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...
KISKA by John Smelcer: "Historical fiction" that lies about history

KISKA by John Smelcer: "Historical fiction" that lies about history

Eds. note: American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) is pleased to publish Kiska: "Historical fiction" that lies about...