Reviewed by Jean Mendoza Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Wild Eggs: A Tale of Arctic Egg Collecting opens with a little girl stepping off a bush plane, holding a stuffed polar bear. Akuluk and her mother have come from Yellowknife to a remote part of Nunavut. She is about to meet her maternal grandparents […]
Fall in Line, Holden!
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Holden–the little boy in the story–is a combination of the author, his dad, and his nephew. Three things that especially appeal to me are… First, that the little boy’s imagination is the heart of the story. Turning the pages, you’ll see what […]
Shadowshaper
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Last year I read Daniel Jose Older’s excellent essay in Buzzfeed Books. Titled “Diversity is Not Enough: Race, Power, Publishing,” it was shared widely in my social media networks. I started following him on Twitter, and learned that he had a young […]
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Reviewed by Martha Stackhouse Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: The story has to have been after contact because the pictures are very colorful and the atikjuks, the outer part of the parka, are made from cloth. In looking at the pictures, the maklaks appear to be soft sole, where we mostly use […]
My Heart Is On the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl
Review by Debbie Reese, Beverly Slapin, and more. Review Source: Rethinking Schools Book Author: My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl is a new book published by Scholastic as part of its “Dear America” series of historical fiction diaries. Immensely popular, the series is prominent both in bookstores […]
Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Charyleyboy and Leatherdale’s new book, Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City, also published by Annick Press, was released in August of this year. Isn’t that cover exquisite? Inside you’ll find art, and stories, and poems written by Native people. There’s joy, for […]