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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Thumbs down to THE MAYFLOWER by Mark Greenwood

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In July of 2014, Holiday House released The Mayflower  written by Mark Greenwood. Illustrated by his wife, Frane Lessac, some people think i...

BOOKLIST lists American Indians in Children's Literature as a Resource

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Booklist 's February 2015 issue is titled "Spotlight on Multicultural Literature." The feature article is online. Written by S...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

HOUSE OF PURPLE CEDAR selected by International Reading Association

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Tim Tingle's exquisite House of Purple Cedar is among the books the Children's Literature/Reading group of the International Read...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

FERAL PRIDE by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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Feral Pride is the third book in Cynthia Leitich Smith's  Feral  series. She is Muscogee Creek. Books in the series consists of a seri...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

"Injun" in Chris Kyle's AMERICAN SNIPER

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When American Sniper opened in theaters last week, I started to see reviews that pointed out Kyle's use of the word savage to describe I...
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David Arnold's MOSQUITOLAND

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A few days ago, I wrote about the ways that Amazon is using a snippet of  School Library Journal 's review of David Arnold's  Mos...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Comparing Reviews of MOSQUITOLAND at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

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A lot of people use the reviews at Amazon to make decisions about books. I don't know how the specific content that is used at Amazon is...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Martin Luther King, Jr. on Genocide of American Indians

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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Why We Can't Wait includes "The Summer of Our Discontent" in which he wrote about moderates who,...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Merriam-Webster's CHILDREN'S DICTIONARY

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Due out this year (2015) is a new edition of Dorling Kindersley's Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary. I reviewed a copy, availabl...
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Thursday, January 08, 2015

Time Magazine's Almost All White 100 Best Children's Books of All Time

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This morning, I posted a quick analysis of Time magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. This is my quick analysis of the chil...
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Time Magazine's Almost All White list of 100 BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOKS OF ALL TIME

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Let's take a look at Time Magazine 's list of 100 best young adult books of all time . Here's how they compiled that list (addin...
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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Nick Lake's THERE WILL BE LIES

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Earlier today I finished reading a NetGalley copy of Nick Lake's There Will Be Lies. Due out in January of 2015, I do not recommend it. ...
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Saturday, December 20, 2014

The History Channel's app, FRONTIER HEROES

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

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

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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...
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Thursday, December 18, 2014

A Remembrance of Choctaw Writer, Greg Rodgers

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

Neal Shusterman's UNWHOLLY and UNSOULED

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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...
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