Dear John Green: About "Columbus brought smallpox to the Natives"

Editor's note: Please read the comments. The discussion taking place there is definitely worth some thought. And please submit your own ...

Gansworth's IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE on 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults list

Just heard that the days-long discussions of the YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults committee are over, and... the committee has vote...

Just after 2:00 Eastern Time on January 26 2014, the American Indian Library Association announced the recipients of their 2014 Youth Liter...

The National Postal Museum has an exhibit up called Indians at the Post Office . The murals were made in the 1930s and 1940s and are part of...

Naomi Bishop offers a unique perspective on Liz Fichera's Hooked for two reasons. First, Naomi is of the tribe that Fichera gave to her ...

If I was starting a library in an elementary school or if I was ordering books for an elementary school library, these are ten books I'd...

Editor's note, March 1, 2014: The book discussed herein won the 2014 Caldecott Medal. Its win signals how much work there is ahead of us...

Recently, a teacher wrote to ask if I'd reviewed Rush Limbaugh's Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims. I haven't reviewed it, but ...

In December of last year, I passed along a portion of Erin Hollingsworth's review of The Giant Bear: An Inuit Folktale , by Jose Anguti...

Editors note on Jan 16 2014 at 9:53 AM: The publisher responded to this critique. See comments. While reading about children's books thi...

A friend (you, Diana!) asked (on Facebook) for books that a first grader could read on Kindle. Several people suggested Mary Pope Osborne...

I'm among those who wish that we had more books featuring Native protagonists in which the setting is today. Or last year. Or even ten y...

Eds. Note on Nov 14 2015: If you're here to see revisions to the Bad Tuesday chapter, scroll down! With the release of Saving Mr. Banks ...