tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post8083915381872573615..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Librarians Noting Problems in Nonfiction Series: First Peoples of North America, by Cassie LawtonDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-35190286363372610272017-03-22T14:50:12.459-05:002017-03-22T14:50:12.459-05:00Hi, Debbie. There are still some titles available ...Hi, Debbie. There are still some titles available from the Lerner Series, WE ARE STILL HERE: <br /><br />CHILDREN OF CLAY: A FAMILY OF PUEBLO POTTERS by Rina Swentzell<br />FORT CHIPEWYAN HOMECOMING: A JOURNEY TO NATIVE CANADA by Morningstar Mercredi <br />KINAALDA: A NAVAJO GIRL GROWS UP by Monty Roessel<br />SONGS FROM THE LOOM: A NAVAJO GIRL LEARNS TO WEAVE, also by Monty Roessel Beverly Slapinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12822325956522105620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-57939258397385468062017-03-21T11:42:26.385-05:002017-03-21T11:42:26.385-05:00Thank you for the "American Indian Contributi...Thank you for the "American Indian Contributions to the World" recommendation- I'm adding those volumes to my next order!<br />Liz P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-57355945929095401262017-03-20T12:32:32.246-05:002017-03-20T12:32:32.246-05:00Liz and Anne--I don't have a series I'd re...Liz and Anne--I don't have a series I'd recommend. The one I really like is Lerner's WE ARE STILL HERE series, but it went out of print long ago. <br /><br />I hate to see the same old content repackaged by these publishers every few years, and librarians spending precious dollars on them. <br /><br />An excellent set of books for elementary-middle school use is called "American Indian Contributions to the World," edited by Emory Dean Keoke and Kay Marie Porterfield. There are five books in the set (the cover of one is shown above): <br /><br />Food, Farming, and Hunting<br />Trade, Transportation, and Warfare<br />Science and Technology<br />Medicine and Health<br />Buildings, Clothing, and Art<br />Or, you can order it in a single volume, under the title Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the world: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations. The single volume, also by Keoke and Porterfield, was published in 2003.<br />Debbie Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-81776407915171946642017-03-20T11:52:08.473-05:002017-03-20T11:52:08.473-05:00I'm glad you are discussing this Debbie. I pr...I'm glad you are discussing this Debbie. I previewed a different series set and decided not to purchase it because of the tense issue. <br />Can anyone recommend a good non-fiction series? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-53212819583294210752017-03-18T19:02:29.700-05:002017-03-18T19:02:29.700-05:00As an elementary school librarian, I also really s...As an elementary school librarian, I also really struggle to find nonfiction texts that portray native peoples as they live today. While there are a few that I have found that seem more up to date and culturally accurate, many books have one page marked "today" with pictures in color, but the rest is illustrations or sepia photographs.<br />Have you come across any series that you think do a particularly good job?<br />Liz P.noreply@blogger.com