American Indian Library Association Rescinds its 2008 Young Adult Literature Award from Sherman Alexie
Yesterday, Naomi Bishop, the President of the American Indian Library Association, wrote to AILA's membership to let us know that the Ex...
Not Recommended: TOMO EXPLORES THE WORLD (and the TOMO series) by Trevor Lai
A few days ago, I learned about Tomo Takes Flight by Trevor Lai. Published in 2017 by Imprint/Macbooks.com (Macmillan), it is part of a seri...
Not Recommended: LEGENDS OF THE LOST CAUSES by Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester
Legends of the Lost Causes , written by Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester was released on Feb 20 of 2018 from Henry Holt (Macmillan). I rea...
Some Questions for Book Clubs that Select Books Like NEWS OF THE WORLD by Paulette Jiles
Sometimes, readers of AICL write to me to ask about a book that has been chosen for their book club. The books they ask about are usually be...
Indigenous #KidLitWomen
My contribution to the month-long #KidLitWomen campaign is to lift Indigenous women who have written books for children and teens. If we we...
Some thoughts on a big word: MYTH
This post is one that is in-process. A colleague asked me for some resources on the word myth. She's going to be doing a workshop with t...
