The American Indian Library Association (AILA), an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced the first recipients of its American Indian Youth Literature Award. Here they are:
Picture Book: Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story, by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, illustrated by Sam Sandoval.
Middle Grade Novel: The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich