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Reflections on #Arbuthnot19
A week ago (Friday April 19) I was in Madison, Wisconsin to give the 2019 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture. Titled "An Indigenous Critique of Whiteness in Children’s Literature," it was co-sponsored by:the...
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Debbie--have you seen THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE MAMMOTH HUNT?
A reader asked if I have seen Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt. Written by Carrie Clickard, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter, it came out on January 1, 2019 from Simon and Schuster.This page, with...
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A Chronological Look at Events Launched by Harassment on April 11 at the...
Note from Debbie: If there are additional items to insert or add, please let me know. If I've made errors in my documentation below, please let me know about that, too. ****Thursday, April 11th, 2019,...
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When Professional Associations (like the International Literacy Assoc) Fail...
Yesterday I saw a tweet about the International Reading Association's blog post, #ILAchat: Why Students Need #OwnVoices Stories. I clicked on it and saw that, in the third paragraph, there was a link...
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Personal news: AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES -- FOR...
On July 13, 2015, I received an invitation to adapt An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States, for young adults. Written by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, I had already spent time with the book and was...
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Recommended! I CAN MAKE THIS PROMISE by Christine Day
I've read and most definitely recommend I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day. A review is forthcoming. Here's the description:In her debut middle grade novel—inspired by her family’s...
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Looking back: The American Indian Youth Literature Award
The American Indian Library Association (AILA) was founded in 1979. If you don't know about it, visit our website. There's a lot of resources there!I don't recall when I first became a member of AILA....
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Mvskoke poet, Joy Harjo, named as U.S. Poet Laureate (And,...
The last twenty-four hours of my social media feeds have been wonderful because so many people are sharing the news that Carla Hayden named Joy Harjo as the U.S. Poet Laureate.Most news headlines say...
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Infographic: Diversity in Children's Books 2018
You know that saying: "a picture is worth a thousand words"? We most often associate it with art but it applies to any image. Take a look at the 2018 Diversity Infographic that Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen...
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Recommended: THE GRIZZLY MOTHER and THE SOCKEYE MOTHER written by Hetxw'ms...
Teachers! Get The Grizzly Mother for your classroom--and ask your librarian to get in on the library shelves, too! Written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) and illustrated by Natasha Donovan, it...
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Should biographies include an author's stereotypical thinking? Case in point:...
In May of 2015, Mac Barnett and Sarah Jacoby's picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown came out from Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins. Titled The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown, it is...
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Virginia Mathews and Margaret Wise Brown
Upon learning about Mac Barnett and Sarah Jacoby's new picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown, I asked some questions about what should be included in a children's biography. The story and...
View ArticleVirginia Mathews (Osage) had a hand in Margaret Wise Brown's THE RUNAWAY BUNNY
I am following up on my post, earlier today, about Virginia Mathews and Margaret Wise Brown. A brief recap: Mathews was an Osage librarian, and a leading advocate for Native peoples. Brown wrote two...
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Highly Recommended: AT THE MOUNTAIN'S BASE by Traci Sorell, illustrated by...
In February, 2018, Penguin announced it was launching a new imprint, Kokila, that would center "stories from the margins with books that add nuance and depth to the way children and young adults see...
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Highly Recommended: THANKU: POEMS OF GRATITUDE, illustrated by Marlena Myles;...
I haven't studied book covers for edited books of poems before. This observation, therefore, might not hold water. Here's the cover for Thanku: Poems of Gratitude. HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAs you see, Thanku:...
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Debbie--have you seen SANTA CALLS by William Joyce?
A reader wrote to ask if I've read Santa Calls by William Joyce. I looked it up and here's what I found.It was first published in 1993 by Harper Collins. In the years since then, Scholastic published...
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Debbie--have you seen Kathleen Arden's SMALL SPACES?
A reader wrote to ask if I've read Kathleen Arden's middle grade book, Small Spaces. It came out on July 9, 2019, as a reprint from Puffin Books. It first came out in 2018 from G. P. Putnam's Sons (an...
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Update on Personal News on AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE UNITED...
I don't think that AICL has ever gone six weeks without a post! The last post was on Monday, August 5th and frankly, I was surprised and a bit annoyed that six weeks went by without a new post.Here's...
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Highly Recommended: WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela...
We Are Water Protectors written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade is due out in 2020. Today's post is the twitter thread I did yesterday (September 23, 2019) about We Are Water...
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Recommended: INDIAN NO MORE by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell, cover art by Marlena Myles, is due out in September of 2019 from Tu Books. Written with middle-grade readers in mind, I highly recommend it...
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