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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Not recommended: Michaela MacColl's THE LOST ONES

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Update, September 4, 2016 : Oscar Rodriguez of the Tribal Council of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas submitted a comment that I am pasting h...
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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Debbie--have you seen THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THAT IS: YOUNG READERS EDITION by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin?

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A reader wrote yesterday to ask if I've seen that The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend b...
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Monday, August 15, 2016

"Spirit Animal" will not appear in future printings of Julie Murphy's DUMPLIN'

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Last year, people were very excited about Julie Murphy's Dumplin. It is one of the books that, by word of mouth, I figured I would want ...
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

A few words about Louise Erdrich's MAKOONS

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Louise Erdrich's Makoons came out a few days ago. On August 13th, I took a look at Amazon, and saw that it was their #1 New Release ...
Friday, August 12, 2016

Ashley Hope Perez's OUT OF DARKNESS

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Note: There are a great many people who think Ashley Hope Perez is Latinx, but she is not. I thought she was but have since learned she is...
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Debbie--have you seen MacMillan & Kirker's MULTICULTURAL STORYTIME MAGIC?

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A reader wrote to ask me if I've seen Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker's Multicultural Storytime Magic . Published in 2012 by AL...
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Friday, August 05, 2016

When We Was Fierce + A Birthday Cake for George Washington + A Fine Dessert...

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It has been a landmark year in children's literature. I don't mean the calendar year of 2016. I mean the year marked by August 4th, ...
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Thursday, August 04, 2016

Debbie--have you seen THE DRAGON HAMMER by Tony Daniel?

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A reader wrote to ask if I've seen Tony Daniel's The Dragon Hammer . Here's excerpts from the review from Publisher's Weekly...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Indigenous Comic Con! November 18 to 20 in Albuquerque

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In children's and YA literature, we know that comics and graphic novels are a growth area. We know that there's momentum, too, to ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2016

John Smelcer's STEALING INDIANS

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John Smelcer's Stealing Indians is due out in August of this year (2016) from Leapfrog Press. Having read it, I'll start by saying t...
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Debbie--have you seen BELLA BELLA by Jonathan London?

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A reader writes to ask if I've seen Bella Bella by Jonathan London, illustrations by Sean London (don't know if there is a relations...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Debbie--have you seen LITTLE WHALE by Roy A. Peratrovich, Jr.?

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This morning as I started to read the Summer 2016 issue of Children & Libraries  a book cover caught my eye (that's it, to the rig...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Does Lane Smith's RETURN TO AUGIE HOBBLE tell us anything about his THERE IS A TRIBE OF KIDS?

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A reader who was following the conversations about Lane Smith's There Is A Tribe of Kids wrote to ask me if I'd read his Return to A...
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Sunday, July 17, 2016

State of Oklahoma, 2005, Resolution Commending Tim Tingle

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Amongst Tim Tingle's many books is Walking the Choctaw Road. Parts of it are heartrending. First published in 2003 by Cinco Puntos P...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Debbie--have you seen Lane Smith's AUGIE HOBBLE?

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A reader who saw my review of Lane Smith's There Is a Tribe of Kids wrote to ask if I've read his Return to Augie Hobble. It got sta...