American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)

Established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Nambé Pueblo, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books. Dr. Jean Mendoza joined AICL as a co-editor in 2016. (Site redesign on January 8, 2025)

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Wednesday, September 09, 2015

About Christine Taylor-Butler's Facebook Post

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On Monday, September 7, 2015, Christine Taylor Butler started a conversation on Facebook by talking about heated conversations that took pla...
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Saturday, September 05, 2015

Deborah Wiles, Debbie Reese, and Choosing a Revolution

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Eds. note: A couple of people wrote directly to tell me they're having trouble submitting a comment. If you've had trouble, too, p...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015

If Claire Kirch was Kate Gale's editor...

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Dear Claire Kirch, In your article, today, you wrote this about Kate Gale's essay in Huffington Post : The article-- which can be...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

About Kate Gale's post, "AWP Is Us"

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Eds note: Earlier today, Gale deleted her post at Huffington Post. If you are looking for it, here is a link to download a pdf: AWP Is Us . ...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Chapter-by-chapter notes on Erin Bowman's VENGEANCE ROAD

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I'm reading an ARC (advanced reader copy) of Erin Bowman's Vengeance Road , published in 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Here...
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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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