Kids and Joy Harjo's The Good Luck Cat Go to Joy Harjo's blog , scroll down to her entry for April 28th, and see a photo of three ki...

Queen Elizabeth, American Indians, and Comments from Abroad In the April 29th edition of the UK's Sunday Times is an article titled ...

American Girls Collection: Kaya

A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children , edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin, includes a review of the Kaya books ...

Beverly Slapin's review of Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian [On April 12th, I posted first impressio...

Louise Erdrich Rejects Honorary Degree

News from last week (April 20th, 2007): Louise Erdrich, author of several outstanding children's books was offered an honorary degree fr...

Richard Van Camp's WHAT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING YOU KNOW ABOUT HORSES?

Several weeks ago I wrote about Richard Van Camp’s novel, The Lesser Blessed , which I recommend for YA readers. Today I want to call your a...

"Putting Lucy Pretty Eagle to Rest," by Barbara Landis

A character in Anne Rinaldi's white-washed portrayal of American Indian Boarding schools is Lucy Pretty Eagle. In our extensive review ...

Jodi Picoult and Native Mascots

My daughter and I read aloud to each other, something we've done since she was little (she's now a senior in high school). Last wee...

Jorge Argueta's Talking with Mother Earth/Hablando con Madre Tierra [Note: This review is used by permission of Beverly Slapin and may n...

Sherman Alexie's THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN

First impression, with more to come later... As I read the first pages, I wished the depiction of Native life wasn't so bleak. It feeds ...

More on SIGN OF THE BEAVER

Below is an essay from an organization called Students and Teachers Against Racism. Its authors sent it to me, with permission to post it he...

More on HOW THE MOON REGAINED HER SHAPE

Earlier this month, I posted Beverly Slapin's review of How the Moon Regained Her Shape . I have a copy of How the Moon Regained Her Sha...

Deanna Himanga's BOOZHOO, COME PLAY WITH US

Boozhoo, Come Play With Us is a terrific board book. Published in 2002 by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa , this board book ...

Beverly Slapin's Review of Janet Ruth Heller's HOW THE MOON REGAINED HER SHAPE

[Editor's Note: This review used by permission of Beverly Slapin, and may not be published elsewhere without her written permission.] --...

Reader's Theater: Cynthia Leitich Smith's INDIAN SHOES

"Reader's Theater" is growing in popularity in school classrooms. In one form, a story from a favorite book is written up lik...