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Showing posts with label recommended. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recommended. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Recommended! Wilgyigyet: Learn the Colors in Sm'algyax

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Wilgyigyet: Learn the Colors in Sm'algyax Compiled by the Haayk Foundation Illustrated by Huk Yuunsk (David Lang) Publisher: ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Recommended! nibi is water; nibi aawon nbiish, by Joanne Robertson; translated by Shirley Williams and Isadore Toulouse

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nibi is water, nibi aawon nbiish Written and illustrated by Joanne Robertson ( Translated by Shirley Williams and Isadore Toulouse ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Highly Recommended: Gitige - She/he Gardens

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Gitige - She/he Gardens by Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Anishinaabe consultants Tom Jack, Tara Dupuis, Marcus Amme...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

AICL's Best Books of 2019

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Below is  American Indians in Children's Literature's  list of Best Books published in 2019.  Because we are not able to read and...
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Recommended: BIRDSONG by Julie Flett

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Add Julie Flett's Birdsong to your shelves! It is on several Best Books of 2019 lists and it got starred reviews from the major review j...
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Monday, December 09, 2019

Recommended: "A Girl's Best Friend" by Cynthia Leitich Smith, in THE HERO NEXT DOOR

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Cynthia Leitich Smith's "A Girl's Best Friend" is one of the stories in The Hero Next Door. Published in 2019 by Crown Boo...

Recommended: MAY WE HAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE by Richard Van Camp; photographs by Indigenous Women

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Published in 2019 by Orca Book Publishers, May We Have Enough to Share  features photographs taken by Indigenous women who blog at Tea ...
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Sunday, December 01, 2019

Recommended: "Ballad of Weary Daughters"

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It's hard to authentically tell stories from the POV of children and youth trying to keep family and self together in the face of parent...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Recommended: The Case of the Missing Auntie

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  How often have you read a middle grade mystery novel that had you in tears just a few pages after making you laugh? That's what happen...

Recommended! THE RELUCTANT STORYTELLER by Art Coulson; illustrated by Hvresse Christie Blair Tiger

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Note from Debbie on Nov 28, 2023: Due to my concerns over Art Coulson's claim of being Cherokee , I am no longer recommending his books....
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Recommended: JOHNNY'S PHEASANT written by Cheryl Minnema, pictures by Julie Flett

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Johnny's Pheasant is written by Cheryl Minnema (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) and illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Métis). New in 2019, it ...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Recommended! STRANGELANDS written by Magdalene Visaggio and Darcie Little Badger; art by Guillermo Sanna; Cover by Dan Panosian

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Native teens! Go to the Humanoids site and get copies of the comic series, Strangelands. They're written by Magdalene Visaggio and Darc...
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Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Recommended: THE CASE OF WINDY LAKE

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I've really enjoyed Marcie R. Rendon's first two Cash Blackbear mysteries. Marcie (White Earth Anishinabe) writes them for adults, b...
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Friday, September 13, 2019

Update on Personal News on AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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I don't think that AICL has ever gone six weeks without a post! The last post was on Monday, August 5th and frankly, I was surprised and...
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Thursday, June 06, 2019

Recommended! I CAN MAKE THIS PROMISE by Christine Day

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I've read and most definitely recommend I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day. A review is forthcoming. Here's the description: ...
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Saturday, March 09, 2019

Recommended! AJIJAAK/CRANE by Cecilia Rose LaPointe; illustrations by Dolly Peltier; translation by Margaret Noodin

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In 2018, Ajijaak/Crane was published by Waub Ajijaak Press , in Manistee, Michigan. Written by Cecilia Rose LaPointe, illustrated by Dolly P...
Saturday, February 09, 2019

Highly Recommended: FIGHTER IN VELVET GLOVES: ALASKA CIVIL RIGHTS HERO ELIZABETH PERATROVICH by Annie Boochever with Roy Peratrovich Jr.

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"You're an Indian, aren't you? Roy answered, "Yes, I am." "Your wife too?" "Yes." &quo...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

FIRST LAUGH: WELCOME, BABY! by Rose Ann Tahe

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This year, Charlesbridge published First Laugh: Welcome, Baby ! When I learned that Jonathan Nelson (illustrator of the way-cool The Wool ...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Highly Recommended! Awâsis and the World Famous Bannock, by Dallas Hunt and Amanda Strong

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I settled in to do some reading last night. I reached for Dallas Hunt's  Awâsis  and the World Famous Bannock . Amanda Strong's illu...
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