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Friday, June 22, 2012

Jodi Lynn Anderson's TIGER LILY

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I'm reading reviews on goodreads of Jodi Lynn Anderson's new book, Tiger Lily.  In which there's a shaman named Tik Tok who al...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

"Ethnic Studies Under Fire: The Role of Publishers, Librarians, Teachers, and Activists"

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On Monday, June 25, 2012, from 1:30 to 3:30 at the American Library Association conference in Anaheim, Adriana McCleer, Carmen Tafolla, Oral...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Guest post by Betsy McEntarffer: "Getting Culturally Accurate and Positive Books in the Hands of Students and Teachers - One Idea that Works

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Editor's note: I am pleased to share this post by Betsy McEntarffer of Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska. A few weeks ...
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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Dorothy Kunhardt's BRAVE MR. BUCKINGHAM

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Dorothy Kunhardt's Pat the Bunny is a classic. Published in 1940 by Simon & Schuster, I'd be willing to bet it is one of those...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Elizabeth Bird at SLJ: 2012 "Top 100" Picture Books & Novels

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Betsy's photo at Goodreads Elizabeth Bird, author of SLJ's A Fuse 8 Production blog has, for the past few weeks, been posting t...
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Saturday, June 09, 2012

NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON, by Gloria Whelan

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Danielle wrote to ask me about Gloria Whelan's Night of the Full Moon. It is regarded as a "first chapter book" (for children ...
Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Bunky Echo-Hawk, Bunky Echo-Hawk, and, Bunky Echo-Hawk

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An unusual photo. Bunky Echo-Hawk was doing his performance art at the 2012 conference of the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and...
Tuesday, June 05, 2012

BATTLEFIELDS AND BURIAL GROUNDS, by Roger C. and Walter B. Echo-Hawk

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Reposting an old post (from Jan 2008) because today, at the 2012 mtg of the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museum...
Saturday, June 02, 2012

Not Recommended: Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose by Tina Nichols Coury

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A reader wrote to ask me about Tina Nichols Coury's  Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up On Mount Rushmore , a new picture bo...
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Friday, June 01, 2012

"E99.P85, Or: The Case of Pocahontas in the Library"

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Thaddeus Andracki is one of the most outstanding people I came to know at the University of Illinois when I taught there. As an undergra...
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Thursday, May 31, 2012

About Elizabeth Warren's Family Story about being Cherokee

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Several weeks ago, the news media began to cover a story about Elizabeth Warren's claim of being Cherokee. I've followed development...
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Finding, Assessing, and Celebrating Authentic Indigenous Literature

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Are you going to the 2012 conference of the Pacific Northwest Library Association? If so, head over a day early for a free workshop (cost...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Peter D. Sieruta

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On March 25, 2011 on his "Collecting Children's Books" blog, Peter D. Sieruta wrote about Laura Adams Armer's Waterless M...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Children's Book Council's "CBC Diversity" hosting "It's Complicated"

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The roots of Children's Book Week and the Children's Book Council goes back to 1919 , when Children's Book Week "was intr...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

O'Dell's ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS, in Prezi

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As regular readers of AICL know, I'm working on a Master's in Library Science at San Jose State University. This semester, I learned...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

New book: THE INDIAN SCHOOL ON MAGNOLIA AVENUE

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At his blog , Matt Sakiestewa Gilbert offered a sneak peak at the cover of his new book The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue , due out in t...
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