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)

▼
Saturday, December 20, 2014

The History Channel's app, FRONTIER HEROES

›
Did you know that the History Channel has a "Planet H" that is creating apps? Just released yesterday (December 19, 2014) is Front...
1 comment:
Friday, December 19, 2014

Eoin Colfer's THE RELUCTANT ASSASSIN (WARP BOOK 1)

›
One of the main characters in Eoin Colfer's The Reluctant Assassin (Disney-Hyperion, 2013) is a 16 year old girl named Chevron Savano wh...
4 comments:
Thursday, December 18, 2014

A Remembrance of Choctaw Writer, Greg Rodgers

›
Choctaw writer and storyteller, Greg Rodgers, passed away last night. Greg Rodgers 1968-2014 Several years ago at a conference...
4 comments:
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Neal Shusterman's UNWHOLLY and UNSOULED

›
On September 25, 2014, I uploaded my review of Shusterman's short story, UnStrung. It is part of his  UnWind Dystology, set in the futur...
4 comments:
Sunday, December 14, 2014

A CHILDREN'S GUIDE TO ARCTIC BIRDS by Mia Pelletier, illustrated by Danny Christopher

›
When my daughter was in college, one of the elective courses she took was about birds. It contrasted with the readings she was doing in phil...
1 comment:
Thursday, December 11, 2014

AICL's Best Books of 2014

›
Lists! People love lists. I do, too. For those of you looking for a list of Best Books published in 2014, by American Indians/First Nations ...
1 comment:

Tim Tingle's HOUSE OF PURPLE CEDAR

›
Tim Tingle's House of Purple Cedar is one of the best books I've ever read. Here's the cover: As is the case with Tingle...
1 comment:
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Open Letter to VoWac Publishing Company

›
December 10, 2014 VoWac Publishing Company P.O. Box 75 Faulkton, SD 57438-0075 info@vowac.com Dear VoWac, From your website, I see...
1 comment:
Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Concerns with McGraw Hill's "Reading Wonders" Curriculum

›
Do you remember the books you used in elementary school? The ones you used for Reading? Maybe your kids are in elementary school and their R...
2 comments:

Oliver Herford's THE PETER PAN ALPHABET

›
A colleague in children's literature, Perry Nodelman, has been sharing his collection of images of Indians in Peter Pan books illustrate...
2 comments:
Monday, December 08, 2014

Rebecca Heller's FALLING ROCK

›
Sometime in November I received an email from Rebecca Heller asking if I'd review her book, Falling Rock . What little I saw of it sugge...
1 comment:
Friday, December 05, 2014

"True Blood Brothers" in NBC's production of Peter Pan

›
In an earlier post , I wrote about how NBC had hired a Chickasaw man to rework the "Ugg-A-Wugg" song, replacing that phrase with a...
9 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version
  • Debbie Reese
  • Jean Mendoza
Powered by Blogger.