Yesterday at the doctor's office, flipping thru magazines on the table, I was surprised to see a full page Tylenol ad on the back page o...
Established in 2006, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society. Scroll down for links to book reviews, Native media, and more.
Yesterday at the doctor's office, flipping thru magazines on the table, I was surprised to see a full page Tylenol ad on the back page o...
A reader told me about an article by Shirley Sterling, author of one of the boarding school books I wrote about yesterday. The article is a ...
American Indian Boarding Schools - continued Native singer/songwriter Arigon Starr heard about the critique of Rinaldi's book and wrote ...
I think that when most people hear "boarding school," they think of elite private schools, and perhaps they think of Hogwarts (Har...
There are four additional board books by Beverly Blacksheep! They are Baby Learns about Weather , Baby Learns about Time , Baby Learns abou...
I spent the last three days studying materials in the Yale libraries. It is fascinating to do this sort of research. There is so much here...
In some of my posts, I talked about words like "papoose" that some (incorrectly) think are "Indian" words that all India...
Back in the mid 90s I was reviewing for children's lit review journals. I was sent LOTS of books to review. Most were pretty dismal, but...
In the landscape of words and phrases that are somehow associated with American Indians is "Happy Hunting Ground." I spent a half ...
When my daughter was in 3rd grade (eight years ago), one evening while doing reading homework, she said "Mom, I don't get it....
In December of 2001, Publisher's Weekly published a list of all-time best selling paperbacks. The list, compiled by Debbie Turvey, list...
One area of my research is the analysis of American Indian folktales that are marketed as picture books for children. I submitted an article...
I often get private emails from teachers asking about best practice in terms of teaching about American Indians. Over a series of blog posts...
In my "links" I include links to Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog and her website. She's got some terrific books ( Jingle Danc...
In "comments" to my previous post, Opal noted that American Indians get short shrift in history classes, in part due to state stan...
Note on page design: When I started this blog, I used white text on black background because web-design books said that is easier on the eye...