Reviewed by Jean Mendoza Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Biographies of Native sports figures have been few and far between, in my experience. Jim Thorpe and Tom Longboat are two that immediately come to mind. So it feels great to be able to recommend Kade Ferris’ middle grade book about the […]
Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector
Reviewed by Jean Mendoza Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: . . . . Author Diane Wilson (Dakota) follows Ella Deloria from her childhood on the Standing Rock reservation to the creation of a fellowship in her name at Columbia University in 2010, nearly 4 decades after her death in 1971. Wilson […]
Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: . . .The biography starts in 1986 when [Peggy] Flanagan was in first grade in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. It is recess time and Peggy is outside playing. But she’s thinking about the lessons they were doing before recess. Her teacher had […]
Navajo Code Talkers
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: I love that Danielle C. Burbank (Diné) opens her book, Navajo Code Talkers, with the word Yá’át’ééh! It signals that we’re going to learn about the Code Talkers from someone for whom this is not a subject. Instead, it is her family’s life. […]
Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice
Reviewed by Amanda MacGregor Review Source: School Library Journal Book Author: Uncovered family secrets and a growing feminist consciousness propel a seventh grader to cause good trouble and start a school-wide revolution. Twelve-year-old Manuela “Mani” Semilla, whose parents are Chinese-Filipino American and Guatemalan, feels stuck in the liminal space between childhood and adulthood. Mani is desperate […]
Black Girl You Are Atlas
Review Source: Rethinking Schools Book Author: Black Girl You Are Atlas is Renée Watson’s first book of poetry. Like her novels, Watson’s poems explore the intersection of race, class, and gender. And like her novels, this semi-autobiographical collection celebrates the joys and sorrows of growing up a Black girl in this country. Woven throughout the book are […]
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