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Showing posts with label stereotypes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stereotypes. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 02, 2018

Hmmm... What was Sendak thinking about when he created WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE?

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A few months ago, a reader sent me a link that she'd know I'd be interested in... to an auction site that was auctioning a framed co...
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Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Debbie--have you seen ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES by Mary Ann Hoberman?

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In my mail today (Oct 3, 2017) is an email from a librarian in Illinois, asking if I've seen Mary Ann Hoberman's All Kinds of Famili...
Saturday, July 09, 2016

Reading While White review's Lane Smith's THERE IS A TRIBE OF KIDS

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Several months ago I saw the cover of Lane Smith's There Is a Tribe of Kids and wondered about his use of the word tribe. Most people se...
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Monday, May 02, 2016

Goodreads "Top 100 Children's Books"

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On April 27, 2016, Jessica Donaghy posted The Top 100 Children's Books on Goodreads . To determine which chapter and middle grade books ...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Eric Jennings, Sherman Alexie, and Damaging Perceptions about Alcohol Use Amongst Native Peoples

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Editors Note on Feb 25, 2018: Please see my  apology  about promoting Alexie's work.  This post is about one of the ways that Alexie&#...
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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Cover of Parent Magazine's December 2015 issue

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On Thursday, December 10, I learned about the cover of the new Parents magazine (h/t Heid and Allicia). Both are Native women and mothers. ...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Dear Teachers: An Open Letter about Images of Indians

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November 17, 2015 Dear Teachers, Each day when young children get home from school, parents ask how their day went and if they have any ...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Mercer Mayer's JUST A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING

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Well, I did my annual visit to Barnes and Noble to see what they had on the Thanksgiving shelf. Never a pleasant outing, I hasten to add, bu...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Ladybug Girl in Headdress? Gone!

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Yesterday, Betsy Bird at School Library Journal   wrote about a significant change to the picture book, Lady Bug Girl, written by David Som...
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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Enid Blyton's SECRET SEVEN series

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Update on June 18, 2021 : Blyton's books are in the news because a site called "English Heritage" notes that people have, in t...
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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Nobody went "huh?" when Rachel Dolezal said she lived in a tipi...

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I've been following the news stories about Rachel Dolezal. There are many. All the major media outlets are reporting about--and question...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

Open Letter to David Arnold, author of MOSQUITOLAND

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Friday, March 13, 2015 Dear Mr. Arnold, Thank you for responding to my critique of the "Cherokee" content in Mosquitoland.   ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

A BOOK OF AMERICANS by Rosemary Benet and Stephen Vincent Benet

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Woah! That is my thought as I sat down to share some photos of pages from Rosemary Benet and Stephen Vincent Benet's A Book of America...
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