American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)

Established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Nambé Pueblo, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books. Dr. Jean Mendoza joined AICL as a co-editor in 2016. (Site redesign on January 8, 2025)

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Debby Dahl Edwardson's MY NAME IS NOT EASY is a finalist for the National Book Award!

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A hearty congratulations to Debby Dahl Edwardson! Today (October 12, 2011), her outstanding My Name is Not Easy was named as a finalist...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Maurice Sendak's BUMBLE-ARDY

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From the children's lit community to the Wall Street Journal , people are talking about Maurice Sendak's new book, Bumble-Ardy . S...
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Sunday, October 09, 2011

Great news! Richard Van Camp's THE LESSER BLESSED in production

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Last week, auditions were held for parts in Richard Van Camp's outstanding novel, The Lesser Blessed . This movie is one to keep an ...
Friday, October 07, 2011

MY NAME IS NOT EASY, by Debby Dahl Edwardson

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Yesterday I read Debby Dahl Edwardson's My Name Is Not Easy . It is a powerful novel, moving me in the same ways that Joseph Bruchac...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Horn Book Magazine, 1959

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I'm in Santa Fe at the state library doing homework for one of my MLIS courses. Setting that work aside for a few minutes to peruse the ...
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Another pair of eyeglasses...

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I am enjoying my courses as a student San Jose State's School of Library and Information Science . Prior to this, I felt proficient usin...
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Wednesday, September 07, 2011

AWESIINYENSAG, Wiigwaas Press, and the Minnesota's Best Read for 2011

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This is terrific news! Awesiinyensag , a book published by Heid and Louise Erdrich's Wiigwaas Press, was selected as Minnesota's B...
Monday, September 05, 2011

Julie Luecke on Nora Raleigh Baskin's THE SUMMER BEFORE BOYS

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Julie Luecke, an Associate Professor of Education at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, wrote to tell me about Nora Raleigh Baskin...
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Saturday, September 03, 2011

Gertrude Doederlein's LIVING WITH OUR CHILDREN

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Scarlett wrote to tell me about a blog post at Awful Library Books in which Holly Hibler (the blogger) wrote about Gertrude Doederlein'...
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Mercer Meyer's JUST ME AND MY MOM

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Bummer! (Using that word dates me, eh?!) Susan Santee-Buenger at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire wrote to tell me about this page i...
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Thursday, September 01, 2011

New book! GRANDPA'S GIRLS by Nicola Campbell

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One of my favorite authors, Nicola Campbell, has a new book out. Titled Grandpa's Girls , I can't wait to see it! Here's the blu...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

CADDIE WOODLAWN... in Chinese

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Thanks, Minjie, for writing to tell me that Caddie Woodlawn is being published in China. Here's the cover: Regular readers of Americ...
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

News about Richard Van Camp's THE LESSER BLESSED

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Great news! Richard Van Camp's acclaimed The Lesser Blessed is now available on Kindle .  A couple of years ago, I included his novel...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011

New Beginnings and a Million Page Visits

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Earlier this week I began coursework in San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science . Most of you know I'v...
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Saturday, August 06, 2011

Playing Indian and Catherine Bateson's BEING BEE

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A reader of AICL wrote to tell me that the main character in Catherine Bateson's Being Bee plays Indian at one point in the novel. On p...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

"Buffalo Dusk" by Carl Sandburg

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Some years back, I came across "Buffalo Dusk" by Carl Sandburg. The poem is in The Random House Book of Poetry for Children: A T...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

AICL reader on McClure's THE WILDER LIFE

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Editor's Note: Today's post is by a Teacher Librarian, NW of Chicago. She writes: I have spent a long time pondering your comme...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

CHICKADEE, Erdrich's next book in BIRCHBARK HOUSE series

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Back in May, Louise Erdrich blogged about Chickadee , the next book in the Birchbark House series. In it, Erdrich writes, Omakayas and her f...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

"Indians in the House" episode of LHOP TV show---deleted or not?!

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Many of you may know that I've written about the "Indians in the House" scene of Little House on the Prairie. I don't thi...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Anita Silvey recommends LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS

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Yesterday (July 10, 2011) at "Children's Book-A-Day Almanac," Anita Silvey featured Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in...
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