
Something Will Rogers said...
A friend asked me what I know about Will Rogers, famous TV and radio personality, part Cherokee... He asked, in particular, about this: ...

Thoughts on Sharon Creech's WALK TWO MOONS
Have you ever used Google Earth ? It's a fascinating tool that lets you look at a place (like your hometown) via satellite photographs. ...

Elizabeth Bird's Survey of Top 100 Children's Novels, #90 thru #66
A week ago (Feb 10, 2010), I wrote about Elizabeth Bird's survey at SLJ. She asked readers to send her a list of their all time favorite...

Video: Do All Indians Live in Tipis?
Over on the right side of this page, I feature a link to a book called Do All Indians Live in Tipis ? I wrote about the book when it came o...

Elizabeth Bird's survey of Top 100 Children's Novels
A while back, SLJ ( School Library Journal ) columnist Elizabeth Bird invited her readers to send her a list of their top ten children's...

Editorial: "Sucking the Quileute Dry"
Yesterday's New York Times ran an Op-Ed by Angela R. Riley. She's the director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA . Titl...

Tony Hillerman
I had an email earlier today, asking if I recommend Tony Hillerman's books. I've skimmed some of them and didn't like what I re...