Clik here to view.
Press Release: Introducing Maawn Doobiigeng - the new classification system...
Note from Debbie: In this morning's email, I received the press release I'm sharing below. Librarians across the US are looking for ways to revisit their classification systems because they are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: THE BEE MOTHER
Imagine an overcast, cold, windy, completely dreary early spring day. A plain brown cardboard envelope arrives from Portage & Main -- it must be a review copy of one of their latest books for young...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finally! I got to see myself at City Lights Book Store!
Earlier this month, my mom, and my little sister and her husband were visiting us in California. We went to San Francisco one day. I pulled up Google maps to see where we were and peered at the map...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended: BEHIND EVERY RUG by Daniel W. Vandever and Lynne Hardy
Those who follow my work know that I've been frustrated many times with things Scholastic does. Sometimes, though, they do a good thing. Case in point? Behind Every Rug. HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDThis little...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NOT RECOMMENDED: BACK IN THE BEFORETIME. TALES OF THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS by...
A reader wrote to ask if I've read Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians by Jane Louise Curry. The answer? I had not, but the reader's question prompted me to take a look. It came out...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended: WINGS OF AN EAGLE: THE GOLD MEDAL DREAMS OF BILLY MILLS,...
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Millsby Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota) and Donna Janell Bowman (not Native)Illustrated by S. D. Nelson (Standing Rock...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended: NAVAJO CODE TALKERS by Danielle C. Burbank
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDNavajo Code TalkersWritten by Danielle C. Burbank (Diné)Published in 2024Publisher: Dorling KindersleyReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly Recommended****I love that Danielle...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended! BOOZHOO! HELLO! by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Boozhoo! Hello! Written and illustrated by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (member of Wasauksing First Nation)Translated by Mary Ann Corbiere (Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory)Published in 2024Publisher:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended: THIS LAND: THE HISTORY OF THE LAND WE'RE ON by Ashley...
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDThis Land: The History of the Land We're OnWritten by Ashley Fairbanks (White Earth Anishinaabe)Illustration by Bridget George (Anishinaabe from Kettle and Stony Point First...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended: I'M FINDING MY TALK, by Rebecca Thomas, illustrated by...
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDI'm Finding My Talkby Rebecca Thomas (Mi'kmaw)Illustrations by Pauline YoungPublished in 2019Publisher: Nimbus PublishingReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly Recommended****A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended: LET'S GO! haw êkwa! BY JULIE FLETT
Let's Go! haw êkwa!Written and illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Metis)Published in 2024Publisher: Greystone KidsReviewer: Jean MendozaReview Status: Highly RecommendedWhat a treat I had tonight! While...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Not Recommended: STORIES CALIFORNIA INDIANS TOLD by Anne B. Fisher
Several readers have asked me about Stories California Indians Told by Anne B. Fisher, illustrated by Ruth Robbins. It came out in 1957 from Parnassus Press in Berkeley, California. Whenever I am asked...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sign up! California Indian Ed for All offers a free series of On-line Book...
This Thursday (September 12), I am giving a webinar in California Indian Ed for All's online book club series. These webinars are open to the public, and there is no charge for them. They start this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Native Authors--January Rogers and katherena vermette--On Pretendianism
Have you read news reports about false claims to being Native? Back in 2021 I started Native? Or, not? A Resource List of items I had read and thought others would find helpful. In 2023 I started a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Comanche Nation Denounces EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
At American Indians in Children's Literature, we occasionally read and recommend books intended for adult readers. We aren't alone in doing that. Within children's literature, the Alex Award is given...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Questions about ABDO's COMANCHE in its "Native American Nations" series
Yesterday, I shared a resolution issued by the Comanche Nation that denounces Gwynne's Empire of the Summer Moon. Today I looked for children's books about the Comanche Nation. The one that popped up a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What is going on with COLONIZATION AND THE WAMPANOAG STORY by Linda Coombs?
On October 8, colleagues wrote to let me know that a public library in Texas had made a decision to remove Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs (Aquinnah Wampanoag) from the juvenile...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended! CHOOCH HELPED by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Rebecca...
Chooch Helpedby Andrea L. Rogers (citizen of the Cherokee Nation)illustrated by Rebecca Lee Knuz (citizen of the Cherokee Nation)Published in 2024Publisher: Levine QueridoReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highly Recommended: BIINDIGEN! AMIK SAYS WELCOME
Biindigen! Amik Says Welcomeby Nancy Cooper (Chippewas of Rama First Nation)Illustrations by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Wasauksing First Nation)Published in 2023Publisher: Owl Kids...
View ArticleClik here to view.
At PEN America: "Native American Heritage Now: An Interview with Dr. Debbie...
Today (November 13, 2024), PEN America published an interview Amulya Hiremath did for Native American Heritage Month: I appreciate Hiremath's opening paragraph and am grateful for the opportunity to...
View Article