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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

2nd post: Capaldi's biography of Carlos Montezuma

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A few days ago I wrote my initial thoughts about Gina Capaldi's picture book biography, A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. C...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Univ of North Carolina students share their thoughts...

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Susan Gardner teaches "American Indians in Children's Literature" at the University of North Carolina. Over the course of the ...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Meyer's BREAKING DAWN...

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Meyer's BREAKING DAWN... ... is CRACKING ME UP and GROSSING ME OUT. I'm halfway through, laughing out loud in some parts. Is th...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

News from the American Indian Library Association

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The Winter 2009 newsletter of the American Indian Library Association is out. I want to share some of it with you... Chief Joseph Medicine ...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Initial Thoughts: Capaldi's A BOY NAMED BECKONING: THE TRUE STORY OF DR. CARLOS MONTEZUMA, NATIVE AMERICAN HERO

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On page 3 of Gina Capaldi's A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero is her Author's Not...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Beth Kanell: Remarks on Jan 19

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Yesterday, I posted a bingo card about cultural appropriation. A few minutes ago, Beth Kanell, author of DARKNESS UNDER THE WATER, posted a ...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

livejournal discussion on Cultural Appropriation

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There's quite an active discussion on cultural appropriation taking place across livejournal communities (networks? --- I'm not fam...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

On Being Misled about Kanell's DARKNESS UNDER THE WATER

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[Update: January 18, 9:45 AM, CST---A special welcome to readers from other nations, coming here from the livejournal community, where criti...
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Good book for a cold day

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Pointing, today, to Alan Sockabasin's terrific picture book, Thanks to the Animals . Beverly Slapin wrote a review of it; click here t...
Thursday, January 08, 2009

Tim Tingle Storytelling at University of Illinois, Saturday, Feb 7

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Posting today, an announcement from the Spurlock Museum, located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Tim Tingle is among my f...
Saturday, January 03, 2009

"Darkness Under the Water: Questions and Comments" by Beverly Slapin

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On Friday, January 2, 2009 , Jean Mendoza referenced a children's literature listserv. She is talking about child_lit. That listserv d...
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Friday, January 02, 2009

Jean Mendoza essay: Paul Chaat Smith and children's books about American Indians

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Earlier this week, my dear friend and colleague, Jean Mendoza and I were talking by phone about children's books about American Indian...
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