In episode 212, Dan and Michael chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people.

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Books, Articles and Other Amazing Resources

1. Find all of Traci’s work on her website: https://www.tracisorell.com/, and here is a slide Traci used when interviewed by Dr. Valerie Walker at NCSS; Here are some books we discussed at length on the episode:
   1. We Are Still Here!
   2. Powwow Day
   3. Classified
   4. Indian No More
   5. Mascot
2. Here’s the books Michael is reading with his kids:
   1. The School for Wicked Witches by Will Taylor
   2. You are History by Greg Jenner
3. Find all our episodes on Indigenous studies topics here, including:
   1. Episode 128: An Anticolonial Approach to Civic Education with Leilani Sabzalian
   2. Episode 67: American Indians in Children’s Literature with Debbie Reese
   3. Episode 15: Indigenous (Mis)Representations in U.S. History with Sarah Shear
4. Rebecca Nagle’s This Land podcast
5. American Indian Literature Association’s Youth Literature Awards
6. We Need Diverse Books: Indigenous Reads Rising site

Biography

Best-selling author and Cherokee Nation citizen Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats for young people. Traci is a two-time Sibert Medal and Orbis Pictus honoree for her nonfiction work. Eight of her books have received awards from the American Indian Library Association. In 2024, she shares two fiction picture books: Being Home, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade, and Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story, illustrated by Joseph Erb, along with two board books. Learn more at www.tracisorell.com. You can find Traci on Instagram and Bluesky.