▼
Friday, October 30, 2009

George Littlechild's THIS LAND IS MY LAND

›
Among my favorite books is George Littlechild's This Land Is My Land , published in 1993 by Children's Book Press. Written and il...
2 comments:
Friday, October 23, 2009

Has Stephanie Meyer read this?

›
I do not recall seeing "Please read Indian Country Etiquette " on the Quileute Nation website last time I was on there...  Clickin...
6 comments:

"Evolution" video

›
Have you seen the video that shows a girl being made-up, photographed, and then the photograph retouched for use in an advertisement?  It...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving

›
Available in a pdf from the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving . Ten pages in len...
4 comments:
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Who is John Smelcer (author of THE TRAP and THE GREAT DEATH)

›
John Smelcer, author of The Trap , has a new young adult novel out ( The Great Death ). Many believe he is a good writer. That may be the ca...
8 comments:

News about Nicola Campbell's SHI-SHI-ETKO

›
Nicola Campbell's picture book, Shi-shi-etko , was recently released as a short film. Here's the trailer. As soon as I have info on...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Ann Rinaldi's LEIGH ANN'S CIVIL WAR

›
Last week I made some preliminary notes about Ann Rinaldi’s Leigh Ann’s Civil War. I’ve finished reading the book and am sharing some thoug...
7 comments:
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Joy Harjo

›
Joy Harjo was our Artist in Residence this semester. We (faculty, staff, students of UIUC's Native American House and American Indian...
1 comment:
Saturday, October 10, 2009

Trying to catch up! Watching: Richard Peck, Ann Rinaldi, and John Smelcer

›
Lot of action of late... My last post was about Richard Peck's new book A Season of Gifts . I've got more to say, but not suffici...
1 comment:
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Richard Peck's A SEASON OF GIFTS

›
I've had a flurry of email of late, asking if I've read Richard Peck's new book, A Season of Gifts . For my readers outside of c...
15 comments:
Thursday, September 17, 2009

"Pueblo" in Shoulders and Brannen's THE ABC BOOK OF AMERICAN HOMES

›
This morning, I am looking (online) at the "P" page in Michael Shoulders and Sarah S. Brannen's picture book, The ABC Book of ...
5 comments:
Saturday, September 12, 2009

Who is "Mary Whitebird"

›
Who is Mary Whitebird? A post to LM_NET prompted my search to see what I could find out about Mary Whitebird and a story called "Ta-N...
6 comments:
Sunday, September 06, 2009

Cheryl Savageau's picture book, MUSKRAT WILL BE SWIMMING

›
In 2007, I wrote about Cheryl Savageau's picture book, Muskrat Will Be Swimming . I'm revisiting it today, pointing you to a compa...
1 comment:

The end of Reading Rainbow

›
Due to low ratings and lack of funds, PBS's "Reading Rainbow" is no longer being broadcast.That's too bad. I have fond mem...
1 comment:
Friday, September 04, 2009

SLJ's "Writer's Against Racism"

›
Amy Bowllan, a blogger at School Library Journal , is running a series of interviews called "Writers Against Racism." My interview...
3 comments:
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Joseph Bruchac's biography of Jim Thorpe to be adapted into documentary

›
Update on Sep 30 2023: I (Debbie Reese) no longer recommend Bruchac's work. For details see  Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki? An August ...
3 comments:
Thursday, August 06, 2009

The National Museum of American Indian has a blog...

›
Just a quick pointer, today, to the blog over at the National Museum of the American Indian... Read through it for insights about Native v...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Congratulations to Muscogee (Creek) author, Cynthia Leitich Smith

›
Good news! The trade and library editions of Jingle Dancer are going into another printing! Written by Muscogee (Creek) author, Cynthia Lei...
2 comments:
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Diane Chen (SLJ) review of Jennifer Denetdale's

›
Pointing you, today, to Diane Chen's post about Jennifer Denetdale's book, The Long Walk: The Forced Navajo Exile . Diane's bl...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

About Paul Goble and his books...

›
I get a lot of questions about Paul Goble. Are his books accurate? Reliable? I have not studied them myself, but can refer you to the works ...
8 comments: