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Thinking Critically About Writing Assignments We Ask Children to Do [and a...
When we ask children to think (and write) like someone of a different time period, a different culture, a different geographical location, and a different language, what are we giving them in order to...
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Highly Recommended! I SANG YOU DOWN FROM THE STARS, written by Tasha...
I Sang You Down from the StarsWritten by Tasha Spillett-Sumner (Inninewak (Cree) and Trinidadian)Illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit, member of the Kiks.ådi Clan)Published in 2021Publisher: Little,...
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RECOMMENDED! Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher
Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher Written by Kade Ferris (Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Canadian Metis descent)Illustrated by Tashia Hart (Red Lake Anishinabe)Published in...
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An Open Letter to Anyone Writing or Editing or Reviewing or Using a...
May 30, 2021Dear Anyone Writing or Editing or Reviewing or Using a Children's Book about Crazy Horse:This morning I read an email from a teacher who is asking me about Crazy Horse. She is considering a...
View ArticleDebbie--have you seen Whitney Sanderson's GOLDEN SUN, (#5 in the Horse...
A reader wrote to ask if I've read Whitney Sanderson's Golden Sun. Published in 2010, it is part of the Horse Diaries series published by Random House Books for Young Readers. The books are historical...
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Take Action: Contact Scholastic about Clifford's Halloween
This morning as I prep for an event that is framed as a book fair, I started looking for an image of book fairs to remind people that they make choices at fairs. They look carefully. I found a...
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Indians, Eskimos, and guns in DANNY AND THE DINOSAUR
The original edition of Danny and the Dinosaur, written and illustrated by Syd Hoff came out in 1958 as an "I Can Read" book. It was published by Harper & Brothers:Some years later, it was...
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Highly Recommended! HEALER OF THE WATER MONSTER
Healer of the Water MonsterWritten by Brian Young (Navajo)Illustrated by Shonto Begay (Navajo)Published in 2021Publisher: Heartdrum (HarperCollins)Reviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly...
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Milestones: Indigenous Peoples and Children's Literature
Indigenous Milestones in Children's LiteratureCompiled by Debbie Reese (Nambé Owingeh) and Jean Mendoza (White)American Indians in Children's LiteratureIn Milestones for Diversity in Children's...
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Not Recommended: WE ARE A GARDEN: A STORY OF HOW DIVERSITY TOOK ROOT IN AMERICA
We Are A Garden: A Story of How Diversity Took Root in AmericaWritten by Lisa Westberg PetersIllustrated by Victoria Tentler-KrylovPublished in 2021Publisher: Schwartz and Wade (an imprint of Random...
View ArticleWhat a Difference Thirty Years of Hard Work Makes
What a Difference Thirty* Years of Hard Work Makesby Debbie Reese What did the children's books published in 1990--the ones about Native people--look like? How do they compare to the ones published in...
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Highly Recommended! SHARICE'S BIG VOICE: A NATIVE KID BECOMES A CONGRESSWOMAN
Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a CongresswomanWritten by Sharice Davids with Nancy K. MaysIllustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-SteckleyPublished in 2021Publisher: Harper CollinsReviewer:...
View ArticleBooks by Native writers are on list of banned books at Central York High...
This morning, I saw posts on social about books that are being banned in Central York High School in Pennsylvania. The books are outstanding ones by terrific writers like Zetta Elliott, Jacqueline...
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Highly Recommended! THE DINE READER: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NAVAJO LITERATURE
The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo LiteratureEdited by Esther G. Belin, Jeff Berglund, Connie A. Jacobs, and Anthony K. WebsterCover Art by Shonto BegayForeword by Sherwin Bitsui, with...
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NOT RECOMMENDED: Alan Gratz's BAN THIS BOOK
On November 3, 2019, Mike M. submitted this comment to AICL's post about Lois Lenski's Indian Captive: I've come to Dr. Reese's review of Indian Captive because of its appearance in Alan Gratz's 2017...
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Highly Recommended: SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEA by Cynthia Leitich Smith; cover...
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Sisters of the NeverseaWritten by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Nation)Cover art by Floyd Cooper (Muscogee Creek Nation)Published in 2021Publisher: Heartdrum...
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Highly Recommended! A Girl Called Echo, Volume 4: Road Allowance Era
A Girl Called Echo, Vol.4: Road Allowance EraWritten by Katherena Vermette (Red River Metis)Illustrated by Scott B. Henderson; Colors by Donovan YaciukPublished in 2021Publisher: Highwater...
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Highly Recommended! Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and...
Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and ResurgenceWritten by Nicola I. Campbell (Nłeʔkepmx, Syilx, and Métis)Cover illustration by Published in 2021Publisher: Highwater PressReviewer: Debbie...
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Update on AS AN OAK TREE GROWS (originally reviewed on Oct 12, 2014)
In October of 2014, AICL reviewed the opening pages of As An Oak Tree Grows by G. Brian Karas. Last week, a reader wrote to tell me that she had received a copy of the book, via Dolly Parton's...
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Highly Recommended: ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE: A MEMOIR-MANIFESTO by George M....
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-ManifestoWritten by George M. Johnson Cover Art by Charly PalmerPublished in 2020Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (Imprint of Macmillan)Reviewer: Debbie ReeseReview...
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