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Saturday, April 14, 2018

A reader wrote to me to ask about a line in DEAR MARTIN, by Nic Stone

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Update on Thursday, April 19, 2018: Nic Stone is working with her editor on that line. AICL thanks the reader who wrote to us, and, Nic Ston...
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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Two Cool Tweets (about me)

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At the Kweli Conference in NYC on April 6-7, Ibi Zoboi spoke on a panel about how she wanted to "Debbie Reese" a book about Haiti....
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Debbie--have you seen BLOOD MOON: AN AMERICAN EPIC OF WAR AND SPLENDOR IN THE CHEROKEE NATION by John Sedgwick?

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Update: April 17, 2018  Last night (April 16, 2018), Jace Weaver, the director of the Institute of Native American Studies at the Univers...
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Sunday, April 08, 2018

What's On Your Shelves? (A workshop, led by Debbie Reese)

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I've been spending the last week days preparing for my visit to Eureka, California, where I'll work with school, public, and tribal ...
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Friday, March 30, 2018

Not recommended: ORPHAN TRAIN GIRL by Christina Baker Kline

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In 2013, Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train was published. In 2017, a young readers’ edition came out. Here’s the descriptio...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Recommended! With joy! BOWWOW POWWOW, written by Brenda J. Child, translated into Ojibwe by Gordon Jourdain, illustrated by Jonathan Thunder

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Due out on May 1 of 2018 is an absolutely terrific book,  Bowwow Powwow written by Brenda J. Child (Red Lake Ojibwe). The story she tells...
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Not recommended: A CONSPIRACY OF STARS by Olivia A. Coles

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I'll start with this: I do not recommend A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Coles. Published in 2018 by Katherine Tegan Books (an im...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

Native American Literary Symposium's 2018 "Welcome" Includes Statement about Sherman Alexie; Public Backlash to American Indian Library Association's Decision to Rescind Alexie's Award

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In 2001, a group of Native writers organized as the Native American Literary Symposium (NALS). As I write, it is in its second day of its 20...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

American Indian Library Association Rescinds its 2008 Young Adult Literature Award from Sherman Alexie

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Yesterday, Naomi Bishop, the President of the American Indian Library Association, wrote to AILA's membership to let us know that the Ex...
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Sunday, March 18, 2018

Not Recommended: TOMO EXPLORES THE WORLD (and the TOMO series) by Trevor Lai

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A few days ago, I learned about Tomo Takes Flight by Trevor Lai. Published in 2017 by Imprint/Macbooks.com (Macmillan), it is part of a se...
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Friday, March 16, 2018

Not Recommended: LEGENDS OF THE LOST CAUSES by Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester

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Legends of the Lost Causes , written by Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester was released on Feb 20 of 2018 from Henry Holt (Macmillan). I rea...
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