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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

An Open Letter to People Who Are Not "Fans" of "Call Out Culture" on Social Media

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Dear People Who Are Not "Fans of "Call Out Culture" on Social Media, Today (October 13, 2015),  The Guardian  ran an articl...
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Sunday, October 11, 2015

About Meg Rosoff's next book...

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Eds. note: Edith Campbell's Facebook page where Meg Rosoff went off on diversity is now set to public view. At the bottom of this post,...
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Thursday, October 08, 2015

Not recommended: Rae Carson's WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER

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First, some basics. Rae Carson's  Walk On Earth A Stranger  begins in 1849 in Dahlonega, Georgia. The protagonist, 15-year-old Leah We...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015

A Look at Gender Swapping of Native Characters in Meyer's LIFE AND DEATH

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Today (October 6, 2015), fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga were ecstatic about her new book Life and Death. In it, she "gende...
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Beverly Slapin reviews SMUGGLING CHEROKEE by Kim Shuck

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Editor's Note: Beverly Slapin's review of Smuggling Cherokee may not be used elsewhere without her written permission. All rights r...
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Sunday, October 04, 2015

Bonnie Bader's WHO WAS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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October 4, 2015 Dear Bonnie Bader, Grosset & Dunlap, and Penguin Young Readers Group, Your book, Who Was Christopher Columbus , publ...
Friday, October 02, 2015

THE HIRED GIRL by Laura Amy Schlitz

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Eds. note: Content in this post launched a discussion at Heavy Medal at School Library Journal. Please see A Native Perspective of The Hired...
Thursday, October 01, 2015

Big News about Hoffman's AMAZING GRACE

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Eds. note (10/2/2015): See update at bottom. It appears the change is only to the U.S. edition.  In a comment to his post about weeding bo...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

Writers: Do not do a Peter Nabokov! Please respect tribal nations and our protocols.

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In several places, I've written about the 1800s, when white ethnographers began going to reservations--uninvited--with the intent of doc...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Using the "Peanutize Me" Avatar to Send a Message

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Have you seen the Peanutize Me avatars people are creating? It is a clever promotion for the Peanuts movie due out in November. This morn...
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Cookie Thomas's CINNAMON AND THE BAT PEOPLE

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Cinnamon and the Bat People by Cookie Thomas came out in 2014. Published in London, England by TMC London, here's the synopsis from the ...
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