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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Playing Indian - Vintage Valentine's Day Cards

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Over at BuzzFeed, Leonora Epstein posted 15 Unbelievably Racist Valentine's Day Cards . I'm sharing two of them in this post. Before...
Friday, January 25, 2013

Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures: The Mount Rushmore Calamity

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In 1964, Jeff Brown introduced readers to a character named Flat Stanley: Flat Stanley's name is actually Stanley Lambchop, but a ...
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Brandon Mull's FABLEHAVEN: GRIP OF THE SHADOW PLAGUE

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A few weeks ago, I pointed to stereotypes in Brandon Mull's Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star. Today, I'm pointing to problems i...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Louise Erdrich's CHICKADEE wins the 2013 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!

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Congratulations to Louise Erdrich!   Chickadee was selected as the recipient of the 2013 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. F...

S. D. Nelson's GREET THE DAWN THE LAKOTA WAY

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This is my favorite page... ... in S. D. Nelson's Greet the Dawn the Lakota Way. Why, you wonder? Simple. As a Pueblo Indian kid g...
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Update: Montana's Indian Education For All program

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In 2006 , I wrote a short post about an educational initiative in Montana. Called "Indian Education for All," it is designed t...
Monday, January 21, 2013

First Image of "Indian" in Children's Book

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In 1657, John Amos Comenius wrote and illustrated Orbis Pictus , an encyclopedic picture book for children that is now commonly recognized a...
Friday, January 18, 2013

Von Otfried Preussler's THE LITTLE WITCH

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Fellow blogger Monica Edinger pointed to a story in The Guardian about changes made to Von Otfried Preussler's The Little Witch. Thoug...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Catherine Knutsson's SHADOWS CAST BY STARS

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Catherine Knutsson's  Shadows Cast by Stars  came to my attention in November 2012 when I was looking for young adult paranormal romanc...
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K. D. McEntire's LIGHTBRINGER

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I started reading K. D. McEntire's Lightbringer...  What to say about a book in which a character (Lily) wears braids, refers to her ...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Beverly Slapin's Review of Pomplun, Smelcer, and Bruchac's NATIVE AMERICAN CLASSICS

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Editor's Notes:  1) This essay may not be published elsewhere without written permission from its author, Beverly S...