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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Eric Carle's illustrations for TALES OF THE NIMIPOO

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I like a lot of Eric Carle's books. I used The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I taught kindergarten and first grade. I read books he wr...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Video: WAPOS BAY

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I've just come across what looks to be an absolutely stunning video series called Wapos Bay . Set in the present day, the stop-motion an...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Lesson Plan: WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MOCCASINS

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While working as a librarian, Kathleen Horning of the CCBC , recommended children's books about American Indians whenever she could. ...

Ginny Moore Kruse's 1992 article on Multicultural Literature

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This morning I'm re-reading, Ginny Moore Kruse's 1992 article "No Single Season: Multicultural Literature for All Children"...
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Popular searches at the Smithsonian website

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A few minutes ago I was at the Smithsonian's " CollectionsSearchCenter " page studying how they classify photographs (doing th...
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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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