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Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Monday, November 22, 2021

"Debbie, can you recommend some books about Thanksgiving?"

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I get a lot of email during October and November, from people who are growing in their awareness that children's books about Thanksgivin...
Sunday, November 14, 2021

Highly Recommended: ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE: A MEMOIR-MANIFESTO by George M. Johnson

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All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto Written by George M. Johnson  Cover Art by Charly Palmer Published in 2020 Publisher: Farrar St...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Dear _____: I got your letter about Thanksgiving

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Today's blog post has an unusual title. It is my effort to reply, in one response, to the range of queries I get by email. These are ema...
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Monday, November 12, 2018

NOT RECOMMENDED: DR. CARBLES IS LOSING HIS MARBLES by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot

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Published by HarperCollins in 2008, Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot's Dr. Carbles is Losing His Marbles! gets a Not Recommended label right ...
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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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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Debbie Reese (me!) on CUNY's INDEPENDENT SOURCES

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Finally had a chance to watch the segment that CUNY's Independent Sources asked me to do with them about children's books and Thank...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Oyate's List of Thanksgiving Books to Avoid

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A few years ago, Oyate had a list of books about Thanksgiving that they did not recommend. The list was on their website. Given the number...
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Friday, September 12, 2014

IT'S THANKSGIVING by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Marilyn Hafner

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Earlier this summer I started doing some research on easy readers to see what sorts of images of Native people I'd find in them. I'v...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

BEFORE WE WERE FREE, by Julia Alvarez

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Among the projects I'm doing this summer is a do-it-yourself paint job of the exterior of our house. On days when it isn't too hot...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

THANKSGIVING ON THURSDAY, by Mary Pope Osborne

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A friend (you, Diana!) asked (on Facebook) for books that a first grader could read on Kindle. Several people suggested Mary Pope Osborn...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Taylor (5th grader): "Do you mean all those Thanksgiving worksheets we had to color every year with all those smiling Indians were wrong?"

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This morning I received an email from a teacher who wrote to share what Taylor, a fifth grader, wrote in response to having studied a speec...
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Thursday, November 07, 2013

Looking for Children's Books about Thanksgiving? (Part 1)

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(Editor's Note, November 8, 2013: I've been casting about trying to find words to explain what is wrong with the idea that the Pil...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Critical thinking about Thanksgiving? Not allowed in Tucson Unified School District

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[Note: A chronological list of links to AICL's coverage of the shut-down of the Mexican American Studies Department at Tucson Unified S...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Update on Berenstain Bears Give Thanks

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Last week I published an excellent letter from Kim , a reader who wrote to tell me about The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks . I ordered a co...
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Unexpected intersections: Thanksgiving and Karen Russell's SWAMPLANDIA!

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Earlier this week a reader wrote to ask me about Karen Russell's Swamplandia! Not familiar with it, I read reviews and learned that it ...
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