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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Mercer Mayer's JUST A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING

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Well, I did my annual visit to Barnes and Noble to see what they had on the Thanksgiving shelf. Never a pleasant outing, I hasten to add, bu...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Richard Van Camp's A BLANKET OF BUTTERFLIES

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Check out the cover for Richard Van Camp's A Blanket of Butterflies: Gorgeous, isn't it? A Blanket of Butterflies, illustrated...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Revisions to THE CASE FOR LOVING

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Earlier this year, The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage , by Selina Alko, illustrated by Alko and Sean Qualls, was publis...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Ladybug Girl in Headdress? Gone!

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Yesterday, Betsy Bird at School Library Journal   wrote about a significant change to the picture book, Lady Bug Girl, written by David Som...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Photo: Debbie Reese and Eric Gansworth at AWP2015

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Back in April, I was up in Minneapolis for AWP 2015. Heid Erdrich snapped this photo. I meant to share it here on AICL then, but time got aw...
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Monday, November 09, 2015

Richard Van Camp's WHISTLE

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The main character in Whistle is a familiar one. Readers met him before. When Richard Van Camp's  The Lesser Blessed opens, it is the ...

WHERE I BELONG, by Tara White

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Due out from Tradewind Books in Canada in 2015 is Tara White's Where I Belong. The main character is Carrie, a teen with black hair an...

THE APPLE TREE by Sandy Tharp-Thee and Marlena Campbell Hodson

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I am happy to recommend  The Apple Tree  by Sandy Tharpe-Thee and Marlena Campbell Hodson. Published this year by Road Runner Press, the st...
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Friday, November 06, 2015

The Power of Social Media to Change Children's Literature

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This has been quite the year in children's literature--and I say that in a good way. Some people are decrying social media, but I celebr...
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Monday, November 02, 2015

On Ways Authors Respond: A Look at Meg Rosoff, Emily Jenkins, and Sarah McCarry

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On October 31, 2015, at 12:06 PM, author Meg Rosoff posted a comment to Roger Sutton's Facebook wall (he is the editor at Horn Book) tha...
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Words Matter: About Meg Rosoff's "Debbie Reese Crimes Against Diversity Stormtroopers" remark

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On October 31st, Meg Rosoff posted this to her Facebook page: Rosoff has said a good many disparaging things about me that I'm ign...
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Saturday, October 31, 2015

"Debbie, Can you recommend any Native American folk songs?"

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This post is long overdue. A few times since launching AICL, I've received a question similar to: "Debbie, can you recommend any ...
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Friday, October 30, 2015

They say "Debbie Reese hates white people."

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A couple of years ago at a library conference, a friend (she is white) told me about conversations she's had with people who say "D...
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