Weshoyot Alvitre, author portrait
© Hekwipa Alvitre

Weshoyot Alvitre

Weshoyot Alvitre is a Tongva and Scottish comicbook artist and illustrator. She is the illustrator of the picture book At the Mountain’s Base (written by Traci Sorell), which received the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award, and of Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories (written by Dan SaSuWeh Jones), which was named a 2021 Kirkus Reviews Best Middle-Grade Anthology. She resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. Visit her online at weshoyot.com.
Brave
At the Mountain's Base (Cherokee edition)
At the Mountain's Base

Books

Brave
At the Mountain's Base (Cherokee edition)
At the Mountain's Base

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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