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American Indian Genre
Books in the American Indian genre:
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.