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Saturday, March 06, 2010

"An Author Responds"

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I thought it might be useful to my readers to identify blog posts that prompted an author to reply, in protest, of my review. So, I added ...
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American Indians in Children's Literature featured at DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

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I read this article when it came out in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and meant to link to it, but can't find a link. So, I'm...
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American Indians in Children's Literature featured at COLOR ONLINE

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On Thursday, March 4th,  COLOR ONLINE featured American Indians in Children's Literature. This is from their "About Us" page: ...
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Thursday, March 04, 2010

Congrats to Cynthia Leitich Smith: ETERNAL on NY Times best seller list

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Wow!  Eternal, Cynthia Leitich Smith's vampire novel, will appear on the New York Times "Children's Best Sellers - Paperback...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Something Will Rogers said...

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A friend asked me what I know about Will Rogers, famous TV and radio personality, part Cherokee... He asked, in particular, about this: ...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Thoughts on Sharon Creech's WALK TWO MOONS

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Have you ever used Google Earth ? It's a fascinating tool that lets you look at a place (like your hometown) via satellite photographs. ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Elizabeth Bird's Survey of Top 100 Children's Novels, #90 thru #66

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A week ago (Feb 10, 2010), I wrote about Elizabeth Bird's survey at SLJ. She asked readers to send her a list of their all time favorite...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Video: Do All Indians Live in Tipis?

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Over on the right side of this page, I feature a link to a book called Do All Indians Live in Tipis ? I wrote about the book when it came o...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Elizabeth Bird's survey of Top 100 Children's Novels

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A while back, SLJ ( School Library Journal ) columnist Elizabeth Bird invited her readers to send her a list of their top ten children's...
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Monday, February 08, 2010

Editorial: "Sucking the Quileute Dry"

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Yesterday's New York Times ran an Op-Ed by Angela R. Riley. She's the director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA . Titl...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010

Tony Hillerman

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I had an email earlier today, asking if I recommend Tony Hillerman's books.  I've skimmed some of them and didn't like what I re...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Second Post: The POC Challenge

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Near the end of my post About the POC Challenge , I wondered if people participating in the POC Challenge are reading critics of color. I p...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

About the "POC Challenge"

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In the land of the mostly-white-world of children's lit, bloggers who review books are joining the POC Challenge.  whose motto is "...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

A conversation about book covers and race

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Of late in the children's lit world---especially in blogland---there's been a lot of discussion about book covers. The discussion ...
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Monday, January 18, 2010

Third American Indian Youth Literature Awards announced by American Indian Library Association

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The American Indian Library Association  (AILA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, announced the recipients of its American...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Michael Steele, "Honest Injun," and, "Injun" in children's books

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When Harry Reid's remarks about Obama hit the news yesterday, Michael Steele (head of the Republican Party) said Reid ought to resign. W...
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

American Indians/American Presidents

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Last semester, Matt Gilbert gave me a book called American Indians/American Presidents: A History . Published by the Smithsonian, it looks ...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Judy Dow and Robette Dias Comment on SIGN OF THE BEAVER

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A note from Debbie on July 15, 2024: I no longer recommend books or writings from Judy Dow. I made the decision to withdraw my recommendatio...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Those romance-novel-authors and their indian-love

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I've written about Cassie Edwards and her "Savage Indian" series, and today, am directing you to the blog maintained by the Sa...
Sunday, January 03, 2010

We saw AVATAR...

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We saw Avatar a few days before Christmas. Using my cell phone, I thought I'd take a few notes as I watched the film, sending the notes ...
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