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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

NOT RECOMMENDED! Jill Lepore's THESE TRUTHS: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

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Jill Lepore's These Truths: A History of the United States came out this year (2018). Published by W. W. Norton and Company, teachers wi...
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Saturday, November 17, 2018

Congratulations to Traci Sorell for Orbis Pictus Honor Award!

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Some terrific news today (November 17), from the 2018 conference of the National Council of Teachers of English! Traci Sorell's We Ar...
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Friday, November 16, 2018

Recommended! DACTYL HILL SQUAD by Daniel José Older

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Some time back, I learned that Daniel José Older was working on a series that would blend history and fantasy. The first book in the series-...
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Debbie--have you seen THE RANSOM OF MERCY CARTER by Caroline Cooney?

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A reader wrote to ask if I've reviewed The Ransom of Mercy Carter  by Caroline Cooney. It was published in 2001 by Random House. Here...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018

Open Letter: "Trail of Lightning is an Appropriation of Diné Cultural Beliefs." Does the Letter from the Diné Writer's Collective Mark a Turning Point?

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On November 5, 2018, Indian Country Today published Trail of Lightning is an appropriation of Diné cultural beliefs . It is from the Diné Wr...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

NOT RECOMMENDED: The Oregon Trail - The Race to Chimney Rock

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A few days ago, people started sharing the books that Amazon has listed as "Best Children's Books of 2018." In the ages 6-8 ...
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Monday, November 12, 2018

NOT RECOMMENDED: DR. CARBLES IS LOSING HIS MARBLES by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot

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Published by HarperCollins in 2008, Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot's Dr. Carbles is Losing His Marbles! gets a Not Recommended label right ...
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Sunday, November 11, 2018

At last! A writer incorporates a critical take on LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE! The writer? Emma Donoghue.

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That's a long title for a blog post, but that's what I want people to see right now. In 2017, Arthur A. Levine (an imprint of Scho...
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Friday, November 09, 2018

Native Trailblazers, or In Search of “500 Brave Native Americans”

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Grandson Will, age 8, sings along to Pete Seeger at the top of his lungs: “’Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo. 500 b...
Friday, November 02, 2018

Highly Recommended: WHEN WE PLAY OUR DRUMS, THEY SING by Richard Van Camp + LUCY & LOLA by Monique Gray Smith

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When We Play Our Drums, They Sing  by Richard Van Camp and Lucy & Lola by Monique Gray Smith are two outstanding books... in one. Here&#...
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Thursday, November 01, 2018

Apple, Echo, and the Importance of “More Than One Book"

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Two Native high school girls, two unique stories  about not fitting in, and about trying to make sense of Indigenous heritage/ancestry when ...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Debbie--have you seen SQUIRM by Carl Hiaasen?

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A reader of AICL wrote to ask if I've seen Squirm by Carl Hiassen. Published in 2018 by Knopf (Penguin Random House) here's the ...
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Saturday, October 27, 2018

Not recommended: Scott Kelley's I AM BIRCH

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A colleague wrote to ask me about Scott Kelley's I Am Birch. Published in 2018 by Islandport Press, it is getting a 'not recommend...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Classic, Award-Winning, Popular Books with Racist, Biased Depictions of Indigenous People

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In my experience, a lot of people don't remember or realize that classic, award-winning, or popular books have Native content in them th...
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Monday, October 22, 2018

Some thoughts on Native identity, in response to #ElizabethWarren (again)

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Eds note: Below is a compilation of a tweet thread I did from Oct 20-21. (If you do tweet threads and want to compile them, try Spooler. Th...
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