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Monday, June 18, 2018

Update to AICL's Review of THE TRUE MEANING OF SMEKDAY by Adam Rex

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On February 12, 2015, I reviewed The True Meaning of Smekday , by Adam Rex. On May 7, I reviewed the sequel, Smek For President.  On Febru...
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Saturday, June 02, 2018

PBS's GREAT AMERICAN READ has books with stereotypes of Native ppl....

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PBS did a "Great American Read" project recently. Their list of 100 most-loved books doesn't have a single Native writer on it...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Debbie Reese's Twitter Threads about Nora Raleigh Baskin's Ted Talk

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Eds. Note on June 8, 2018: Please see updates at the bottom of this post. Today (June 8) I am adding a link to Mia Wenjen's "Own Vo...
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Sunday, May 27, 2018

Not recommended: INTO THE WOODS (book one in the "Bigfoot Boy" series of graphic novels) by Torres and Hicks

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A reader wrote to ask if I've seen the Bigfoot Boy series of graphic novels by J. Torres, illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks. The first o...
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Friday, May 25, 2018

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Eric Gansworth's GIVE ME SOME TRUTH

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The title of Eric Gansworth's new book is  Give Me Some Truth. As I read about Carson and Maggi, I marked one page after another. The tr...
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Debbie--have you seen HOW RAVEN GOT HIS CROOKED NOSE, by Barbara and Ethan Atwater!

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Most emails I get are from people who see things of concern (like stereotypes) in a children or young adult book. Once in a while I get an e...
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