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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Audio: THANKS TO THE ANIMALS by Allan Sockabasin

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On January 2, 2007, I posted Beverly Slapin's review of Allen Sockabasin's terrific picture book, Thanks to the Animals. Sockabasi...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Audio: "How! and Other Approaches to American Indians"

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A friend (Thanks, Teresa!) sent me the link to an audio file of a panel at the 2007 Virginia Festival of the Book. The panel included Karenn...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Teaching Van Camp's THE LESSER BLESSED

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If you teach literature in high school, or if you teach Native lit in a college or university, consider teaching Richard Van Camp 's Th...
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Leitich Smith Interviews Bruchac

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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? On her blo...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

"O is Ojibwa"

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I'm in Ontario, Canada for a few days (Stratford, to be specific). Stopped in a bookstore, saw a book called M is for Maple: A Canadian...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

What is wrong with celebrating diversity?

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Among the ALA newsletters I get is one from Booklinks. The theme of the August 2008 issue is "Celebrating Multicultural Literature.&quo...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Native doll in Piper's LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD

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Earlier today a colleague (thanks for the tip, Robert) asked me what I think of the new illustrations for Watty Piper's The Little Engin...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

Sylvia Olsen's YETSA'S SWEATER

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[Note: This review may not be published elsewhere without written permission from its author, Beverly Slapin. Copyright 2008 by Beverly Sla...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

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Lack of activity here on American Indians in Children's Literature is because I've been at Acoma, and at Nambe (my home), doing some...
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Neil Waldman's WOUNDED KNEE

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In Volume 16, No. 3 (Spring 2002), Rethinking Schools Online published a review of Neil Waldman's book about Wounded Knee. The review ...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Joseph Bruchac's MARCH TOWARD THE THUNDER

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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? [Note: Thi...

Book Trailer: RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME

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Book trailers! Most people know that a "movie trailer" is a preview of an upcoming movie. As I understand it, a book trailer is a ...
Friday, July 11, 2008

Cynthia Leitich Smith's JINGLE DANCER going into reprint

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Something to celebrate on this sunny (but humid) day! The trade and library editions of Cynthia Leitich Smith's Jingle Dancer are goin...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Louise Erdrich's THE PORCUPINE YEAR

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Today, Elizabeth Bird (a blogger at School Library Journal ), posted her review of Louise Erdrich's The Porcupine Year . It is Erdrich&...
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Betty Reid and Ben Winton's KEEPING PROMISES

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Teachers and librarians looking for books to add to their reference and non-fiction shelf will find Keeping Promises: What is Sovereignty...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

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It was suggested I make use of Blogger's 'label' option as a means to organize material on the site. Once I enabled it, I realiz...
Monday, July 07, 2008

Fellman's LITTLE HOUSE, LONG SHADOW: LAURA INGALLS WILDER'S IMPACT ON AMERICAN CULTURE

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Little House, Long Shadow: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Impact on American Culture, by Anita Clair Fellman is getting some exposure today on t...
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Sunday, July 06, 2008

Laura Ingalls Wilder: "All I have told is true..."

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In 2005, James Frey's "memoir" A Million Little Pieces was exposed as fraudulent. This was a big story, especially when Oprah...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008

Selective Omissions, or, What Laura Ingalls Wilder left out of LITTLE HOUSE

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In 2001, I began some in-depth research on Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie. I came across an article about a speech she...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Red Wire Magazine

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Another must-get I learned about as a result of my visit to the University of Arizona last week is Red Wire Magazine . Here's info from...