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Saturday, May 02, 2015

Richard Van Camp's THE BLUE RAVEN

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New this year (2015) is Richard Van Camp's graphic novel,  The Blue Raven. Illustrated by Steven Keewatin Sanderson, the story is about ...
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HUNTERS OF CHAOS by Crystal Velasquez

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Anytime someone writes a book--yes, even a work of fiction--that gets basic facts about Native people wrong, it is going to get a 'not r...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

emily m. danforth's THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

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emily m. danforth's The Miseducation of Cameron Post made quite a splash when it was published in 2012. Published by Balzar + Bray (an i...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Native American Representation in Children's Literature: Challenging the People of the Past Narrative, by Julie Stivers

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Eds Note: Today, AICL is pleased to share a study done by  Julie Stivers , a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill, School of Library and Info...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Children's Books that Mock Native Names Pave the Way for Adam Sandler's Satire

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On Thursday (April 23, 2015), Vince Shilling , writing at Indian Country Today , broke a news story that was quickly picked up by social med...
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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...