We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga is a strong choice for readers looking for Indigenous picture books and other diverse picture books shaped by community, resilience. Traci Sorell builds the story around a seasonal look at cherokee community life organized around gratitude, ceremony, and everyday connection. For readers building collections of Indigenous picture books and DEI picture books that show Native communities in the present tense, it is both foundational and highly usable. Especially strong for read-alouds about land, kinship, and cultural continuity. Best for ages 4 to 8, with enough depth for conversation after the last page. For more like this, browse BIPOC picture book recommendations, with the Chooch Helped read-aloud as a useful companion.