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Not recommended: THE MANY REFLECTIONS OF MISS JANE DEMING
The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming by J. Anderson Coats came out in 2017 from Simon and Schuster. Here's the description, from the publisher's website:High-spirited young Jane is excited to be...
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Not recommended: KILL ALL HAPPIES by Rachel Cohn
Kill All Happies by Rachel Cohn came out in 2017 from Disney Hyperion.Here's the description (the highlighting near the end is mine):Last Call at Happies! Tonight, 8 P.M. Senior Class Only! Please with...
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Robot lifting skirt of Black child will not appear in future printings of THE...
Back in December of 2017, a mother saw The Ultimate Book of Space and bought it as a Christmas gift for her daughter. When she was home she looked through it and noticed this image on the dedication...
View ArticleNot Recommended: LOVING VS VIRGINIA by Patricia Hruby Powell
Eds. note: The wrong draft of my review of Powell's book was inadvertently published on Jan 10, 2018. It is being deleted in its entirety. The final draft is being closely scrutinized before...
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Debbie--have you seen R IS FOR REBEL by J. Anderson Coats?
A reader wrote to ask if I've seen R Is For Rebel by J. Anderson Coats. It'll be out on February 20 from Atheneum (Simon and Schuster). Here's the description:Princess Academy meets Megan Whalen Turner...
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The Exquisite Book Cover for Rebecca Roanhorse's TRAIL OF LIGHTNING
Books by Native writers have given me moments where a phrase so perfectly reflects my experience, that I exclaim aloud, with joy, 'YES!' Illustrations can do that, too, and once in a great while, a...
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Allie Jane Bruce's review of LAURA INGALLS IS RUINING MY LIFE
Eds. note: AICL is pleased to publish Allie Jane Bruce's review of Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life, by Shelley Tougas. It was published in 2017 by Roaring Book Press (Macmillan). To read the...
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The Cover for Tracy Sorell's WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA
On January 18, All the Wonders did the cover reveal for Traci Sorell's We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga.People who think of Indigenous peoples as "vanished" or no longer "real Indians" if we aren't...
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Recommended: How Devil’s Club Came to Be
By Miranda Rose Kaagweil Worl (Tlingit) Illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit)2017, Sealaska Heritage InstituteBaby Raven Reads Education ProgramLibrary bookshelves virtually overflow with...
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BIG NEWS: A possible change in name of ALA's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award!
Editors note: If you are not attending ALA's Midwinter Conference, you can submit a comment directly to ALSC regarding the proposed change to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award name at the ALSC blog. If...
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Not Recommended: Keira Drake's THE CONTINENT (the 2018 revision)
You may recall that, back in 2016, there was a lot of pushback to Keira Drake's The Continent. I recommend you read Zoraida Córdova's critique on November 7, 2016, at YA Interrobang. It is excellent....
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Winners of 2018 American Indian Library Association's Youth Literature Award!
Every two years, the American Indian Library Association's Youth Literature Award committee selects books to receive its awards in three categories: Picture Book, Middle Grade Book, and Young Adult...
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Announcing This Year's Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Recipient!
AICL readers,Please join me (Jean) in a roar of approval for the 2018 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture award:(drum roll please)Debbie Reese! Photo...
View ArticleAn Open Letter About Sherman Alexie
February 25, 2018Dear Readers of American Indians in Children's Literature,Yesterday, I removed Sherman Alexie's photograph from AICL's gallery of Native writers and illustrators. Since then, I have...
View ArticleSome thoughts on a big word: MYTH
This post is one that is in-process. A colleague asked me for some resources on the word myth. She's going to be doing a workshop with teachers. At the 4th grade level, teachers are required to do a...
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Indigenous #KidLitWomen
My contribution to the month-long #KidLitWomen campaign is to lift Indigenous women who have written books for children and teens.If we were sitting in a classroom or a lecture hall, I'd ask you to...
View ArticleSome Questions for Book Clubs that Select Books Like NEWS OF THE WORLD by...
Sometimes, readers of AICL write to me to ask about a book that has been chosen for their book club.The books they ask about are usually best sellers or award-winning books in the adult market that...
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Not Recommended: LEGENDS OF THE LOST CAUSES by Brad McLelland and Louis...
Legends of the Lost Causes, written by Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester was released on Feb 20 of 2018 from Henry Holt (Macmillan). I read a NetGalley copy of it, and it is on my Not Recommended...
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Not Recommended: TOMO EXPLORES THE WORLD (and the TOMO series) by Trevor Lai
A few days ago, I learned about Tomo Takes Flight by Trevor Lai. Published in 2017 by Imprint/Macbooks.com (Macmillan), it is part of a series. Based on suggestions that it has Native content, I...
View ArticleAmerican Indian Library Association Rescinds its 2008 Young Adult Literature...
Yesterday, Naomi Bishop, the President of the American Indian Library Association, wrote to AILA's membership to let us know that the Executive Board and the Youth Literature Committee decided to...
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