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PDFs of children’s books available through the Cherokee Nation Language Department

Legend of the Giant Turtles, from a story by Benny Smith
Audio file with speaker Nancy Scott reading Legend of the Giant Turtles

Children’s books online by Michael Joyner

What Happened To My Language? by JW Webster.

Cherokee Animals Coloring Book, by Shannon Designs Hey

We are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, by Traci Sorrell (author), Frane Lessac (illustrator). Mostly English, with some Cherokee words.

How the World was Made, by Brad Wagnon (author), Alex Stephenson (illustrator). English and Cherokee.

The Apple Tree — A Modern Day Cherokee Story. English and Cherokee, by Sandy Tharp-Thee (author), Marlena Campbell Hodson (illustrator)

Cherokee Stories, 1960s booklet by Rev. Watt Spade and Willard Walker with the help of Alec England, Lizzie England, Juanita Crittenden, Johnson Tehee, and Sam H. Hair.