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Book Bans and Native Voices
The year is 2023. People continue to take from Native peoples and Native Nations. It started with our lands and our children. It included efforts to destroy our nationhood and cultures by making it...
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Highly Recommended! A LETTER FOR BOB by Kim Rogers, illustrated by Jonathan...
A Letter for BobWritten by Kim Rogers (Enrolled member of the Wichita Affiliated Tribes)Illustrated by Jonathan Nelson (Diné)Published in 2023Publisher: HeartdrumReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status:...
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NOT RECOMMENDED: Lois Duncan's STRANGER WITH MY FACE
I begin with a sample of the book covers for Duncan's Stranger With My Face, overlaid with the red X that I use to signal that a book is not recommended. There are several different covers, which means...
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Chinle Planting Hope's Bookmobile with Jonathan Nelson's art
This morning as I looked in on my Facebook account, I saw the most marvelous thing: a bookmobile with Jonathan Nelson's art!The bookmobile is a project with Chinle Planting Hope, a grassroots...
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"We Are On Dakota Land" art by Marlena Myles on Minneapolis Metro Bus
Earlier this week I saw photos of a city bus with "WE ARE ON DAKOTA LAND" written on it. It was more than the words, though. I recognized the art right away. It is by Marlena Myles, who has illustrated...
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Crystal Worl's art on a Boeing 737
Back in May, I saw news stories about Crystal Worl's art being used on Alaska Airlines planes. She's done illustrations for children's books that we've written about before, and I was delighted to see...
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Jenny Kay Dupuis's art for the National Basketball Association
If you're a professional basketball fan, you may already know about the art that Jenny Kay Dupuis is doing for the NBA. In 2022 she was selected to do a series of Woodland Pop Art images. Here's one:...
View Article"Wilder" podcast from Glynnis MacNicol and Emily Marinoff
Some months ago, I agreed to speak with Glynnis MacNicol about a podcast that she was doing with Emily Marinoff for iHeartPodcasts. She'd read my blog posts about Little House on the Prairie and...
View ArticleNotes on O'Dell's THUNDER ROLLING IN THE MOUNTAINS
Over the last few years I've had several questions from parents and teachers about Scott O'Dell's Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. Today (June 20th, 2023) I am going to start reading it and making...
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Debbie Reese Featured on Banner at City Lights Books
A few weeks ago I received an email from staff at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. They were creating new banners for their storefront. For this set they wanted to address book banning and asked...
View ArticleLaura's dog, Jack, goes to the "Happy Hunting Grounds"
This is a quick post due to lack of a stable Internet connection.On Thursday, June 8 of this year (2023), I wrote about the "Wilder" postcast that Glynnis MacNicol and Emily Marinoff are doing for...
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Highly Recommended: Christine Day's WE STILL BELONG
We Still BelongWritten by Christine Day (Upper Skagit)Cover art by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw)Published in 2023Publisher: HeartdrumReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly RecommendedPublisher's...
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Dear Teachers: A Series of Open Letters about Scott O'Dell's Books. Open...
August 20, 2023Dear Teachers, You (or one of your colleagues) have written to me about Scott O'Dell's Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. Some of your schools have been using it for years and some of...
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: REZ BALL BY BYRON GRAVES
Rez Ball Written by Byron Graves (Ojibwe)Cover by Natasha Donovan (Métis)Published by HeartdrumPublished in 2023Reviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly RecommendedEarlier this month I was in San...
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Highly Recommended: ROCK YOUR MOCS, written by Laurel Goodluck, illustrated...
Rock Your MocsWritten by Laurel GoodluckIllustrated by Madelyn GoodnightPublished by HeartdrumPublished in 2023Reviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly RecommendedSeveral years ago on Native social...
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It's Marcie Rendon!
Some time back I did a series of posts about Native illustrators whose work was being used in unusual ways -- like the city bus that features the work of Marlena Myles. Today on social media, I saw a...
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A Request Regarding Records of Native Students at Boarding Schools
Those of you who follow Native news know that Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, launched an investigation into boarding schools for Native children. It included finding out how many schools there...
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A Storywalk Featuring Nancy Cooper's BIINDIGEN! AMIK SAYS WELCOME
In the past few months, I've done several blog posts about Native people or their books or art being part of what the public sees when they're out and about. I'm delighted to do another of those posts...
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Debbie--have you seen TREE IN THE TRAIL or PADDLE-TO-THE-SEA by Holling...
Every once in awhile I get an email or comment asking if I've seen a book by Holling Clancy Holling. It might be Tree in the Trail (published in 1942) but more often, people ask about...
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A Remarkable Headline
Typically, AICL looks at books for young people. Today, I (Jean) am inspired to do something a little different: a close reading of a headline about a book for young people. Its origin is Alaska's News...
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