Eve Bunting's CHEYENNE AGAIN
Below is a review of Eve Bunting's book, Cheyenne Again . The review is written by Beverly Slapin at Oyate, a Native not-for-profit orga...
Thanksgiving Picture Books: THANKSGIVING MICE
Earlier this week I visited a local public library to take a look at their picture books with the word "Thanksgiving" in the title...
The Twelve Days of Christmas: A Pinata for the Pinon Tree
It is generally poor form to comment on a book that you have not seen, so I'm sure to get criticized for doing so today... A reader wrot...
"The only good Indian is a dead Indian"
Did you know... the phrase "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" appears in the acclaimed Little House on the Prairie three ti...
BABAR'S WORLD TOUR
Last week in my children's lit class, we discussed Herbert Kohl's book, Shall We Burn Babar? In prep for it, I stopped in the local ...
Education of Little Tree (again) and Spirit Bear (again) A North Carolina newspaper ran a column a few days ago, about the summer reading ...
Gail Haley's TWO BAD BOYS
[Eds. Note: This review used here with permission. It may not be published elsewhere without written permission of Beverly Slapin and Gayle ...
Liza Ketchum's WHERE THE GREAT HAWK FLIES
I posted Beverly Slapin's review of Where the Great Hawk Flies some time ago, but not as a stand-alone review. It was included in a pos...
A Teacher Reconsiders Virginia Grossman's TEN LITTLE RABBITS
"The Miss Rumphius Effect" is a blog maintained by a teacher named Tricia. Yesterday (July 16th), she wrote about Virginia Grossma...
Lois Beardslee on Mackinac Island Press
Lois Beardless, author of Rachel's Children , offered the essay below for posting on this blog. It is longer than typical posts to this...
Debbie and Michael Shoulders' D IS FOR DRUM: A NATIVE AMERICAN ALPHABET
Some time ago, I received a copy of D is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet by Debbie and Michael Shoulders. Right away I groaned. The co...