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Recommended: "A Girl's Best Friend" by Cynthia Leitich Smith, in THE HERO...
Cynthia Leitich Smith's "A Girl's Best Friend" is one of the stories in The Hero Next Door. Published in 2019 by Crown Books for Young Readers, its main character is a 12-year old named Sophie Bigheart...
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Recommended: BIRDSONG by Julie Flett
Add Julie Flett's Birdsong to your shelves! It is on several Best Books of 2019 lists and it got starred reviews from the major review journals.Most of the reviews note Flett's artistic style and the...
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AICL's Best Books of 2019
Below is American Indians in Children's Literature's list of Best Books published in 2019. Because we are not able to read and review every book that comes out in a given year by the time we create...
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Recommended: SPOTTED TAIL by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Nineteenth-century Sicangu Lakota leader Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska) is the subject of a new biography for middle grades, by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Spotted Tail, Reycraft Books, 2019). Spotted Tail...
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Not Recommended: PARKER LOOKS UP by Parker Curry, Jessica Curry; illustrated...
This evening, I did a thread on Twitter about Parker Looks Up. Using the Spooler app, I am pasting the thread here.Parker Looks UpPublished by Aladdin (Simon and Schuster)2019Reviewed by Debbie...
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Not Recommended: STONE RIVER CROSSING by Tim Tingle
In the Acknowledgements of Stone River Crossing, Tim Tingle thanks me as a friend and colleague "in the drive to educate" and it is with that drive that I offer this critique of his book.Stone River...
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Not Recommended: CODE WORD COURAGE by Kirby Larson
Code Word CourageWritten by Kirby LarsonPublished in 2018Publisher: Scholastic PressReviewer: Debbie ReeseStatus: Not Recommended****In 2018, a reader wrote to ask me about Kirby Larson's Code Word...
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Not Recommended: Elisha Cooper's RIVER
RiverWritten by Elisha CooperPublished in 2019Publisher: ScholasticReviewer: Debbie ReeseStatus: Not RecommendedI'll begin with the book's description, from Scholastic:A breathtaking adventure as a...
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RECOMMENDED: Red River Resistance: A Girl Called Echo, V.2
Red River Resistance: A Girl Called Echo, Volume 2 Written by Katherena Vermette (Metis)Illus. by Scott B. Henderson. Colors by Donovan Yaciuk Published in 2019Publisher: Highwater PressReviewed by...
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Recommended: Standing Strong by Gary Robinson
Standing StrongWritten by Gary Robinson (Choctaw/Cherokee)Published in 2019Publisher: 7th GenerationReviewed by Jean MendozaStatus: RecommendedFor many months when we were adapting Roxanne...
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The Whiteness of Romance Writers of America, and a tweet-review of Kathryn...
On December 24, I learned that a writer I (Debbie) respect tremendously had been suspended by the Romance Writers of America (RWA). Her name is Courtney Milan. I follow her on Twitter because she's a...
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Not Recommended: National Geographic's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN INDIAN...
Encyclopedia of American Indian History & Culture: Stories, Time Lines, Maps, and MoreWritten by Cynthia O'BrienPublished in 2019Publisher: National GeographicReviewed by Debbie ReeseStatus: Not...
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Debbie--have you seen JUMPING MOUSE: A NATIVE AMERICAN LEGEND OF FRIENDSHIP...
This is a long overdue "Debbie--have you seen" post! Last year I was asked about Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend of Friendship and Sacrifice by Misty Schroe. My apologies for this delay!Back in...
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National Geographic's Encyclopedia of American Indian History and Culture,...
Encyclopedia of American Indian History & Culture: Stories, Time Lines, Maps, and MoreWritten by Cynthia O'BrienPublished in 2019Publisher: National GeographicReviewed by Jean MendozaStatus: Not...
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Recommended: "Grace" and "Homecoming" by Darcie Little Badger in TAKE THE MIC
"Grace" and "Homecoming" Written by Dr. Darcie Little BadgerPublished in 2019 in Take the MicPublisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic)Reviewed by Debbie ReeseStatus: Recommended****Dr. Darcie...
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AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE on...
Regular readers of AICL know that Jean Mendoza and I spent the last three years adapting Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States in an edition for young readers. It...
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Changes ahead at American Indians in Children's Literature
Changes Ahead at American Indians in Children's LiteratureDebbie ReeseWhen I launched American Indians in Children's Literature in 2006, it was my effort to make my research and thinking available to...
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NOT RECOMMENDED: Rebecca Roanhorse's RACE TO THE SUN. A review essay by...
With his permission, American Indians in Children's Literature is publishing Michael Thompson's essay about Rebecca Roanhorse's middle grade novel, Race to the Sun, published in 2020 by Disney Hyperion...
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Recommended: Cradle Songs of Southeast Alaska
Cradle Songs of Southeast AlaskaWritten by Kaal.atk' Charlie Joseph (Tlingit), Hlii'ilaang Kun 'Lan-gaayand HlGaa'xatgu 'Laanaas family members (Haida),the Haayk Foundation, and Nancy Barnes...
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Highly Recommended: Gitige - She/he Gardens
Gitige - She/he Gardensby Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior ChippewaAnishinaabe consultants Tom Jack, Tara Dupuis, Marcus Ammesmaki, Jodie LockingPhotographs by Autumn Aubu'tPublished in 2019Published...
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