Critical perspectives and discussion of Native Americans in children's books and stories, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society-at-large.
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Sending you to "displaced Dene," a blog run by Tenille Campbell. She's got some things to say about the House of Night series...
Tenille Campbell is Dene (First Nations) from Northern Saskatchewan. From reading her site, I gather Campbell is studying...
Sending my congratulations to Nicola I. Campbell, author of Shin-chi's Canoe. In the news today... "Residential school story wins $25,000 kids' book award."
In this morning's "Google Alert" email (the one I set up using "Debbie Reese" +blog), I learned that Carol Rasco, the CEO of Reading is Fundamental, had blogged about Thanksgiving on her RIF blog. There, she wrote about American Indians in Children's...
I've spent the last week engaging in an online conversation on a site called Through the Tollbooth. There, like on American Indians in Children's Literature, I push writers to think about appropriation. Some people understand what I mean, others do...
For some time now, I've been aware of the HOUSE OF NIGHT series of vampire stories. I picked one up in a bookstore and skimmed it, but put it back down. I did not want to spend time on it. I am still not sure how much time I will give to it...
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