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Thursday, November 06, 2014

Some thoughts about Native American Month and Thanksgiving

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In the opening chapter of Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Our Of Here (2013, Arthur A. Levine Books), the main character, Lewis, is wal...
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Playing Indian in Victoria Kann's PINKALICIOUS: THANKSGIVING HELPER

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Will we ever get to the point in time where creators of children's books stop showing kids playing Indian at Thanksgiving?! Here's...
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Beverly Slapin's review of RABBIT STORIES by Kim Shuck

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Shuck, Kim (Tsalagi, Sauk/Fox, Polish), Rabbit Stories . Poetic Matrix Press, 2013, high school-up Rabbit (the Being) has awesome re...

HOW TO WRITE A DYSTOPIAN YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (or short story) WITH NATIVE CHARACTERS FOR FUN AND PROFIT, by Kim Shuck and Beverly Slapin

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Editor's Note: Kim Shuck and Beverly Slapin submitted this satirical "how to" piece in response to my review of Neal Shusterm...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

DOESN'T FALL OFF HIS HORSE by Virginia A. Stroud

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One of the things I love to see in a picture book about Indigenous peoples is a visual that puts the story and its teller in the present ...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

What is wrong with Buzzfeed's WHAT IS YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL and Neal Shusterman's UNWIND dystology

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Sheesh. The activities that let people figure out what their Indian name is, or what their spirit animal is, are so freaking bogus! So man...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Sebastian Robertson's ROCK & ROLL HIGHWAY: THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON STORY

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Decades ago--and now, too--I revel in the music of The Band. I was amongst those who went to see the film The Last Waltz. Of course, I bough...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Julie Flett's WE ALL COUNT: A BOOK OF CREE NUMBERS

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There's a new board book out by Cree Metis artist, Julie Flett , and like her other ones, it is a winner! Like her previous work...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

K.V. Flynn's ON THE MOVE

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There's a lot to like about K.V. Flynn's  On The Move.  As far as I know, Flynn is not Native. His main character, Callum, isn...
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A Native Response to THOMAS JEFFERSON: LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF EVERYTHING

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Maira Kalman's Thomas Jefferson, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything got starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist.  Horn Book ...
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Author Studies, Kathleen Hale, Native Authors

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Last week, the Guardian published an article by Kathleen Hale that detailed how she had stalked a blogger who wrote a negative review of he...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Carole Lindstrom's GIRLS DANCE, BOYS FIDDLE

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Sometimes I read a children's book and start digging in a bit to do a review, and I find that my heart is soaring, and that I'm sitt...
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