Debbie Reese's Open Letter Regarding USBBY's 2017 "Indigenous Experience"...
A few days ago, I was invited to join USBBY's page on Facebook. I accepted the invitation and saw posts there about its 2017 conference. Because it will take place in Seattle, I decided to take a look...
View ArticleChristy Jordan-Fenton's Response to Conversations About USBBY's Oct 2017...
25 July 2017About a year ago, myself, and my mother-in-law, Margaret/Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton (Inuvialuk), were invited to attend the 2017 IBBY Regional Conference in Seattle, to sit on a panel about “The...
View ArticleNaomi Caldwell's Letter to Therese Bigelow Regarding USBBY's Oct 2017...
Alabama State UniversityCollege of Education311 Abernathy HallMontgomery, AL 36106July 27, 2017USBBY United States Board on Books for Young PeopleThe U.S. National Section of International Board on...
View ArticleChristy Jordan-Fenton's Response to Therese Bigelow's Announcement Regarding...
27 July 2017Often when issues are raised in the literary world, over appropriation, representation, and making space for Indigenous voices, they are met with justifications, or are ignored all...
View ArticleRound Up: Letters About the "Indigenous Experience" Panel at USBBY's October...
For the convenience of activists, scholars, parents, teachers, caregivers, and others who study issues specific to Native peoples in children's literature, AICL offers this timeline about USBBY's...
View ArticleBob White, Colleen Murphy, and Appropriation at the 2017 Stratford Festival
The Place: a church meeting room in Stratford, OntarioThe People: adults in a week-long seminar for the Stratford Shakespeare FestivalThe Event: the guest lecturer, Bob White, a dramaturg for the...
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Recommended: Daniel W. Vandever's FALL IN LINE, HOLDEN
I love Daniel W. Vandever's Fall In Line, Holden! Published this year (2017) by Salina Bookshelf, it is a terrific picture book about a Navajo boy. Here's the description from the publisher's...
View ArticleBeverly Slapin's review of JUAN PABLO AND THE BUTTERFLIES
Back in June, a reader wrote to ask me about Juan Pablo and the Butterflies by J. J. Flowers. I did a "have you seen" post about it and am glad to see that Beverly Slapin, of De Colores: The Raza...
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Tim Tingle's WHEN TURTLE GREW FEATHERS -- as a mural!
On July 12, 2017, Tim Tingle (Choctaw Nation) was visiting a library and came upon a delightful mural! Here's a photo of Tim, standing in front of it:Â The child depicted in the mural is reading When...
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John Smelcer's STEALING INDIANS a finalist for the PEN Center USA 2017?
To start, a brief Timeline that I'll add to as additional news articles are published. Several are in-process. TIMELINEAugust 10, 2017PEN Center USA announced finalists for its 2017 Literary Awards....
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Recommended! C IS FOR CHICKASAW by Wiley Barnes and Aaron Long
C is for Chickasaw by Wiley Barnes (Chickasaw) and Aaron Long (Choctaw), published in 2014 by White Dog Press (Chickasaw Press), is definitely an alphabet book that every library in the country should...
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Some thoughts on Jason Chin's GRAND CANYON
I'll likely catch heck from people who think it is unfair to criticize a book for what it leaves out. In some instances, I'd agree. Sometimes, it isn't fair. Sometimes, though, it is.If you're an...
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Recommended: FIRE STARTERS, by Jen Storm; illustrations by Scott B....
Check out the cover for Jen Storm's Fire Starters:Â Who are those two boys on bikes, riding away from that burning building? Are they the fire starters who set that building ablaze?****Â Jen Storm's Fire...
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Not Recommended: I AM SACAGAWEA by Brad Meltzer
Today, AICL is launching a new feature. I'm calling it Reviewed On Twitter and it will have its own label. Sometimes, I tweet that I got a book. If I have something more to say as I look it over, I...
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Not Recommended: SUSANNA MOODIE: ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH, A GRAPHIC NOVEL by...
Today, AICL is launching a new feature. I'm calling it Reviewed On Twitter and it will have its own label. Sometimes, I tweet that I got a book. If I have something more to say as I look it over, I...
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Twitter Conversations about Scholastic's THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE
On September 22, 2017, a parent in Canada tagged me on a tweet about a book in his child's kindergarten classroom. He asked "What are kids learning about Canadian history? He shared four images from...
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The Cover for Eric Gansworth's GIVE ME SOME TRUTH
If you're a regular reader of AICL, you know I think Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here is outstanding. I recommend it all the time when I work with teachers and librarians.Today, Nerdy Book...
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Some thoughts on the "Diverse BookFinder" Project
I started getting email from people who wondered if I had seen the Diverse BookFinder website. And, I began to see people sharing it on social media, with comments that suggest it is a good place to...
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Recommended! BENNY DOESN'T LIKE TO BE HUGGED by Zetta Elliott; illustrated by...
A few days ago, I added a new feature to AICL. I called it "Reviewed on Twitter." It is for books that I talk about on Twitter, in a series of numbered or threaded tweets. Earlier today (October 3,...
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Debbie--have you seen ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES by Mary Ann Hoberman?
In my mail today (Oct 3, 2017) is an email from a librarian in Illinois, asking if I've seen Mary Ann Hoberman's All Kinds of Families. First published in 2009 by Little Brown, it was published again...
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