the Jungle (1941)
The life of a native in the south American jungle.
Author(s):
Henry Lionel Williams
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Harry Daugherty
The Golden Wedge (1942)
A collection of nine tales drawn from the indigenous people of South America.
Author(s):
Delos W. Lovelace
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Anne Chase
The Mighty Hunter (1943)
The mighty hunter skips school to go hunting, but an encounter with a bear makes him decide that he should work on his education.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Oregon Trail (1943)
Author(s):
Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s):
Maynard Dixon
The Story of the Great Plains (1943)
History and geography of the Great Plains including the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and parts of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Two Logs Crossing: John Haskell’s Story (1943)
At sixteen John Haskell is suddenly the man of his family and makes good.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter D. Edmonds
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Daniel Boone (1945)
A brief biography of the American backwoodsman and explorer who opened up the west. In this edition, the text has been considerably enlarged.
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Indian Harvest: Wild Food Plants of America (1945)
An exploration of the wild foods growing in North America.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Tenggren’s Cowboys and Indians (1948)
Fifty-two stories and rhymes about the old West.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Roger Mouse’s Wish (1949)
Roger Mouse likes to play Indian, and now he has his own Indian outfit!
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (1950)
Jamestown, colonists, Indians and heroes fill this story of early America.
Author(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Illustrator(s):
William Sharp
Peter Pan (1951)
The story of the boy who wouldn’t grow up, his foster mother Wendy, and his great adversary James Hook.
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Children’s Hour Volume 11 (1953)
A collection of stories about the pioneers in America.
Read online at archive.org.
Little Indian (1954)
The story of a small Indian girl and her father.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Thanksgiving Story (1954)
A retelling of the story of the Pilgrims’ first thanksgiving.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Home on the Range (1955)
Jerry goes out West to be a cowboy, and swaps places with his friend Little Bear to see what it would be like to be an Indian.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Our Lady of Guadalupe (1955)
The story of Our Lady’s appearance to Juan Diego and the conversion of Mexico.
Author(s):
Helen Rand Parish
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
Santiago (1955)
A Guatemalan boy of Indian descent must decide on his future career.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ann Nolan Clark
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
David’s Little Indian, a Story (1956)
Deep in the woods David finds an Indian, no bigger than an ear of corn.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Remy Charlip
My Life as an Indian (1957)
An abridged account of the author’s life as a trapper, trader, guide and adopted member of the Piegan Blackfeet tribe.
Author(s):
James Willard Schultz
Illustrator(s):
David Humphreys Miller
Cowboys and Indians (1958)
What do cowboys and Indians do all day?
Author(s):
Willis Lindquist
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Little Sioux Girl (1958)
Life on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
Read online at archive.org.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 28 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 42 (1959)
Reindeer Trail (1959)
The story of how Laplanders brought their herds of tame reindeer to succor the natives of Alaska.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Best In Children’s Books Volume 31 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 33 (1960)
Author(s):
Roger Duvoisin
Grace Moon
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Adrienne Adams
Richard Bennett
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 38 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Little Antelope: An Indian for a Day (1962)
Johnny visits the American Museum of Natural History and imagines what it would be like to be an Indian in the olden days.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs (1962)
When Huck stops at the hot springs to retrieve his shirt, an ancient creature steals his banana right out of his hand.
Author(s):
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
The American Indian Story (1963)
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Bread and Butter Indian (1964)
Based on family records, this is a story of colonial America.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anne Colver
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Dream of the Blue Heron (1966)
A young Chippewa Indian boy is caught up in the fierce conflict between his traditional forest-dwelling grandparents and his father, who works in a lumbermill and brings the boy into the modern world.
Author(s):
Victor Barnouw
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Willie Was Different: The Tale of an Ugly Thrushling (1969)
The story of a thrush who was not content with his native song and became an artist.
Author(s):
Mollie Rockwell
Norman Rockwell
Illustrator(s):
Norman Rockwell
The King’s Ditch (1971)
King Ola rashly promises a fish to each menehune who helps bring water to his kingdom during a drought.
Author(s):
Francine Jacobs
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Heirs of the Ancient Maya (1972)
The story of a tribe of Mayan Indians living in the Chiapas region of Mexico.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Duby Blom
The Treasure of Topo-el-Bampo (1972)
Author(s):
Scott O’Dell
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
A boy of Taché (1973)
Charlie is hunting beaver with his grandparents, when grandpa Za becomes ill. And Charlie has to take the boat down river by himself to fetch the air ambulance.
Author(s):
Ann Blades
Illustrator(s):
Ann Blades
Caddy Woodlawn (1973)
Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Trina Schart Hyman
Tintin in America (1979)
Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Tales (1979)
A collection of Native American myths and legends from oral tradition.
Author(s):
Rosebud Yellow Robe
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Hiawatha (1983)
By the shores of Gitchy-Gumee,
By the shining big sea water …
Author(s):
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky (1991)
An environmental message from a Native American chief.
Author(s):
Chief Seattle
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Wagons West! (1996)
Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Tintin in America (2004)
Tintin visits the USA and meet Al Capone before heading west where he encounters a tribe of Blackfeet. This is a facsimile of the original black and white version.