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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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Debbie Reese's Open Letter Regarding USBBY's 2017 "Indigenous Experience" Panel in Seattle

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Eds. note at 9:00 CST on July 27th, 2017, Therese Bigelow, USBBY's Board President, announced that Nancy Bo Flood would not be on the pa...
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Naomi Bishop's Open Letter Regarding the "Indigenous Experience" Panel at USBBY's 2017 Regional Conference

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Eds. note on Jul 25, 2017: For context on this post, see the extensive conversation on USBBY's Facebook page .  Eds. note: At 9:00 ...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

Recommended: LOLA LEVINE AND THE VACATION DREAM by Monica Brown; GHOSTS IN THE CASTLE by Zetta Elliott

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Yesterday (July 21, 2017), I did some work with teachers on evaluating materials about Native peoples. In the Q&A, someone asked if ther...
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Recommended: YOU HOLD ME UP by Monique Gray Smith

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Due out in October of 2017 is Monique Gray Smith's You Hold Me Up. Published by Orca, it is a picture book about ways that people can h...
Friday, July 21, 2017

Not recommended: TWISTED TRUE TALES FROM SCIENCE: MEDICAL MAYHEM

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This morning, I read Elisa Gall's review of Medical Mayhem , a book in the "Twisted True Tales from Science" series published ...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

First look at PURITAN GIRL, MOHAWK GIRL by John Demos

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John Demos has a book coming out in October of 2017 from Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams). Some of you who read history books may recogni...
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Debbie--have you seen BLACK SHEEP WHITE CROW by Jim Kristofic?

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A reader writes to ask if I've seen Jim Kristofic's Black Sheep, White Crow . Published in 2017 by the University of New Mexico ...
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Saturday, July 08, 2017

Debbie--have you seen THE QUEST FOR Z: THE TRUE STORY OF EXPLORER PERCY FAWCETT AND A LOST CITY IN THE AMAZON by Greg Pizzoli?

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A teacher wrote to ask if I've seen The Quest for Z: The True Story of Explorer Percy Fawcett and a Lost City in the Amazon  by Greg Piz...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017

A Native Perspective on the Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse

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Eds. note: American Indians in Children's Literature is pleased to share this open letter about the upcoming total solar eclipse ....
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Debbie, have you seen JUAN PABLO AND THE BUTTERFLIES by JJ Flowers?

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Eds. note: August 10, 2017--see excerpts of Beverly Slapin's review .  **** Today, a reader asked me about Juan Pablo and the Butte...
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Saturday, June 24, 2017

Max of WHERE THE WILD THINGS--as a Native kid

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People in children's literature are familiar with Where the Wild Things Are , by Maurice Sendak. I read it to kids many times. I'l...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Debbie--have you seen BLOWBACK '07 by Brian Meehl?

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A reader writes to ask if I've seen Blowback '07 by Brian Meehl. I haven't but will look for it. Here's the description: ...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Highly Recommended: Cherie Dimaline's THE MARROW THIEVES

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I first came to know Cherie Dimaline's writing last year, when I read "Legends are Made, Not Born" in  Love Beyond Body, Spa...
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Monday, June 05, 2017

Doris Seale, 1936-2017

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Back in the early 1990s when I started graduate school, I learned of the work of a Santee, Cree, Abenaki woman named Doris Seale. I read her...
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