Imagine a lake with its shimmering, glass-like top – quiet and calm. Yet just below, fish dart and snakes swim in search of food. Above, water striders glide and dragonflies flit on the smoot…
Traci Sorell, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee nation, and a writer of picture books, both fiction and non-fiction writes about the work of Native American writer Joseph Bruchac for this month’s Looking Back series.
WNDB Summer Reading Series
If you liked Jane O'Connor’s and Robin Preiss Glasser’s FANCY NANCY,
read Cynthia Leitich Smith’s, Cornelius Van Wright’s, and Ying-Hwa Hu’s
JINGLE DANCER because both feature beautiful, intricate, and fancy
dresses–perfect for young kids who love dress-up.
Debbie Reese offers recommendations for Native American lit that have strong depictions of characters and respect for the American Indian Community. Recommendations include books by Tim Tingle, Cynthia Leithch-Smith, Richard Van Camp.
Recommendations from AICL founder Deb Reese on some of her favorite books by Native writers and about Native Americans in 2014.
Are you teaching the true Thanksgiving story, or a blend of fact and myth? Ready to set the record straight?
Consider that the Thanksgiving holiday is not considered a celebratory day for all people of all cultures and that there are positive strategies to discussing the American holiday as well.
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Captions of the Nov. 18th #SupportWNDB Native American Chat
Here are captions of the tweets from last week’s #SupportWNDB twitter chat on Native American representation in books in case you missed it!