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Highly Recommended: #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women, edited...
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women is another outstanding collection edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale. Released on September 12th, 2017 from Annick Press, it is one...
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Still Not Recommended: THE SECRET PROJECT by Jonah and Jeanette Winter
Some conversations about my review of Jonah and Jeanette Winter's The Secret Project suggest that I didn't say enough, back in March. I'm back, therefore, to say more. Some of what I wrote in March is...
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Debbie--have you seen Eric Gansworth's GIVE ME SOME TRUTH?
I've been waiting for Eric Gansworth's Give Me Some Truth for some time now. Due out next year, a copy of the ARC was in my mail two days ago! Here's the synopsis:Carson Mastick is entering his senior...
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Not Recommended: THE QUEST FOR Z: THE TRUE STORY OF EXPLORER PERCY FAWCETT...
Red x is mine, a visual signal that I do not recommend this bookBack in July, I wrote (a little) about Greg Pizzoli's The Quest for Z: The True Story of Explorer Percy Fawcett and a Lost City in the...
View ArticleEve Bunting's CHEYENNE AGAIN
Not Again! Boarding School Story Misses the Mark*Last year, Debbie and I analyzed several picture books about children in Indian boarding school for a book chapter. We intentionally left out of our...
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Recommended: THE STORY OF MANOOMIN
The Story of Manoomin (2013), is a photo-essay, an Ojibwe language lesson, and a board book all in one. Published by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, this little book explains what...
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KISKA by John Smelcer: "Historical fiction" that lies about history
Eds. note: American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) is pleased to publish Kiska: "Historical fiction" that lies about history"submitted to us by Melissa S. Green of Anchorage, Alaska. AICL...
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Not Recommended: THE ITSY BITSY PILGRIM
Eds. note: American Indians in Children's Literature is pleased to share Allie Jane Bruce's review of The Itsy Bitsy Pilgrim, by Jeffry Burton. Published in 2017 by Little Simon, I agree with...
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Not recommended: John Smelcer's KISKA
Published by Leapfrog Press, John Smelcer's Kiska was released in November of 2017. I'll start by saying I do not recommend Kiska. Back in September when I received an advanced reader copy of...
View ArticleAICL's Best Books of 2017
I'm starting AICL's "Best Books of 2017" today--November 24--and will update it as we read other books published in 2017.Please share this page with teachers, librarians, parents--anyone, really--who...
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Recommended: NIMOSHOM AND HIS BUS by Penny M. Thomas
Several people wrote to tell me about Nimoshom and His Bus. Due out in 2018 from Highwater Press, the story is by Penny M. Thomas (Cree-Ojibway background), with illustrations by Karen Hibbard.If...
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Highly Recommended: THE WATER WALKER written and illustrated by Joanne Robertson
Often, people write to ask me for books about Native people who are activists, or who might be involved in, or organizing, actions of some kind to protect their nations or homelands. Joanne Robertson's...
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Recommended: MOONSHOT: THE INDIGENOUS COMICS COLLECTION - Volume 2
Edited by Hope Nicholson, Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 2 has stories from several people who you may know from previous AICL reviews of their work.In particular, I'm thinking of...
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Not Recommended: THE METROPOLITANS by Carol Goodman
Carol Goodman's The Metropolitans, published in 2017 by Penguin, includes a Mohawk character. I do not recommend her book. Here's the description:The day Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, four...
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Not recommended: STOLEN WORDS by Melanie Florence
I picked up Melanie Florence's Stolen Words with a bit of trepidation because her previous picture book, Missing Nimama, was so troubling. It, and her novel, The Missing, felt off. (Here's my post...
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Recommended: Wild Eggs: A Tale of Arctic Egg Collectingby Suzie Napayok-Short (Inuk). illustrated by Jonathan WrightPublisher: Inhabit Media, 2015Review by Jean MendozaWild Eggs: A Tale of Arctic Egg...
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"Circle the wagons" will come out of next printings of Robin Benway's FAR...
Robin Benaway's Far from the Tree, published in 2017 by HarperTeen/HarperCollins, won the 2017 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The story itself, as the description shows, has nothing...
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Arica L. Coleman's review of Patricia Hruby Powell's LOVING VS. VIRGINIA -...
Loving Vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case (Advanced Copy) By Patricia Hruby Powell; illustrated by Shadra Strickland Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2017 Reviewed by Arica...
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Debbie--have you seen Olivia A. Cole's A CONSPIRACY OF STARS?
I've received questions from a few people, asking if I've seen Olivia A. Cole's young adult novel, A Conspiracy of Stars. It was released on January 2, 2018, from Katherine Tegen Books...
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Debbie--have you seen THE AGONY OF BUN O'KEEFE by Heather Smith?
A reader wrote to ask if I've seen The Agony of Bun O'Keefe by Heather Smith. Published in 2017 by Penguin Teen; here's the description:It's Newfoundland, 1986. Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived...
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