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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Daniel Jose Older's SHADOWSHAPER

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Last year I read Daniel Jose Older's excellent essay in Buzzfeed Books. Titled " Diversity is Not Enough: Race, Power, Publishing ,...
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Willa Strayhorn's THE WAY WE BARED OUR SOULS

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Willa Strayhorn's The Way We Bared Our Souls opens with a deeply problematic scene. The characters in the story are inside a "cerem...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

THANKSGIVING THIEF (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #16)

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There are many ways I could critique Thanksgiving Thief . We could start with the cover: Nothing wrong, we might say, but chapter one ...
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Monday, April 20, 2015

Teddy Anderson's THE MEDICINE WHEEL: STORIES OF A HOOP DANCER

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Several people in Canada have written to ask me about a self-published book that is being promoted via social media. From the author's...
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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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