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Showing posts with label nonfiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nonfiction. Show all posts
Sunday, August 18, 2024

Highly Recommended: NAVAJO CODE TALKERS by Danielle C. Burbank

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Navajo Code Talkers Written by Danielle C. Burbank (Diné) Published in 2024 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Reviewer: Debbi...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Highly Recommended: WINGS OF AN EAGLE: THE GOLD MEDAL DREAMS OF BILLY MILLS, by Billy Mills and Donna Janell Bowman, illustrated by S. D. Nelson

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                  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED  Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills by Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota) and Donna Janel...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, by Chris Newell and Winona Nelson

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If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving Written by Chris Newell (citizen of  Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township) Illustrated by Win...
Saturday, April 01, 2023

Highly Recommended! CONTENDERS: TWO NATIVE BASEBALL PLAYERS, ONE WORLD SERIES by Traci Sorell and Arigon Starr

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Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series Written by Traci Sorell (Citizen of the Cherokee Nation) Illustrated by Arigon Sta...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Back Matter in 2022 book from Charlesbridge -- THE GARDENER OF ALCATRAZ

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This morning on Facebook (in a discussion of books by region), I saw mention of The Gardener of Alcatraz. Written by Emma Bland Smith and il...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Highly Recommended: DEB HAALAND: FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN CABINET SECRETARY, by Jill Doerfler and Matthew J. Martinez

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Deb Haaland: First Native American Cabinet Secretary Written by Jill Doerfler and Matthew J. Martinez Published by Lerner Published in 2022 ...
Monday, March 07, 2022

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: THE FROG MOTHER

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  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED The Frog Mother (Mothers of Xsan series) Written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw/Brett D. Huson (Gitxsan) Illustrated by Natasha...
Monday, September 06, 2021

Highly Recommended! SHARICE'S BIG VOICE: A NATIVE KID BECOMES A CONGRESSWOMAN

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  Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman Written by Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk) with Nancy K. Mays Illustrated by Joshu...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Recommended: THE GRIZZLY MOTHER and THE SOCKEYE MOTHER written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson); illustrated by Natasha Donovan

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Teachers! Get The Grizzly Mother for your classroom--and ask your librarian to get in on the library shelves, too! Written by Hetxw'ms G...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Librarians Noting Problems in Nonfiction Series: First Peoples of North America, by Cassie Lawton

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One of the more gratifying kind of emails I get is from librarians who are bringing a critical lens to nonfiction. Recently I had an email...
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Monday, October 31, 2016

John Herrington's MISSION TO SPACE is exceptional!

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Regular readers of American Indians in Children's Literature know that I emphasize several points when reviewing children's or young...
Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Looking for nonfiction?

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People write to me asking about the merits of this or that nonfiction book or series, which one(s) I recommend, etc. Keeping up with them, ...
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Sunday, December 14, 2014

A CHILDREN'S GUIDE TO ARCTIC BIRDS by Mia Pelletier, illustrated by Danny Christopher

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When my daughter was in college, one of the elective courses she took was about birds. It contrasted with the readings she was doing in phil...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

Anton Treuer's EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT INDIANS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

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Anton Treuer's Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask is one of the books I think every teacher ought to h...
Friday, November 08, 2013

Marcie Rendon's POWWOW SUMMER: A FAMILY CELEBRATES THE CIRCLE OF LIFE (2013)

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Back in the 1990s when I started graduate school, I read Marcie Rendon's  Powwow Summer: A Family Celebrates the Circle of Life.  Orig...