Herman Parish's AMELIA BEDELIA TALKS TURKEY

Over at the Greenwillow blog, there's a post about it being Amelia Bedelia's 50th birthday. Here's the tweet that sent me there...

A Peek at American Indians in Children's Fiction Published from 1955-1965

Nancy Larrick's article,  The All White World of Children's Book , was published in 1965. I wondered what I might find if I did a se...

GIRL MEETS BOY, edited by Kelly Milner Halls

In the closing pages of Girl Meets Boy: Because There Are Two Sides to Every Story , we learn that Joseph Bruchac wrote "Falling Down t...

Playing Indian - Vintage Valentine's Day Cards

Over at BuzzFeed, Leonora Epstein posted 15 Unbelievably Racist Valentine's Day Cards . I'm sharing two of them in this post. Before...

Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures: The Mount Rushmore Calamity

In 1964, Jeff Brown introduced readers to a character named Flat Stanley: Flat Stanley's name is actually Stanley Lambchop, but a bullet...

Brandon Mull's FABLEHAVEN: GRIP OF THE SHADOW PLAGUE

A few weeks ago, I pointed to stereotypes in Brandon Mull's Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star. Today, I'm pointing to problems i...