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Thursday, January 05, 2017

Not recommended: RUNS WITH COURAGE by Joan M. Wolf

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I do not recommend Runs With Courage , published in 2016 by Sleeping Bear Press. Written by Joan M. Wolf, it has several kinds of problems...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Debbie--have you seen THE CRYING ROCKS by Janet Taylor Lisle?

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A colleague wrote to ask if I've seen anything about Janet Taylor Lisle's The Crying Rocks. It is due out in May of 2017 from Simon ...
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Debbie--have you seen STONE MIRRORS: THE SCUPTURE AND SILENCE OF EDMONIA LEWIS, by Jeannine Atkins

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A reader asked me if I'd seen Jeannine Atkins Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Jones . It is due out in January from ...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

Dan Gemeinhart's SOME KIND OF COURAGE

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Way back in January or February, a reader wrote to ask me about Dan Gemeinhart's Some Kind of Courage . I put it into my "Debbie--h...
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Friday, December 23, 2016

Highly recommended: TALES OF THE MIGHTY CODE TALKERS

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Eds. note: This graphic novel--like many in the genre--can be used with a wide range of ages, from students in middle grade, on up to colleg...
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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Worry and Wonder, by Marcie Rendon, in SKY BLUE WATER: GREAT STORIES FOR YOUNG READERS

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Marcie Rendon's "Worry and Wonder" is a short story in Sky Blue Water: Great Stories for Young Readers, edited by Jay D. Peter...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

Richard Van Camp's SPIRIT

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If you follow Native news, you know that suicide rates in our communities are high. Here's a table from a 2015 report by the Center for ...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Recommended! Darryl Baker's KAMIK JOINS THE PACK

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Kamik Joins the Pack was in my mail today. Adapted from the memories of Darryl Baker, who is Inuit, the story is the third in Inhabit Medi...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Not recommended: INDEH: A STORY OF THE APACHE WARS by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth

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Eds. note on Dec 16, 2016: Please scroll down to see Greg Ruth's response to my review. In turn, I responded to him. __________________...
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Monday, December 12, 2016

Not recommended: POCAHONTAS by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

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A reader wrote to ask me about Pocahontas  by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. It came out in 1946, which might seem like it is so old...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

Recommended! THE WOOL OF JONESY by Jonathan Nelson

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Jonathan Nelson's The Wool of Jonesy: Part I is a treat! In some ways it is (for me) a mirror. See... I grew up on the Nambe Indian re...
Thursday, December 08, 2016

Not recommended: NATIVE AMERICAN STORY BOOK(s) by G.W. Mullins

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I've had a couple queries lately, from people asking me about a "Native American Story Book" series by G. W. Mullins. It is ...
Friday, December 02, 2016

About THE ANTI-VACCINE KID in BAD LITTLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS

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Earlier today (December 2, 2016) I saw a post on Twitter that linked to a Book Riot review of Bad Little Children's Books: Kidlit Parodi...

Not recommended: PebbleGo Next

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Eds. note: Please scroll down to see additional review content, submitted on December 5, 2016. In the last few months, I've been getti...
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Monday, November 28, 2016

HarlequinTeen Moves Publication Date for Controversial Young Adult Novel, THE CONTINENT

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On November 7, 2016, HarlequinTeen, using their Twitter account , issued a statement regarding Keira Drake's The Continent : Over the ...