Social Justice Books

Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.

This Land Is My Land

Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Among my favorite books is George Littlechild’s This Land Is My Land, published in 1993 by Children’s Book Press. Written and illustrated by Littlechild, the book won the Jane Addams Peace Award. The title, of course, is familiar. Across the United States, in schools […]

Ajijaak – Crane

Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: In 2018, Ajijaak – Crane was published by Waub Ajijaak Press, in Manistee, Michigan. Written by Cecilia Rose LaPointe, illustrated by Dolly Peltier, and translated into Anishinaabe by Margaret Noodin, it is one I am pleased to recommend. The story opens with […]

Awâsis and the World Famous Bannock

Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indian’s in Children’s Literature Book Author: I settled in to do some reading last night. I reached for Dallas Hunt’s Awâsis and the World Famous Bannock. Amanda Strong’s illustrations drew me in as I turned the pages, following Awâsis as she sets out to take her grandma’s world-famous bannock to a relative. […]

Benny Doesn’t Like to Be Hugged

Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: A few days ago, I added a new feature to AICL. I called it “Reviewed on Twitter.” It is for books that I talk about on Twitter, in a series of numbered or threaded tweets. Earlier today (October 3, 2017), I did […]

Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump

Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indian’s in Children’s Literature Book Author: I haven’t done a rigorous study of biographies of US presidents. The ones I have looked at over the years are lacking in one way or another. Most leave out Native peoples and nations that presidents interacted with–or the information that is included, […]