Kathleen and Michael Lacapa's Less Than Half, More Than Whole In the first year of my graduate studies, I came across a book that deeply...

Nora Naranjo-Morse's MUD WOMAN: POEMS FROM THE CLAY

The University of Arizona, Tucson is home to Sun Tracks , one of the first publishing programs that focused exclusively on creative works by...

Jim Fortier's Alcatraz Is Not an Island Blogging today---not about books---but about a documentary that ought to be in middle school and...

"Mom, Look! It's George, and He's a TV Indian!" In 1998, I wrote an article for Horn Book , which is the most prestigious ...

Children's books and American Indians This blog and my work are focused on the ways that American Indians are represented in children...

Kathy Jo Wargin's THE LEGEND OF THE PETOSKEY STONE

[Note: This review is posted by permission of its author, Lois Beardslee. It may not be published elsewhere without her written permission.]...

Robert Parker's The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft A short post today, to let y...

Jan Bourdeau Waboose's SKYSISTERS

A few days ago, it was -6 degrees outside, and yesterday, snow fell most of the day. That snow took the edge off the bitter cold and as I br...

Sharon Creech's WALK TWO MOONS

[Note: This review is used with permission of its author, Beverly Slapin. It may not be published elsewhere without her written permission....

Racism, Power, and Privilege at UIUC In previous posts to the blog, I've referred to incidents of stereotyping and racist acts that have...