With that in mind, and after consultation with many educators, parents and kids (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous), here are 12 wonderful picture book recommendations. In Canada, both aspects are important when it comes to Indigenous picture books, as we need to explicitly teach all our children the history of our First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples but also have their faces and voices regularly included in our literature, along with those of the many other backgrounds that make up our country.
Now more than ever, Indigenous picture books are necessary for all children.Īs both the mom of Irish/English-Canadian girls and a teacher in a very white school, I take care to choose books at home and at work that teach lessons about differences (a girl’s experience being black or a boy’s experience with a prosthetic limb) but also books that naturally show the diversity of our society (a character who just happens to be black or have a prosthetic limb). First, children need to see themselves in books, and second, children need to see others in books. Diversity in children’s literature is important for two big reasons.
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