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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Cheryl Minnema's HUNGRY JOHNNY

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A significant component of the We Need Diverse Books campaign is regarding the authorship of books. For AICL, that means books written and i...
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Thursday, May 01, 2014

SLJ's "Diversity" Booklist in May issue includes flawed book about Native people

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School Library Journal's much anticipated special issue on Diversity was uploaded today (May 1, 2014) in the midst of the We Need Divers...
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Monday, April 28, 2014

We Need Diverse Books that aren't "Blindingly White"

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If you're a white male, you'll have an abundance of opportunities to imagine yourself on the stage this year at BookCon. The list of...

2013: Best Books, High School

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If I was starting a library in a high school, these are the first books I'd buy, along with the ten listed in 2010: Best Books, High Sch...

2013: Best Books, Middle School

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If I was starting a library in an elementary school or if I was ordering books for a middle school library, these are ten books I'd buy ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

A Look at Setting in 2013 CCBC Data on Fiction by/about American Indians - US Publishers

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On March 17, 2014 I published my analysis of 14 books on the Cooperative Center or Children's Books (CCBC). The set I analyzed are thos...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

CHUKFI RABBIT'S BIG, BAD BELLYACHE: A TRICKSTER TALE by Greg Rodgers

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I smiled as I read Chukfi Rabbit's Big, Bad Bellyache: A Trickster Tale by Choctaw author, Greg Rodgers. Chukfi Rabbit, we learn as the ...
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Friday, April 11, 2014

American Indian Graduation Rates and Stereotypical Images On and Off the Field

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On May 31 of last year (2013), Education Week pointed to a new study of high school graduation rates that reported that the graduation rates...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

CNN points to American Indians in Children's Literature

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Greetings! Are you here because of the article on young adult literature at the CNN website? If yes, I have many books to recommend, and m...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Dan Snyder's "Original Americans" Foundation, or, WTF Dan Snyder?

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Monday, March 24th, 2014, Dan Snyder--the owner of the Washington professional football team-- announced that he has established a foundati...
Monday, March 24, 2014

April 23rd: American Indians in Children's Literature - Workshop in Spokane

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If you are near Spokane, please register for a workshop I'll be doing at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture in Spokane Washingto...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Rush Limbaugh's RUSH REVERE AND THE BRAVE PILGRIMS

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Editor's Note, May 14, 2014 8:00 PM : Limbaugh won the Children's Book Council's 2014 Author of the Year Award . Editor's ...
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Sealaska Heritage Institute Points to American Indians in Children's Literature

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On Tuesday, March 18th, 2014, the blog for the Sealaska Heritage Institute pointed readers to American Indians in Children's Literature...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

NOT RECOMMENDED: Rosanne Parry's WRITTEN IN STONE

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Editor's notes: 3-22-2014, 7:13AM: Rosanne Parry submitted a comment to this review. I pasted her comment and my response to her comme...
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