Debbie--have you seen RUN FOR YOUR LIFE by Trevor Kew?
This morning (May 3, 2017) I learned about Run for your Life by Trevor Kew, due out from Lorimer on August 1 of this year. I did a series of tweets about it. I'm pasting them here (I don't know how to...
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Not recommended: JUNIE B. JONES, TURKEYS WE HAVE LOVED AND EATEN by Barbara...
Series books are popular. Kids come to know and love the characters. They eagerly read one book after another and wait for new books to appear. Publishers happily comply. Often, though, you'll come...
View ArticleDebbie--have you seen PURITAN GIRL, MOHAWK GIRL by John Demos?
A reader wrote to ask if I've seen Puritan Girl, Mohawk Girl by John Demos. It is due out on October 31, 2017 from Amulet Books (which is part of Abrams) Books. Here's the summary:National Book Award...
View ArticleDebbie--have you seen SISTERS IN BLUE/HERMANAS DE AZUL by Anna M. Nogar and...
A reader wrote to ask if I've seen Sisters In Blue/Hermanas de Azul by Anna M. Nogar and Enrique R. Lamadrid. Illustrations are by Amy Cordova; publisher is UNM Press, and the publication year is...
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Not Recommended: THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THAT IS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF RED...
In 2013, Simon and Schuster published The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend. White people loved it. They bought it. They praised it. It became a New York...
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Some thoughts on Chelsea Clinton's SHE PERSISTED
Chelsea Clinton's picture book, She Persisted, was released on May 30, 2017. Parents and teachers will buy it. So will activists. Published by Philomel Books (an imprint of Penguin), it is already...
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About DANNY AND THE DINOSAUR
Last month, Harper Collins celebrated the 60th anniversary of its I Can Read books. I wondered if they would remove this page from the new edition of Danny and the Dinosaur, by Syd Hoff. The book was...
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Doris Seale, 1936-2017
Back in the early 1990s when I started graduate school, I learned of the work of a Santee, Cree, Abenaki woman named Doris Seale. I read her writings about the ways that Native people are depicted in...
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Highly Recommended: Cherie Dimaline's THE MARROW THIEVES
I first came to know Cherie Dimaline's writing last year, when I read "Legends are Made, Not Born" in Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An LGBT and Two-Spirit Sci Fi Anthology. The character she...
View ArticleDebbie--have you seen BLOWBACK '07 by Brian Meehl?
A reader writes to ask if I've seen Blowback '07 by Brian Meehl. I haven't but will look for it. Here's the description:Clashing teenage twins Arky and Iris have one thing in common: an ancient musical...
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Max of WHERE THE WILD THINGS--as a Native kid
People in children's literature are familiar with Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak. I read it to kids many times.I'll never read it the same way again, though, thanks to Steven Paul Judd's...
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Debbie, have you seen JUAN PABLO AND THE BUTTERFLIES by JJ Flowers?
Today, a reader asked me about Juan Pablo and the Butterflies, by JJ Flowers. Out this year (2017) from Simon and Schuster, today's question rings a bell. I think someone asked about it before....
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A Native Perspective on the Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse
Eds. note: American Indians in Children's Literature is pleased to share this open letter about the upcoming total solar eclipse. Written by Naomi Bishop (Gila River Indian Community), currently...
View ArticleDebbie--have you seen THE QUEST FOR Z: THE TRUE STORY OF EXPLORER PERCY...
A teacher wrote to ask if I've seen The Quest for Z: The True Story of Explorer Percy Fawcett and a Lost City in the Amazon by Greg Pizzoli. Out in June of 2017 from Viking Books for Young Readers, it...
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Debbie--have you seen BLACK SHEEP WHITE CROW by Jim Kristofic?
A reader writes to ask if I've seen Jim Kristofic's Black Sheep, White Crow.Published in 2017 by the University of New Mexico Press, I'm hoping that anyone who buys it will read the preface carefully...
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First look at PURITAN GIRL, MOHAWK GIRL by John Demos
John Demos has a book coming out in October of 2017 from Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams). Some of you who read history books may recognize his name because of his book, Entertaining Satan, or...
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Not recommended: TWISTED TRUE TALES FROM SCIENCE: MEDICAL MAYHEM
This morning, I read Elisa Gall's review of Medical Mayhem, a book in the "Twisted True Tales from Science" series published by Prufrock. She shared these two images:At 5:06 AM on July 21, 2017, I used...
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Recommended: YOU HOLD ME UP by Monique Gray Smith
Due out in October of 2017 is Monique Gray Smith's You Hold Me Up. Published by Orca, it is a picture book about ways that people can hold each other, and hold each other up, by helping each other, or...
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Recommended: LOLA LEVINE AND THE VACATION DREAM by Monica Brown; GHOSTS IN...
Yesterday (July 21, 2017), I did some work with teachers on evaluating materials about Native peoples. In the Q&A, someone asked if there were some topics that ought not be given to young children....
View ArticleNaomi Bishop's Open Letter Regarding the "Indigenous Experience" Panel at...
Eds. note: For context on this post, see the extensive conversation on USBBY's Facebook page. _________The United States Board on Books for Young People's (USBBY) 2017 Children’s Literature Conference...
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