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Saturday, August 15, 2015

Dorling Kindersley's POCAHONTAS (Beginning to Read Alone Level 2)

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Hey all... you know that Pocahontas did not marry John Smith, right? Check this out: Here's the synopsis: In this book, children...
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Friday, August 14, 2015

Kathleen Krull's POCAHONTAS: PRINCESS OF THE NEW WORLD

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I'm at the Oak Park Public Library, in Oak Park, Illinois for the afternoon. While here, I thought I'd take a look to see their hold...
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In the works: VENGEANCE ROAD and THE EVAPORATION OF SOFI SNOW

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Yesterday's email from Publisher's Weekly included two items that caught my attention. First is a new book due out this year: Veng...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

"How shall I describe your skin color?"

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A colleague in children's literature asked (on Facebook) how people of color, or people who write about people of color, would like the ...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Looking for nonfiction?

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People write to me asking about the merits of this or that nonfiction book or series, which one(s) I recommend, etc. Keeping up with them, ...
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Monday, August 03, 2015

Babar Playing Indian in BABAR COMES TO AMERICA

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I am always grateful to readers who write to me. Sometimes they write with a question. Sometimes they write to thank me for a review. Someti...
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Monday, July 27, 2015

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

POPCORN by Frank Asch

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Eds. Note on July 31, 2017: This racist book is now available as a board book for the youngest readers. Racism sells.  Eds. Note on March 11...
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Set One: Links to Oyate's BOOKS TO AVOID pages

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A few years ago, Oyate removed its Books to Avoid page. A great many people miss that page and write to me asking if I saved those reviews. ...
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Set two: Links to Oyate's BOOKS TO AVOID pages

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A few years ago, Oyate removed its Books to Avoid page. A great many people miss that page and write to me asking if I saved those reviews. ...

Set three: Links to Oyate's BOOKS TO AVOID pages

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A few years ago, Oyate removed its Books to Avoid page. A great many people miss that page and write to me asking if I saved those reviews. ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

About Jane Resh Thomas and Hamline University's Writing Program

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This week, Hamline University's MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults is holding its one week residency . On July 13th, Jane Res...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Dear Writers Who Think You're Cherokee

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Over the last few weeks, people in American Indian, Native American, or Indigenous Studies have been deeply engaged in discussions of identi...
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Curious George and his... tomahawk

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Over 2000 libraries have H. A. Rey's  Curious George Learns the Alphabet on their shelves.  The book was first published in 1963 by Houg...
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Monday, July 06, 2015

KAMIK'S FIRST SLED by Matilda Sulurayok and Qin Leng

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Two years ago I read--and recommended-- Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story ,  a delightful story about a puppy named Kamik and his owner, a young I...
Friday, July 03, 2015

Claiming, Misrepresenting, and Ignorance of Cherokee Identity

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Some books that we give to young children carry enormous weight. The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage is one example. It ...
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Dear Tim Federle: Some thoughts on Native content in BETTER NATE THAN EVER

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Dear Tim Federle, I read your piece, Book for Kids Raises Eyebrows Over Young Gay Character , at Huff Post . There, you said that Better N...
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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Want a tri-fold of our We're the People: Summer Reading 2015 for your library?

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Turning your calendar to July? Looking for books to recommend to kids and teens? Ones that portray all of us who are The People of the U.S.?...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

First thoughts on Robbie Robertson's HIAWATHA AND THE PEACEMAKER

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When I get a book written by a Native person, my heart soars with delight. In the mail yesterday, I got a copy of Robbie Robertson's H...
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A Native Response to Sophie Gilbert's Article "In Defense of Pocahontas"

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Yesterday (June 23, 2015), I read Sophie Gilbert's article  in The Atlantic,  "In Defense of Pocahontas : Disney's Most Radical...
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