(NAME-MCE) Jodi Picoult and Native Mascots

[Debbie Reese]

Dear Colleagues,

Updates to American Indians in Children's Literature
(http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com)
this week include:

Tuesday, April 17
Jodi Picoult and Native Mascots
--An unexpected find in Picoult's MY SISTER'S KEEPER

Thursday, April 19
"Putting Lucy Pretty Eagle to Rest" by Barbara Landis
--Background info on character in Rinaldi's MY HEART IS
ON THE GROUND (a book suitable only for analysis of
how an outsider can get a story wrong)

Friday, April 20
Richard Van Camp's WHAT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
THING YOU KNOW ABOUT HORSES?
--A beautiful, delightful, engaging picture book; art by
George Littlechild

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Native news, and a fact from history.

Enjoy the warmer days, and send this email along to
other's who work with children and books.

Debbie



Debbie A. Reese (Nambé Pueblo)
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native American House, Room 2005
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Email: debreese at uiuc.edu
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