To date: Most popular page at American Indians in Children's Literature...

On August 8, 2010 , I created a video using Google's "Search Story" program. Since then, it has become the most popular page o...

Audio: Tim Tingle reading from SALTYPIE

A few minutes ago, I was reading Cynsations and found out that Teaching Books has an audio of Tim Tingle talking about, and then reading fr...

Rosemary Wells illustration in MY VERY FIRST MOTHER GOOSE

In 1996, Iona Opie edited a collection of Mother Goose rhymes. The title of the book is My Very First Mother Goose . Illustrations are by Ro...

Tommy Hilfiger Playing Indian

Children's books and media are replete with characters (human and not) who put on a feathered headband or headdress and put their hand/p...

Censorship of WANJA, a Picture Book by an Indigenous Australian Author/Illustrator

On Tuesday (August 17, 2010), listservs and Facebook were buzzing about author Pete Hautman's blog post, " The Nasty Thing in the C...

Images of Indigenous People in Shakespeare and Children's Literature

Last week I was in Stratford, Ontario at the Shakespeare Festival. We saw The Tempest . I can't recall seeing it before, but I had a vag...

Wall Street Journal on Quileute Response to Twilight

The Wall Street Journal notes the Quileute educational response to Twilight ... I wonder if Meyer has a comment? ---------------------------...

Reflect and Refine's "10 for 10 Picture Book Event"

Over on Reflect and Refine: Building a Learning Community , Cathy (the blog's owner) has a "10 for 10 Picture Book Event" goi...

A "Search Story" for American Indians in Children's Literature

NOTE, September 3, 2010: I reposted the video and added rationale for why I chose the books featured in the video. Please read the rationale...