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Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Debbie--have you seen... STONE FIELD by Christy Lenzi

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Via Twitter, Pam pointed me to Stone Field: A Novel by Christy Lenzi. Due out on March 29, 2016 from Roaring Book Press (an imprint of Macmi...
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Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Monique Gray Smith and Julie Flett's MY HEART FILLS WITH HAPPINESS

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I've read My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Julie Flett, many times. I can't decide--and don't...
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Dear Scholastic: This Is A Test

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I have a lot of thoughts in my head this morning, about yesterday's #StepUpScholastic chat on Twitter, and about the Step Up Scholastic ...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Debbie--have you seen.... Danna Smith's ARCTIC WHITE

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In January, a major publisher (Holt, an imprint of Macmillan), released Arctic White , a picture book   by Danna Smith. Here's the synop...

Debbie--have you seen... TRU & NELLE by G. Neri?

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A reader asked me about G. Neri's Tru & Nelle. Here's the synopsis: Long before they became famous writers, Truman Capote ( In...
Friday, February 26, 2016

Debbie--have you seen... RED MOON RISING by K. A. Holt

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Woah. Some books are so.... out there, that I have a hard time wrapping my head around them. K. A. Holt's Red Moon Rising is one of thos...
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Debbie--have you seen... SOME KIND OF COURAGE by Dan Gemeinhart

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Jessica, a reader of AICL, wrote to ask me about Dan Gemeinhart's Some Kind of Courage. Out in 2016 from Scholastic, here's the syno...
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

#StepUpScholastic - What I Don't See in Feb 2016 Flyers for Early Childhood, K, 1st, and 2nd Grade Readers

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You remember those Scholastic catalogs your teachers would pass out from time to time? Thinking about them is a powerful memory--for me--bec...
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Published in 2015: Books by/about Native peoples

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I will be updating this page whenever I read something published in 2015. What it likely means is that a title will be added to the "No...

Debbie--have you seen... Joseph Bruchac's THE LONG RUN

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Update on Sep 30 2023: I (Debbie Reese) no longer recommend Bruchac's work. For details see  Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki? Out this y...

Debbie--have you seen... Michelle Modesto's REVENGE AND THE WILD

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A reader sent me a copy of Michelle Modesto's Revenge and the Wild. Published in 2016 by HarperCollins, here's the synopsis. True...
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Debbie--have you seen... Sarah Dickson Silver's DREAM A PONY, WAKE A SPIRIT: THE STORY OF BUSTER: A CHOCTAW PONY SURVIVOR

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Sarah Dickson Silver's Dream a Pony: Wake a Spirit: The Story of Buster, a Choctaw Pony Survivor , is on my to-read list this year. Publ...

Debbie--have you seen... Joseph Bruchac's BROTHERS OF THE BUFFALO

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Out this year from Fulcrum is Bruchac's Brothers of the Buffalo: A Novel of the Red River War. Here's the synopsis: 1874, the U.S....
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

AICL's Recommended/Not Recommended Reads in 2015

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This is a list of books I read in 2015, sorted into categories of Recommended (total of 16), and Not Recommended (47 in all). As you see, it...
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Sunday, February 21, 2016

Debbie--have you seen... J. Albert Mann's SCAR: A REVOLUTIONARY WAR TALE

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A reader asked if I've seen J. Albert Mann's Scar: A Revolutionary War Tale  published in 2016. A second reader sent me a copy. The ...
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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Maira Kalman's LOOKING AT LINCOLN

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With President's Day upon us, people are pulling out picture books about Lincoln, like Maira Kalman's Looking at Lincoln . The child...
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Thursday, February 11, 2016

THE CROW'S TALE by Naomi Howarth

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The Crow's Tale by Naomi Howarth came out last year (2015) from Frances Lincoln Children's Books. That's a publisher in London. ...
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Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie on Winning the American Indian Library Association's 2016 Youth Literature Honor Award for Young Adults

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I'm pleased to share Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie's response to the news that Her Land, Her Love had been selected by the American Ind...
Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Lisa Charleyboy on Winning the American Indian Library Association's 2016 Middle Grade Honor Award for DREAMING IN INDIAN

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I'm pleased to share Lisa Charleyboy's response to the news that Dreaming in Indian  was named as the American Indian Library Asso...

Debby Slier's LOVING ME

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Debby Slier's Loving Me is a delightful board book! Published in 2013 by Star Bright Books, it is definitely one I'll be recommendin...
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