Top 24 Australian First Nations Books for NAIDOC Week 2020

Always was, Always will be. 🖤💛❤️

The NAIDOC Week 2020 theme of “Always was, Always will be” is all about celebrating that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years!

Spiritually and culturally connected to this country, NAIDOC Week is a time for us to embrace and learn about the true history of Australia’s Indigenous peoples.

We’ve got over 20 books to share with you, inviting you into the rich, awe-inspiring histories of our First Nations people! From picture books, to middle grade and adult fiction, by First Nations peoples about First Nations peoples - these books are a must-have for anyone looking to expand their Indigenous literary canon.

Lost In Books acknowledges that we meet and work on the traditional lands of the Cabrogal clan of the Darug nation and pay our respect to Elders both past and present.

LEARN MORE ABOUT NAIDOC WEEK: https://www.naidoc.org.au/

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PICTURE BOOKS

Our top 8 First Nations picture books!

• Family by Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson, Illustrated by Jasmine Seymour

• Finding our Heart: A Book about the Uluru statement for Young Australians by Thomas Mayor

• Hello, Hello by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

• I Want to be a Superhero by Breanna Humes, Illustrated by Ambelin Kwaymullina

• My Story: Shirley Purdie by Shirley Purdie

• Our Home, Our Heartbeat by Adam Briggs

• Took the Children Away by Archie Roach

• Yakanarra Songbook: About Our Place in Walmajarri and English by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
  

11 First Nations Middle Grade + Young Adult books we’re loving!

• Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina

• Deadly Unna? by Phillip Gwynne (non-Indigenous author)

• Growing up Aboriginal in Australia Edited by Anita Heiss

• Living on Stolen Land by Ambelin Kwaymullina

• Meet Me at the Intersection Edited by Rebecca Lim & Ambelin Kwaymullina

• My Place for Younger Readers by Sally Morgan

• Ngiya Yintanga Japarrika by Tiwi College Alalinguwi Jarrakarlinga

• My Australian Story: Our Race for Reconciliation by Anita Heiss

• Sister Heart by Sally Morgan

• Welcome to Country: An Introduction to our First Peoples for young Australians by Marcia Langton

• Wombat, Mudlark & Other Stories by Helen Milroy

ADULT FICTION & NON-FICTION

5 First Nations books for Adults you need to add to your shelves!

• Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson

• Songspirals: Sharing Women’s Wisdom of Country through Songlines by Gay’wu Group of Women

• Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch

• Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and Music by Archie Roach

• The Yield by Tara June Winch