American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)

Established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Nambé Pueblo, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books. Dr. Jean Mendoza joined AICL as a co-editor in 2016. (Site redesign on January 8, 2025)

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Saturday, July 08, 2006

All-Time Best Selling Paperbacks

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In December of 2001, Publisher's Weekly published a list of all-time best selling paperbacks. The list, compiled by Debbie Turvey, list...
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Thursday, July 06, 2006

Cheryl Savageau's MUSKRAT WILL BE SWIMMING

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One area of my research is the analysis of American Indian folktales that are marketed as picture books for children. I submitted an articl...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Teaching about Indians, Part I

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I often get private emails from teachers asking about best practice in terms of teaching about American Indians. Over a series of blog pos...
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Monday, July 03, 2006

Joy Harjo's THE GOOD LUCK CAT

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In my "links" I include links to Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog and her website. She's got some terrific books ( Jingle Danc...
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Saturday, July 01, 2006

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In "comments" to my previous post, Opal noted that American Indians get short shrift in history classes, in part due to state stan...

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Note on page design: When I started this blog, I used white text on black background because web-design books said that is easier on the eye...
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Exciting news! The Before Columbus Foundation has selected A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children to receive a 2006 Am...
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Friday, June 30, 2006

Full Text Article: Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom

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One of the best articles I worked on is "Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and Pit...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

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In March of this year, I submitted an article for publication, in which I said that most books about American Indians are set in the past, n...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

More on Duncan's SEASON OF THE TWO-HEART

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Hurray! I figured out how to add links to my page, in the space beneath my profile. I finished the Duncan book Season of the Two Heart an...
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Sunday, June 18, 2006

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A reader, Diana, wrote to say she working on a paper and finds the material on the blog useful. I wanted to post links to some of my on-line...

Lois Duncan's SEASON OF THE TWO-HEART

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News first: Sherman Alexie is working on a young adult novel. It will be published (scheduled for release in 2007) by Little Brown, and is t...
Saturday, June 10, 2006

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Third post to the blog... I hope to post on a weekly basis, with news re children's books about American Indians, but also response(s) ...
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Saturday, June 03, 2006

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I started this blog in May. This is my second post. A reader asked (in comments to first post) if I know the work of Ani Rucki. I don't ...
Monday, May 08, 2006

Recommended Children's/YA/Reference/Resource Books

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Items selected in the early 2000s by Debbie Reese, Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
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