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Sunday, January 16, 2022

Highly Recommended: EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT INDIANS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK, YOUNG READERS EDITION

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  Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, Young Readers' Edition Written by Anton Treuer (Ojibwe) Published ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

A Second Look at PebbleGo Next

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On December 2, 2016, I took a look at "PebbleGo Next" (an educational website for early childhood) because AICL readers had been w...
Tuesday, January 04, 2022

Indigenous Nations in Nonfiction

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In 2021, the National Council of Teachers of English published Reading and Teaching with Diverse Nonfiction Children's Books: Representa...
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Monday, January 03, 2022

Debbie Reese in THE WEEK, JUNIOR

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A personal and professional high point of 2021 that I haven't noted yet on AICL is this one:   On July 2, 2021, an interview of me was p...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Highly Recommended: THE FIRE by Thomas Peacock

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  The Fire Written by Thomas Peacock (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) Illustrations by Anna Granholm Published by Black Bears &...
Monday, December 20, 2021

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: THE SEA IN WINTER

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  The Sea in Winter By Christine Day (Upper Skagit) Published by Heartdrum Published in 2021 Reviewed by Jean Mendoza Review Status: Highly ...
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Wednesday, December 01, 2021

AICL's Best Books of 2021

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A Sample of AICL's Best Books of 2021 Those who study and write about children's books will mark 2021 as a significant year because ...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

RECOMMENDED: NENABOOZHOO AND THE ELK'S HEAD

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  Nenaboozhoo and the Elk's Head Nenaboozhoo miinawaa Adik Odishtigwaan Written by Dr. Giniwgiizhig (enrolled, White Earth) and Niizhobi...

Highly Recommended: ON THE TRAPLINE by David A. Robertson and Julie Flett

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  On the Trapline Written by David A. Robertson (Member, Norway House Cree Nation) Illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Métis) Published by Tund...
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Monday, November 29, 2021

Highly Recommended! CLASSIFIED:THE SECRET CAREER OF MARY GOLDA ROSS, CHEROKEE AEROSPACE ENGINEER, by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan

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  Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer Written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee) Illustrated by Natasha Do...
Sunday, November 28, 2021

Highly Recommended: THE OTHER TALK: RECKONING WITH OUR WHITE PRIVILEGE by Brendan Kiely

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the OTHER talk: reckoning with OUR my white privilege* by Brendan Kiely, with an introduction by Jason Reynolds Published by Simon & Sc...

Highly Recommended! LOOK GRANDMA! NI, ELISI! by Art Coulson; illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight

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Note from Debbie on Nov 28, 2023: Due to  my concerns over Art Coulson's claim of being Cherokee , I am no longer recommending his books...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

Highly Recommended: JO JO MAKOONS, THE USED-TO-BE BEST FRIEND by Dawn Quigley; illustrations by Tara Audibert

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 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Jo Jo Makoons, The Used-to-Be Best Friend Written by Dawn Quigley (Citizen, Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe) Illustrated...
Friday, November 26, 2021

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! THE CASE OF THE BURGLED BUNDLE: A MIGHTY MUSKRATS MYSTERY

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The Case of the Burgled Bundle A Mighty Muskrats Mystery Written by Michael Hutchinson (Misipawistik Cree Nation) Published by Second Story ...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Highly Recommended! Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Written by Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Floyd Cooper Published in 2021 Publisher: Carolrhod...