"Circle the wagons" will come out of next printings of Robin Benway's FAR FROM THE TREE

"Circle the wagons" will come out of next printings of Robin Benway's FAR FROM THE TREE

Robin Benaway's Far from the Tree , published in 2017 by HarperTeen/HarperCollins, won the 2017 National Book Award for Young People...
Recommended: Wild Eggs: A Tale of Arctic Egg Collecting by Suzie Napayok-Short (Inuk). illustrated by Jonathan Wright Publisher: Inhabit Med...
Not recommended: STOLEN WORDS by Melanie Florence

Not recommended: STOLEN WORDS by Melanie Florence

I picked up Melanie Florence's  Stolen Words with a bit of trepidation because her previous picture book, Missing Nimama , was so troubl...
Not Recommended: THE METROPOLITANS by Carol Goodman

Not Recommended: THE METROPOLITANS by Carol Goodman

Carol Goodman's The Metropolitans , published in 2017 by Penguin, includes a Mohawk character. I do not recommend her book. Here's t...
Recommended: MOONSHOT: THE INDIGENOUS COMICS COLLECTION - Volume 2

Recommended: MOONSHOT: THE INDIGENOUS COMICS COLLECTION - Volume 2

Edited by Hope Nicholson, Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 2  has stories from several people who you may know from previo...
Highly Recommended: THE WATER WALKER written and illustrated by Joanne Robertson

Highly Recommended: THE WATER WALKER written and illustrated by Joanne Robertson

Often, people write to ask me for books about Native people who are activists, or who might be involved in, or organizing, actions of some k...
Recommended: NIMOSHOM AND HIS BUS by Penny M. Thomas

Recommended: NIMOSHOM AND HIS BUS by Penny M. Thomas

Several people wrote to tell me about Nimoshom and His Bus. Due out in 2018 from Highwater Press, the story is by Penny M. Thomas (Cree-Ojib...
AICL's Best Books of 2017

AICL's Best Books of 2017

I'm starting AICL's "Best Books of 2017" today--November 24--and will update it as we read other books published in 2017. ...
Not recommended: John Smelcer's KISKA

Not recommended: John Smelcer's KISKA

Published by Leapfrog Press,   John Smelcer's  Kiska  was released in November of 2017.  I'll start by saying I do not recommend Kis...
Not Recommended: THE ITSY BITSY PILGRIM

Not Recommended: THE ITSY BITSY PILGRIM

Eds. note: American Indians in Children's Literature is pleased to share Allie Jane Bruce's review of The Itsy Bitsy Pilgrim , by J...