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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Thursday, June 09, 2016

A Response to John Smelcer's Statements about Me (Debbie Reese)

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Back in 2008, I started reading John Smelcer's The Trap . I read only a few pages, and stopped reading, because those opening pages remi...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Debbie--have you seen THE HILL by Karen Bass?

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A reader wrote to ask me about The Hill  by Karen Bass, due out in August from Pajama Press. Here's the synopsis: Jared’s plane has cr...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Debbie--have you seen Tara Lazar's NORMAL NORMAN?

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A reader wrote to me about Tara Lazar and S. britt's picture book,  Normal Norman. Published in March of 2016 by Sterling Children's...

Debbie Reese and Zetta Elliott at ACL 2016 Association of Children's Librarians

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On Friday, June 4th, Zetta Elliott and I were in San Francisco for the 2016 Association of Children's Librarians of northern California...
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Debbie--have you seen A.R. Kahler's SHADES OF DARKNESS

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Paula wrote to ask me about A.R. Kahler's Shades of Darkness . Published by Simon & Schuster, it is a 2016 young adult book whose ma...
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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Stereotypes of Native peoples, in children's books in Switzerland

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This morning, Drew Hayden Taylor (author of The Night Wanderer ), posted a photo of children's books... in Switzerland. Taylor is there ...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Kelly DiPucchio and Mary Lundquist's ONE LITTLE TWO LITTLE THREE LITTLE CHILDREN

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Kelly DiPucchio and Mary Lundquist's one little two little three little children arrived today. You may recall I wrote about it recen...
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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Towards a Common Understanding of Native Peoples in the U.S. (or, Why Alexie's THUNDER BOY JR. Needs a Note to Readers)

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Editors Note on Feb 25, 2018: Please see my  apology  about promoting Alexie's work. --Debbie ~~~~ Last evening (May 14th, 2016),...
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Beverly Slapin's Review of S.D. Nelson's SITTING BULL: LAKOTA WARRIOR AND DEFENDER OF HIS PEOPLE

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Editor's Note: Beverly Slapin submitted this review of S. D. Nelson's Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People . I...
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