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Not Recommended: AND STILL THE TURTLE WATCHED
I often do a Twitter review of a book -- which means I write and send tweets as I read the book. I did that yesterday as I made my way through And Still the Turtle Watched. I try to compile those...
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Recommended: THE CASE OF WINDY LAKE
I've really enjoyed Marcie R. Rendon's first two Cash Blackbear mysteries. Marcie (White Earth Anishinabe) writes them for adults, but older teens will also find them engaging. I recommend them. They...
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Not Recommended: HOW TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING! by P. K. Hallinan
Back in August of 2019, Elisa Gall tweeted the cover of How to Celebrate Thanksgiving: Holiday Traditions, Rituals, and Rules in a Delightful Story by P.K. Hallinan. It is due out on November 5 from...
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National Parks, in AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE US, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
In the last few months, I (Debbie) have received a few emails about the National Parks. I have replied by directing individuals to An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, for Young People....
View ArticleA First Look at Roanhorse's RACE TO THE SUN
In July of 2019, I received an ARC (advanced reader copy) of Rebecca Roanhorse's Race to the Sun. I did a short twitter thread as I looked it over. Below is that thread, with some light editing to the...
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Highly Recommended: FRY BREAD: A NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILY STORY
All across social media, friends and colleagues are saying "Happy Book Birthday!" to Kevin Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal. That's because their book, Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story is...
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Thoughts on Patricia MacLachlan's THE HUNDRED-YEAR BARN (and my conclusion:...
On October 8, 2019, a reader wrote to ask me if I had seen Patricia MacLaughlan's The Hundred-Year Barn. Published by HarperCollins and illustrated by Kenard Pak, it came out recently.Though the reader...
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Not Recommended: SQUANTO'S JOURNEY: THE STORY OF THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
One of the questions I (Debbie) get around this time of the year is whether or not I recommend Joseph Bruchac's picture book, Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving. The book was...
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Recommended! STRANGELANDS written by Magdalene Visaggio and Darcie Little...
Native teens! Go to the Humanoids site and get copies of the comic series, Strangelands. They're written by Magdalene Visaggio and Darcie Little Badger. The art is by Guillermo Sanna, and Dan Panosian...
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Dear _____: I got your letter about Thanksgiving
Today's blog post has an unusual title. It is my effort to reply, in one response, to the range of queries I get by email. These are emails that give me hope. They embody a growing understanding that...
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Recommended: JOHNNY'S PHEASANT written by Cheryl Minnema, pictures by Julie...
Johnny's Pheasant is written by Cheryl Minnema (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) and illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Métis). New in 2019, it is a picture book I am pleased to recommend.Grandma's are...
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Recommended! THE RELUCTANT STORYTELLER by Art Coulson; illustrated by Hvresse...
There's a specialness to Art Coulson's The Reluctant Storyteller that is moving through my head and heart. You won't find it for sale in the usual places because it is published by Benchmark Education,...
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Recommended: The Case of the Missing Auntie
How often have you read a middle grade mystery novel that had you in tears just a few pages after making you laugh? That's what happened when I spent yesterday with an ARC of Michael Hutchinson's new...
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Mark this day... there's a Native Imprint from a Major Publisher!
Way back when I started graduate school in the mid 1990s, I wanted to see so much more being published by Native writers... and here, in 2019, is the very best news that I could hope...
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Not Recommended: THE SACRIFICE by Diane Matcheck
A reader wrote to ask if we've seen The Sacrifice by Diane Matcheck. It was published in 2016 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Macmillan). Based on what I have read about the book, I am changing the title...
View ArticleRecommended: "Ballad of Weary Daughters"
It's hard to authentically tell stories from the POV of children and youth trying to keep family and self together in the face of parental loss, dysfunction, abuse, or neglect (or institutional abuse)....
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Recommended: "Chubby City Indian" by Jana Schmieding in THE (OTHER) F WORD: A...
Jana Schmeiding is Lakota. She does comedy shows and hosts the Woman of Size podcast. Her essay, "Chubby City Indian" is in Angie Manfredi's The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce....
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IGLOO FARM becomes SNOWY FARM
Snowy Farm by Calvin Shaw, with illustrations by Oamul Lu, was published by Simon and Schuster on November 5, 2019. Before it was Snowy Farm, it was Igloo Farm and scheduled to be published in October...
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Not Recommended: ENCOUNTER by Brittany Luby and Michaela Goade
Several months ago, we received a copy of Brittany Luby and Michaela Goade's Encounter. It came out in October of 2019 from one of the Big Five publishers: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Books...
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Recommended: MAY WE HAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE by Richard Van Camp; photographs by...
Published in 2019 by Orca Book Publishers, May We Have Enough to Share features photographs taken by Indigenous women who blog at Tea & Bannock. As I page through it, I can't help but smile over...
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