Looking for Children's Books about Thanksgiving? (Part 1)

(Editor's Note, November 8, 2013: I've been casting about trying to find words to explain what is wrong with the idea that the Pilgr...

DVD Review: CANES OF POWER

By a presidential proclamation , November is National Native American Heritage Month. A good many teachers and librarians are doing all they...

SLJ's 2013 Focus On "Resources and Kid Lit about American Indians"

School Library Journal has a "Focus On" series in its Collection Development category. Each "Focus On" is devoted to a s...

Trailer for FREE BIRDS

Thanks to Ernest Whiteman of Adobe Youth Voices , I just took a look at the trailer for the new movie, Free Birds. In it, turkeys travel b...

Presidential Proclamation: National Native American Heritage Month, 2013

Let me preface my sharing of President Obama's proclamation by saying (again) that I don't think teachings about any particular gro...

Encounter in an antique store: "We pay taxes!"

Last week my mom, sister, and niece were visiting me in Illinois. They wanted to go to antique shops, so we set out to visit some. For the m...