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Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Recommended: THE CASE OF WINDY LAKE

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I've really enjoyed Marcie R. Rendon's first two Cash Blackbear mysteries. Marcie (White Earth Anishinabe) writes them for adults, b...
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Sunday, September 29, 2019

Not Recommended: AND STILL THE TURTLE WATCHED

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I often do a Twitter review of a book -- which means I write and send tweets as I read the book. I did that yesterday as I made my way th...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Recommended: INDIAN NO MORE by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell

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Indian No More  by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell, cover art by Marlena Myles, is due out in September of 2019 from Tu Books. Wr...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Highly Recommended: WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade

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We Are Water Protectors written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade is due out in 2020.  Today's post is the twitter...
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Friday, September 13, 2019

Update on Personal News on AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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I don't think that AICL has ever gone six weeks without a post! The last post was on Monday, August 5th and frankly, I was surprised and...
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Monday, August 05, 2019

Debbie--have you seen Kathleen Arden's SMALL SPACES?

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A reader wrote to ask if I've read Kathleen Arden's middle grade book, Small Spaces. It came out on July 9, 2019, as a reprint f...
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Saturday, August 03, 2019

Debbie--have you seen SANTA CALLS by William Joyce?

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A reader wrote to ask if I've read Santa Calls by William Joyce. I looked it up and here's what I found. It was first published in...
Monday, July 29, 2019

Highly Recommended: THANKU: POEMS OF GRATITUDE, illustrated by Marlena Myles; edited by Miranda Paul

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I haven't studied book covers for edited books of poems before. This observation, therefore, might not hold water. Here's the cover ...
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Friday, July 19, 2019

Highly Recommended: AT THE MOUNTAIN'S BASE by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre

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In February, 2018, Penguin announced it was launching a new imprint, Kokila, that would center "stories from the margins with books th...
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Virginia Mathews (Osage) had a hand in Margaret Wise Brown's THE RUNAWAY BUNNY

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I am following up on my post, earlier today, about Virginia Mathews and Margaret Wise Brown . A brief recap: Mathews was an Osage librarian,...
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Virginia Mathews and Margaret Wise Brown

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Upon learning about Mac Barnett and Sarah Jacoby's new picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown, I asked some questions about what...
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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Should biographies include an author's stereotypical thinking? Case in point: Barnett and Jacoby's THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT MARGARET WISE BROWN

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In May of 2019, Mac Barnett and Sarah Jacoby's picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown came out from Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins. ...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Recommended: THE GRIZZLY MOTHER and THE SOCKEYE MOTHER written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson); illustrated by Natasha Donovan

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Teachers! Get The Grizzly Mother for your classroom--and ask your librarian to get in on the library shelves, too! Written by Hetxw'ms G...
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