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Dear Jon Scieszka: I've got a bone to pick with you... 15 Jul 2013 | 06:55 pm
July 15, 2013 Dear Jon Scieszka, I've got a bone to pick with you. Are you following the recent news story about the names of the pilots of the Asiana flight that crashed in San Francisco? Someone m...
Susan Cooper on GHOST HAWK: "The only major liberty I've taken is..." 14 Jun 2013 | 07:31 pm
In the Author's Note of Susan Cooper's Ghost Hawk, she says "The only major liberty I've taken is in copying for John Wakeley the whipping inflicted by the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the Baptist Obad...
Update from Curtis Acosta and the shut-down of TUSD's Mexican American Studies program 7 Jun 2013 | 04:08 am
Editor's note: Late last week, Curtis Acosta wrote to me, asking if I'd share his open letter regarding his work. I'm glad to do it. If you are completely new to what happened in Tucson last year, one...
Reading: Part One of Susan Cooper's GHOST HAWK 6 Jun 2013 | 05:26 pm
On Monday, June 3rd, I received (from a colleague) an advanced reader copy of Susan Cooper's Ghost Hawk. My thoughts, as I read, are in italics. Primarily a writer of fantasy, Cooper has a great deal...
KAMIK: AN INUIT PUPPY STORY by Donald Uluadluak 5 Jun 2013 | 08:20 pm
"Ataatasiaq? Are you home?" Jake called as he walked into his grandfather's kitchen. Jake is a young Inuit boy visiting his grandfather. He's not alone on this visit... He's brought his new puppy with...
American Indians in Children's Literature's "Show Me The Awesome" post 2 Jun 2013 | 12:13 am
Design by John LeMasney via lemasney.com Launched by Liz Burns (she blogs at A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy at School Library Journal), Kelly Jensen (she blogs at Stacked), and Sophie Brookover...
A Not-Recommended E-Book: THROUGH THE HIDDEN DOOR by Rosemary Wells 30 May 2013 | 05:03 pm
You know how kids can be cruel? Cruel kids are the opening for this novel. A group of cruel boys is throwing rocks at a dog that belongs to the headmaster of their ritzy private school in Massachusett...
What I Like about Eric Gansworth's IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE 29 May 2013 | 10:19 pm
America--or any nation--celebrates moments and events in its history that show that nation in a good light. Noting those moments is important, but so is noting that there is not a single story within ...
Books by Native Authors at Bus Boys and Poets 26 May 2013 | 09:57 pm
I was in Washington D.C. last week. When I'm there, I try to get over to Busboys and Poets and check out the books they have in the bookstore. Deborah Menkart of Teaching for Change was with me and sn...
Cynthia Leitich Smith on Gansworth's IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE 15 May 2013 | 06:08 pm
While I'm working on my review essay about Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here, here's what Cynthia Leitich Smith had to say about it: "[If I Ever Get Out of Here is] A heart-healing, mocs-on-...
