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NATIONAL INDIGENOUS HISTORY MONTH
National Indigenous History Month is celebrated in June in Canada. This challenge celebrates Indigenous voices, history, and culture through reading and activities.
RAINBOW BOOK MONTH™
Celebrate books that reflect the lives and experiences of the 2SLGBTQ+ community during Pride Month. Rainbow Book Month™ is an initiative of the American Library Association.
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National Indigenous History Month Book List
Indigenous History Month Picture Books
Bannock in a Hammock by Masiana Kelly
Be a Good Ancestor by Gabrielle Prince
Boozhoo! =Hello! by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Go Show The World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew
Meet Tom Longboat by Elizabeth MacLeod
Métis Like Me by Tasha Hilderman
On The Trapline by David Robertson
Walking Together by Albert Marshall
Why We Dance: A Story of Hope and Healing by Deidre Havrelock
Indigenous History Month Reads for Older Kids
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
The Barren Grounds by David Robertson
The Case of the Rigged Race by Michael Hutchinson
Forever Birchwood by Danielle Daniel
Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge by Deidre Havrelock
National Indigenous Peoples Day by Heather C. Hudak
Nish, North and South by Isabelle Picard
Nuttah & Kitchi: National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration! by Sandra Samatte
Sky Wolf’s Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn
Treaty Words: For As Long as The Rivers flow by Aimée Craft
Indigenous Reads for Teens
If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie
Killing The Wittigo: Indigenous-Culture Based Approaches to Waking Up,
Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing: A Book for Young Adults by Suzanne Methot
The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures by Christian Allaire
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs
Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treuer
Indigenous Reads for Adults
All The Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac
Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir by Helen Knott
Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place
The Knowing by Tanya Talaga
Life in Two Worlds: A Coach’s Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back by Ted Nolan
Small Ceremonies: A Novel by Kyle Edwards
Who We Are: Four Questions for a Life and a Nation by Murray Sinclair
Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories by Amanda Peters
Rainbow Reads Book List
Rainbow Book Month Picture Books
Be Amazing: A History of Pride by Desmond Is Amazing
Chloe and The Fireflies by Chris Clarkson
Family is Family by Melissa Marr
Marley’s Pride by Joëlle Retener
Meet Jim Egan by Elizabeth MacLeod
Not He or She, I’m Me by A. M. Wild
Still My Tessa by Sylv Chiang
‘Twas The Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick
Rainbow Book Month Reads for Older Kids
Asking For a Friend by Ronnie Riley
Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne
Jude Saves the World by Ronnie Riley
Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass
Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement by S.A. Caldwell
The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa
Rick by Alex Gino
Upstaged by Robin Easter
Winnie Nash is Not Your Sunshine by Nicole Melleby
Rainbow Book Month Titles for Teens
Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole
The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram
Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye
Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
Mall Goth by Kate Leth
Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver
Out of Left Field: A Graphic Novel by Jonah Newman
Rainbow Book Month Titles for Adults
Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out by Ryan Love
He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar
Isaac’s Song: A Novel by Daniel Black
Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox
Out North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada by Craig Jennex
A Sweet Sting of Salt: A Novel by Rose Sutherland
Woodworking by Emily St. James
You Are My Happy Ending : Schitt’s Creek and The Legacy of Queer Television by Emily Garside