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Friday, January 18, 2019

Not Recommended: Two Roads, by Joseph Bruchac

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Update from Debbie on September 22, 2024: AICL's 'not recommended' review of Two Roads was published before public conversations...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019

Not Recommended: WHAT I CAME TO TELL YOU by Tommy Hays

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A reader wrote to ask if I've read What I Came To Tell You by Tommy Hays. It was published in 2013 by Egmont, and it has some Native c...
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Friday, January 04, 2019

Highly Recommended! "Don't Pass Me By" by Eric Gansworth, in FRESH INK (edited by Lamar Giles)

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Eric Gansworth's story in Fresh Ink: An Anthology , edited by Lamar Giles, is one of those that makes my heart ache for Native kids an...
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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Not recommended: Pocahontas (a pocket bio)

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According it its website , Macmillan's "Pocket Bios" are "pocket-size picture book biographies" that are "ful...
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Friday, December 28, 2018

Not Recommended: HAMILTON (the musical)

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In 2017, I saw Hamilton in Chicago. Before I went, I listened to the soundtrack and studied the lyrics. Today's post is my notes on the ...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Highly Recommended! Christine Day's "Unexpected Pursuits: Embracing My Indigeneity & Creativity" in OUR STORIES, OUR VOICES

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Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing up Female in America came out in 2018. Published b...
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Friday, December 21, 2018

William Flood and Nancy Bo Flood: A History

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On Dec 19th, I recommended the wonderful illustrations that Jonathan Nelson did for  First Laugh: Welcome, Baby! and briefly noted my concer...
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Thursday, December 20, 2018

NOT RECOMMENDED: WILD BIRD by Wendelin Van Draanen

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This post started out as a "Debbie--have you seen" one but turned into a Not Recommended one pretty quickly... A reader wrote to...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

FIRST LAUGH: WELCOME, BABY! by Rose Ann Tahe

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This year, Charlesbridge published First Laugh: Welcome, Baby ! When I learned that Jonathan Nelson (illustrator of the way-cool The Wool ...
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