Something Will Rogers said...

A friend asked me what I know about Will Rogers, famous TV and radio personality, part Cherokee... He asked, in particular, about one of his...

Thoughts on Sharon Creech's WALK TWO MOONS

Have you ever used Google Earth ? It's a fascinating tool that lets you look at a place (like your hometown) via satellite photographs. ...

Elizabeth Bird's Survey of Top 100 Children's Novels, #90 thru #66

A week ago (Feb 10, 2010), I wrote about Elizabeth Bird's survey at SLJ. She asked readers to send her a list of their all time favorite...

Video: Do All Indians Live in Tipis?

Over on the right side of this page, I feature a link to a book called Do All Indians Live in Tipis ? I wrote about the book when it came o...

Elizabeth Bird's survey of Top 100 Children's Novels

A while back, SLJ ( School Library Journal ) columnist Elizabeth Bird invited her readers to send her a list of their top ten children's...

Editorial: "Sucking the Quileute Dry"

Yesterday's New York Times ran an Op-Ed by Angela R. Riley. She's the director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA . Titl...

Tony Hillerman

I had an email earlier today, asking if I recommend Tony Hillerman's books.  I've skimmed some of them and didn't like what I re...