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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

BLUE BIRDS by Caroline Starr Rose

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In Caroline Rose Starr's Blue Birds, the two main characters are Alis, an English girl, and Kimi, a Roanoke girl. Set in July 1587,  Blu...
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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Cynthia Hand's THE LAST TIME WE SAY GOODBYE

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A reader of AICL has written to tell me she's reading Cynthia Hand's The Last Time We Say Goodbye.  In particular, the reader poin...
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Thursday, April 09, 2015

"It's None of Your Business"! -- Avi

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Two days ago I arrived in Minneapolis for several reasons. I'll write about the panel I was on at St. Catherine University in another bl...
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Sunday, April 05, 2015

The Boxcar Children: Mystery of the Lost Village

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In The Boxcar Children: The Mystery of the Lost Village , Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny visit "a Navajo Indian reservation." Vi...
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Saturday, April 04, 2015

Following up: Ruth Bornstein's INDIAN BUNNY

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Back in 2006, I posted Beverly Slapin's comparison of Ruth Bornstein's Indian Bunny and her  Brave Bunny . I'm expanding on it ...

TINKER AND TANKER OUT WEST by Richard Scarry

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I'll be visiting the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota next week. The visit will be all-too-brief, I see, as I go throug...
Friday, April 03, 2015

Why you should teach two books by Native writers from different Native Nations at the same time

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Earlier today on Facebook, I shared a post I wrote last year about not letting a single book (Alexie's Diary) be the only book about Am...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2015

An Indian headdress in WINNIE AND WALDORF by Kati Hites

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I am always glad when people write to me about problems they see in children's books. In recent weeks I've heard from a few people a...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Christine Taylor-Butler's THE LOST TRIBES

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Christine Taylor-Butler's The Lost Tribes was released on March 25th. Published by Move Books, I read an advanced copy. Here's the s...
Monday, March 30, 2015

HOME by Carson Ellis

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A lot--A LOT--of people are writing to me about a page in Home, the new book by Carson Ellis. Published in 2015 by Candlewick, here's th...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

AICL's Recommended/Not Recommended reads in 2014

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I received a request from a person asking if I could write up a comprehensive list of books I read during 2014, with links to the page on wh...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

THE CASE FOR LOVING by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, but, what to do with what Jeter said about her identity?

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Eds. note: See information about the second printing of the book , which was revised.  New this year (2015) is The Case for Loving: The ...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

National Museum of the American Indian: Newsletter for Teachers

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Anytime you're in Washington DC, I hope you visit the National Museum of the American Indian. I was part of our tribal delegation when i...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Game developer: "I decided to prove her wrong"

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In October of 2014 , I wrote about an educational game called Kachina. It was still in development and being previewed at the Game Developer...
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