Debbie Reese/P'oesay P'oekwîn

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Tribally Enrolled: Nanbé Owingeh Founder: American Indians in Children's Literature

Cover of Nov 2025 issue of School Library Journal features photograph of Native writer, Angeline Boulley.
Graphic showing the word 'read' in the center in English, and in thirteen different languages of tribal nations in Oklahoma. On right is the same graphic, with the Tewa word for read in the center of the graphic.
Front and center of the cover is a child in what looks like an astronaut suit. The child's eyes look up to their family behind them. There are eight of them shown in modern day clothing which suggests the story is set in the present day. We don't see the floor where they stand; instead there is a nighttime sky behind them.
Cover shows author name and book title at top. Beneath it is a wide stripe that has jingles (like those used on a jingle dress). A red dress is overlaid on the stripe. To the left and right of the dress are Ojibwe designs and at the bottom left is a moccasin and a ballet slipper. The bottom half of the dress shows a cardinal, the moon, and an eagle feather. That bottom half of dress dress appears to be caught in a breeze that takes the dress off the right edge of the book. On that part of the dress is a boarding school, and at the bottom right beneath the school are two Native children.
Cover shows Cherokee adults and children, smiling, holding plates of food. Lower half of the cover shows a skillet and pot. Visual cues tell us this is a modern day family.
Photograph of Sharice Davids and Debbie Reese. They hold a copy of Laurel Goodluck's biography of Deb Haaland in their hands.
Cover of picture book titled If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, that shows a Native man of the 1600s standing on a hill looking out over a Native village at an approaching ship.
Cover art for the book, If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, that shows a Native man of the 1600s looking out to sea at an approaching ship.
Graphic shows covers of over 20 books by Native writers.
Photo of City Lights bookstore that shows a drawing of Debbie Reese on a banner on the store facade.
Cover of young adult book, REZ BALL, by Byron Graves shows an illustration of a Native teen in a basketball jersey holding a basketball at waist level.