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Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Year 2014 at American Indians in Children's Literature

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I launched American Indians in Children's Literature in 2006. This is the first time I'm doing a recap of any given year. I started ...
Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Paul Goble's CROW CHIEF

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This is a how-Debbie-analyzes-a-book post. Earlier today, a librarian wrote to ask me about Paul Goble's Crow Chief . It was published...
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Monday, February 02, 2015

Do something dramatic! AICL's recap of ALA's Day of Diversity

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Note: AICL is compiling links to reflections of the day. See the list at the bottom of this post. Last week (Friday, January 30, 2015), I ...
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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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