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Joe McKendry's ONE TIMES SQUARE: A CENTURY OF CHANGE AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE...
Joe McKendry's One Times Square: A Century of Change at the Crossroads of the World is on the Publishers Weekly Best Books 2012 list, in the children's nonfiction category.What, I wondered, does...
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Slapin's review of Deborah Miranda's BAD INDIANS
Editor's Note: This review may not be published elsewhere without written permission from its author, Beverly Slapin. Copyright 2012 by Beverly Slapin. All rights...
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Cowboys and Indians in Brandon Mull's FABLEHAVEN; RISE OF THE EVENING STAR
Thanks to Erin for letting me know about Brandon Mull's Fablehaven series...Launched in 2007, the first book is titled Fablehaven. Subsequent ones have subtitles. I haven't read any of them, but plan...
View ArticleThumbs down to some titles on CBC Diversity's Goodreads Bookshelf
The Children's Book Council's Diversity Committee is, perhaps, the most recent effort within the children's publishing arena to push for diversity in children's and young adult literature. The 'about'...
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Harry Bliss's BAILEY AT THE MUSEUM
Recently, I was asked to read and comment on Bailey at the Museum by Harry Bliss. Here's the cover:*Bailey is the dog shown on the cover. In the story, he tags along on a school field trip to a natural...
View ArticleThumbs up to some titles on CBC Diversity's Goodreads Bookshelf
A few days ago, I gave a thumbs down to some titles on CBC Diversity's Goodreads Bookshelf. Today, I want to give a thumbs up to the inclusion of Native authors whose books are on CBC list:The...
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Beverly Slapin's Review of Pomplun, Smelcer, and Bruchac's NATIVE AMERICAN...
Editor's Notes: 1) This essay may not be published elsewhere without written permission from its author, Beverly Slapin. Copyright 2012 by Beverly Slapin. All rights reserved.2) I selected Two Wolves...
View ArticleK. D. McEntire's LIGHTBRINGER
I started reading K. D. McEntire's Lightbringer... What to say about a book in which a character (Lily) wears braids, refers to her "shaman," is derisively called "Pocahontas" by another character and...
View ArticleCatherine Knutsson's SHADOWS CAST BY STARS
Catherine Knutsson's Shadows Cast by Stars came to my attention in November 2012 when I was looking for young adult paranormal romance novels that have Native themes or characters. Published in June,...
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Von Otfried Preussler's THE LITTLE WITCH
Fellow blogger Monica Edinger pointed to a story in The Guardianabout changes made to Von Otfried Preussler's The Little Witch. Though I'm not certain, I think the English language version was...
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First Image of Indian in Children's Book
In 1657, John Amos Comenius wrote and illustrated Orbis Pictus, an encyclopedic picture book for children that is now commonly recognized as the first picture book for children. In honor of Comenius,...
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Update: Montana's Indian Education For All program
In 2006, I wrote a short post about an educational initiative in Montana. Called "Indian Education for All," it is designed to provide all students in Montana with accurate information about American...
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S. D. Nelson's GREET THE DAWN THE LAKOTA WAY
This is my favorite page...... in S. D. Nelson's Greet the Dawn the Lakota Way. Why, you wonder? Simple. As a Pueblo Indian kid growing up on our reservation in New Mexico, I rode a yellow school bus...
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Louise Erdrich's CHICKADEE wins the 2013 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical...
Congratulations to Louise Erdrich! Chickadee was selected as the recipient of the 2013 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. From the Horn Book website:The 2013 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical...
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Brandon Mull's FABLEHAVEN: GRIP OF THE SHADOW PLAGUE
A few weeks ago, I pointed to stereotypes in Brandon Mull's Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star. Today, I'm pointing to problems in his Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague. First---here's an...
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Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures: The Mount Rushmore Calamity
In 1964, Jeff Brown introduced readers to a character named Flat Stanley:Flat Stanley's name is actually Stanley Lambchop, but a bulletin board fell on him, turning him from a three-dimensional boy...
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Playing Indian - Vintage Valentine's Day Cards
Over at BuzzFeed, Leonora Epstein posted 15 Unbelievably Racist Valentine's Day Cards. I'm sharing two of them in this post. Before I do that, though, let's take a look at the subtitle for her post....
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GIRL MEETS BOY, edited by Kelly Milner Halls
In the closing pages of Girl Meets Boy: Because There Are Two Sides to Every Story, we learn that Joseph Bruchac wrote "Falling Down to See the Moon" and that after reading his story, Cynthia Leitich...
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A Peek at American Indians in Children's Fiction Published from 1955-1965
Nancy Larrick's article, The All White World of Children's Book, was published in 1965. I wondered what I might find if I did a search in the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database, using...
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Herman Parish's AMELIA BEDELIA TALKS TURKEY
Over at the Greenwillow blog, there's a post about it being Amelia Bedelia's 50th birthday. Here's the tweet that sent me there:For the most part, I love the word play in the Amelia Bedelia books....
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