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Saturday, November 13, 2010

"You will not behave like a Red Indian, Michael"

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This morning on his Facebook page, Philip Nel (a professor in children's literature) pointed to Anita Silvey's blog: Book-A-Day Alm...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE - "Pioneers with a sense of ENTITLEMENT (um, Manifest Destiny)"

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I am reading Elizabeth Bird's blog this morning and saw this: Wow!  So somehow I was unaware that Lisa Brown (she of the recent pictur...
Monday, November 08, 2010

"Bestsellers in Children's Native American Books"

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A colleague wrote to ask if I know of a study of the most-assigned Native author in schools. I don't know of one, but will be looking fo...
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Sunday, November 07, 2010

Kalamazoo Youth Literature Seminar 2010 - Cynthia Leitich Smith and Gillian Engberg

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Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of several terrific books and short stories, was the keynote speaker at the Mary Calletto Rife Youth Literatur...

International Books at the Kalamazoo Youth Literature Seminar 2010

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Thursday of last week, Jean Mendoza and I drove to Kalamazoo for the Kalamazoo Youth Literature Seminar. I was looking forward to it because...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

"Proceed with Caution: Using Native American Folktales in the Classroom"

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On Friday I was in Michigan at the Michigan Teachers of English conference where I gave two featured presentations. In my talk, I referenc...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Lynne Reid Banks - The Indian in the Cupboard, where Omri "got an Indian" (chapter 1)

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Chapter 1 - Birthday Presents Page 1: It was not that Omri didn't appreciate Patrick's birthday present to him. Far from it. He ...
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Free lecture at Navy Pier, November 13

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Here's the poster for a free lecture I'm giving at Navy Pier in Chicago. It'll be at the Chicago Children's Museum, from 1...
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