Debbie Reese

Aug 29, 2024 | americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com | Debbie Reese

HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDI'm Finding My Talkby Rebecca Thomas (Mi'kmaw)Illustrations by Pauline YoungPublished in 2019Publisher: Nimbus PublishingReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly Recommended****A reader wrote to ask me about I'm Finding My Talk. I did not know about the book prior to being asked about it. I was able to get a copy and deeply touched by it. The author's father was in a residential school in Canada.

Aug 27, 2024 | americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com | Debbie Reese

HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDThis Land: The History of the Land We're OnWritten by Ashley Fairbanks (White Earth Anishinaabe)Illustration by Bridget George (Anishinaabe from Kettle and Stony Point First Nation)Published in 2024Publisher: Crown Books for Young ReadersReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly Recommended****Wow! I love how this book starts! The words on the first double-paged spread say "This is my house." Behind it is a river. Beside the house is a tall pine tree.

Aug 18, 2024 | americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com | Debbie Reese

HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDNavajo Code TalkersWritten by Danielle C. Burbank (Diné)Published in 2024Publisher: Dorling KindersleyReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly Recommended****I love that Danielle C. Burbank (Diné) opens her book, Navajo Code Talkers, with the word Yá'át'ééh! It signals that we're going to learn about the Code Talkers from someone for whom this is not a subject. Instead, it is her family's life.

Jul 5, 2024 | americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com | Debbie Reese

Those who follow my work know that I've been frustrated many times with things Scholastic does. Sometimes, though, they do a good thing. Case in point? Behind Every Rug. HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDThis little book is by Daniel W. Vandever. I highly recommended his previous books. Fall In Line, Holden! came out in 2017 from Salina Bookshelf and his self-published Herizon came out in 2021. Both won the picture book award from the American Indian Library Association.

May 29, 2024 | cherokeescout.com | Debbie Reese

Subhead By Debbie Denise Reese, Guest Columnist The Blue Ridge Mountains framing the confluence valley of the Hiwassee and Valley River beneath the May 3 stormy sky was poetry for the Murphy First Friday Art Walk attendees: the air we breathed,… Premium Content is available to subscribers only. Please login here to access content or go here to purchase a subscription.