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Tuesday, January 02, 2024

New in 2024: Books by Native writers and illustrators

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Last year (on Twitter) I did a thread of books by Native writers and illustrators slated for release in 2023. I'm going to do that list ...
Saturday, December 16, 2023

About Native Women

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Earlier this week I was at a holiday gathering in Washington DC. Across the room, I saw the Native woman who wrote one of my all-time favori...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

AICL's Year In Review for 2023

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AICL'S YEAR IN REVIEW: 2023 American Indians in Children's Literature is pleased to share our annual year-end list of books we want ...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

My Thoughts on Claims to Cherokee Identity -- and Art Coulson

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I've been reading, studying, and writing about children's books for over thirty years. The ones I write about are those about Native...
Saturday, November 11, 2023

About Buffy Sainte-Marie

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On October 27, 2023 CBC News published Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie?  and The Fifth Estate did a segment, Investigating Buffy Sainte...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, by Chris Newell and Winona Nelson

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If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving Written by Chris Newell (citizen of  Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township) Illustrated by Win...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Debbie--have you seen ALONE by Megan E. Freeman?

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A reader submitted a comment to my open letter to Kate DiCamillo about Island of the Blue Dolphins , asking if I've seen Alone by Megan ...
Monday, October 02, 2023

House and Senate Resolutions Regarding Book Banning and Threats to Freedom of Expression in the US

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On 9/27/2023, the US Senate introduced S.RES.372 (a resolution). You can read and track the resolution  here . I'm pasting it below, as ...