
WHERE'S WALDO being added to The Foul Among the Good
Last week, Sharon H. Chang tweeted a couple of images from a 1987 copy of Where's Waldo (by Martin Handford, published by Little, Brown)...

COPPER MAGIC by Julia Mary Gibson, or, an emphatic "Cut it out!" from AICL
In Copper Magic , twelve-year-old Violet Blake is digging by a stream near her house in Michigan and finds a "talisman" -- a coppe...

Arigon Starr's SUPER INDIAN
If you're Kickapoo author/illustrator Arigon Starr, you gotta be dancing every time you pick up Super Indian and read what Charlie Hill,...

SWEETEST KULU by Celina Kalluk
Sweet! Sometimes, that exclamation (Sweet!) means something is endearing, and sometimes, it means something is way cool. Both meanings apply...

Dear First Book: Step Up Your Game!
Editor's note, May 22, 2014: In response to concerns I raised about the information on First Book's Native American Heritage Month p...

San Jose State University, College of Applied Sciences, School of Library and Information Science, recognizes Debbie Reese for Exemplary efforts to enhance equity and diversity
" According to her nomination form, she was the recipient of the 2013 Virginia Matthews Scholarship Award for her “sustained involvemen...

Another 'thank you' to Cynthia Leitich Smith
A few hours ago, my daughter called to tell me she'd finished her last exam of the semester. With joy and enthusiasm, she said she was f...

Why I Advocate for Books by Native Writers and Illustrators/Gallery of Native Writers and Illustrators
Editor's Note: Scroll down to see the photo gallery of Native writers and illustrators. I spent an hour today in a twitter chat hosted b...

Cheryl Minnema's HUNGRY JOHNNY
A significant component of the We Need Diverse Books campaign is regarding the authorship of books. For AICL, that means books written and i...