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Not recommended: Pocahontas (a pocket bio)
According it its website, Macmillan's "Pocket Bios" are "pocket-size picture book biographies" that are "full of personality" and that introduce readers to people of the past and present using "simple...
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Highly Recommended! "Don't Pass Me By" by Eric Gansworth, in FRESH INK...
Eric Gansworth's story in Fresh Ink: An Anthology, edited by Lamar Giles, is one of those that makes my heart ache for Native kids and what they experience in school.The story is titled "Don't Pass Me...
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Not Recommended: WHAT I CAME TO TELL YOU by Tommy Hays
A reader wrote to ask if I've read What I Came To Tell You by Tommy Hays. It was published in 2013 by Egmont, and it has some Native content that the reader is concerned about.This post started out as...
View ArticleNot Recommended: Two Roads, by Joseph Bruchac
Two Roads: A Creek Boy in Search of His Place in the Worldby Joseph Bruchac (Penguin Random House, 2018)Several months ago, Debbie (and others) wrote about problems that can arise when Native people...
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Native Perspectives on Nathan Phillips and the Covington Catholic School boys
I am creating this curated list of Native responses to what happened on Friday, January 18, 2019 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.Everyone involved in the moments at the end of the march was...
View ArticleAmerican Indian Library Association's Statement Against Racism and Harassment
During and after the 2019 ALA Midwinter meeting in Seattle, several people shared negative experiences of harassment that took place at the Midwinter meeting. Most widely shared was April Hathcock's...
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Highly Recommended: FIGHTER IN VELVET GLOVES: ALASKA CIVIL RIGHTS HERO...
"You're an Indian, aren't you?Roy answered, "Yes, I am.""Your wife too?""Yes.""Well, I'd like to help you, but other people around here don't want me to rent to Indians."When most people think of civil...
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Debbie--have you seen Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town, by A. LaFaye?
A reader wrote to ask if I've seen Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town by A. LaFaye. It is a picture book that came out in January of 2019 from Albert Whitman. Here's the description:When Dede sees a...
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Not Recommended: A MONSTER LIKE ME by Wendy S. Swore
Earlier this week, a reader wrote to ask me about A Monster Like Me by Wendy S. Swore. I was able to get a copy from NetGalley. Published by Shadow Mountain Press, it is due out on March 6. Here's the...
View ArticleWilla of the Wood
Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty. Disney-Hyperion, 2018Willa of the Wood is described as a middle-grade adventure. It's also a "series starter" -- other titles are in the works. It features some...
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Not Recommended: IF YOU LIVED IN COLONIAL TIMES by Ann McGovern
Yesterday (March 2, 2019) I read a post at Social Justice Books about If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern. Social Justice Books is a project at Teaching for Change that I am part of. Here's...
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Debbie--have you seen THE LEAGUE OF SEVEN by Alan Gratz and Brett Helquist?
A reader wrote to ask if I've read The League of Seven by Alan Gratz and Brett Helquist. It came out in 2014 from Starscape (Macmillan), which publishes sci fi and fantasy for middle grade, ages 10 and...
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A Critical Review of THE ABC OF IT: WHY CHILDREN'S BOOKS MATTER by Leonard...
On Monday, March 4, 2019, I started a twitter thread as I read through The ABC Of It: Why Children's Books Matter by Leonard Marcus. It is the companion book (also called a catalog) for the exhibit of...
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Are you planning to do a Land Acknowledgement?
This post on Land Acknowledgements is long over-due. I promised to do it last year, but one thing after another meant I put it off. This morning (Saturday, March 9, 2019) I did a twitter thread about...
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Recommended! AJIJAAK/CRANE by Cecilia Rose LaPointe; illustrations by Dolly...
In 2018, Ajijaak/Crane was published by Waub Ajijaak Press, in Manistee, Michigan. Written by Cecilia Rose LaPointe, illustrated by Dolly Peltier, and translated into Anishinaabe by Margaret Noodin, it...
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An early look at the endpapers in FRY BREAD by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana...
On Monday (March 11, 2019), I was on Twitter and saw this tweet about Fry Bread, written by Kevin Noble Maillard (he's a member of the Seminole Nation, Mekusukey band) and illustrated by Juana...
View ArticleA First Look at CCBC Data for 2018: Books published in the U.S.
A few days ago, the CCBC released data for the 3,703 books published in 2018 that they received.I asked for a copy of the list of the books they placed on the Native American log. There are 59 books on...
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Not Recommended: LOVE, PENELOPE by Joanne Rocklin
Editor's Note: Below is a twitter review of Love, Penelope a book I started reading last week. When I came to a passage with Native content, I paused the read, noted the content and in some instances,...
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2019 Summer Reading List from the We Are Kid Lit Collective
In 2015, #DiversityJedi Edith Campbell invited me, Sarah Park Dahlen, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Nathalie Mvondo, and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas to create a Summer Reading list. That summer, we launched our...
View ArticleHear Debbie's May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture!
Dear Friends of AICL,Many of you already know that Dr. Debbie Reese, founder of the American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) blog, was invited to deliver this year's May Hill Arbuthnot Honor...
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