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Thursday, August 16, 2007

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Cynthia Leitich Smith at National Book Festival Hurray! Cynthia Leitich Smith, one of my favorite authors will be at the National Book Festi...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Instead of Virginia Grossman's TEN LITTLE RABBITS, read Michael Kusugak's MY ARCTIC 1, 2, 3

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[Note: This review is used with permission of Beverly Slapin and may not be published elsewhere without her written permission.] _____...
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Caribou Song, by Tomson Highway

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Tomson Highway's Picture Books Perusing the shelves at the Stratford Public Library (in Stratford, Ontario), I came across three bo...
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Saturday, August 04, 2007

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Thomas King's A Short History of Indians in Canada In a bookstore here* yesterday, I got a copy of a Thomas King book I hadn't seen ...
Friday, August 03, 2007

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Graham Greene as Shylock I'm in Stratford, Ontario, where we spend a few days each year at the Shakespeare Festival. This year, for the ...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Shonto Begay's NAVAJO: VISIONS AND VOICES ACROSS THE MESA

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Eds. Note: This review used by permission of its author, Doris Seale, and may not be published elsewhere without her written permission. ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

An oft-posed question: "Who can tell your stories?"

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Over on Saints and Spinners , a fellow blogger is discussing the question of telling stories (see her post on July 29th.) Stories, that is, ...
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Sunday, July 29, 2007

NPR story: "Is Ancient People's End a Warning for the Future?"

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Today (July 29, 2007), NPR is broadcasting a segment called "Is Ancient People's End a Warning for the Future?" There are some...
Saturday, July 28, 2007

Stories for a Winter's Night: Fiction by Native American Writers, edited by Maurice Kenny

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Due to limited budgets, we too often don't hear about outstanding books published by small presses. Small presses can't afford to ...
Thursday, July 26, 2007

ALA President, Loriene Roy (Anishinabe)

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The president of the American Library Association is Loriene Roy. She is Anishinabe (Ojibwe/Chippewa), and has done a lot of excellent work ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

THOMAS KING lectures on-line

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If you know Thomas King's A Coyote Columbus Story , you might be interested in listening to him on line. In the last weeks, the Australi...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Native imagery in HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

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Eds note: Updated on June 8, 2015 to reflect Rowling's tweets. Initial post: July 24, 2007: The first Harry Potter book came out wh...
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Friday, July 20, 2007

Beverly Slapin's "How to Turn a Traditional Indian Story into a Children's Book (For Fun and Profit)

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Today's post is a provocative essay by my friend and colleague, Beverly Slapin. It may not be published elsewhere without her written pe...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Liza Ketchum's WHERE THE GREAT HAWK FLIES

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I posted Beverly Slapin's review of Where the Great Hawk Flies some time ago, but not as a stand-alone review. It was included in a pos...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

A Teacher Reconsiders Virginia Grossman's TEN LITTLE RABBITS

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"The Miss Rumphius Effect" is a blog maintained by a teacher named Tricia. Yesterday (July 16th), she wrote about Virginia Grossma...
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Sunday, July 15, 2007

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Update on Sep 30 2023: I (Debbie Reese) no longer recommend Bruchac's work. For details see  Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki? Joseph Bru...
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Monday, July 09, 2007

Children's Books about Canadian Residential Schools

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Just found an article in The Looking Glass that reviews three children's books about Canada's residential schools for Native childr...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

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It's a small world Spent yesterday at Disneyland in Anaheim, noting the presence of what I'll generously call "American Indians...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Native poets - Earthworks series

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Are you looking for new Native-authored material for your senior English classes? You might consider the Earthworks series. There is a terri...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Lois Beardslee on Mackinac Island Press

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Lois Beardless, author of Rachel's Children , offered the essay below for posting on this blog. It is longer than typical posts to this...
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