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Good afternoon, There's a wildly popular children's novel called TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR that plays fast and loose with Native ideas of justice, and, that attributes things to the Tlingit that are not correct... (See May 4th entry below). Below are updates to American Indians in Children's Literature for the last three weeks. Brief descriptions are below. To read the entire essays and reviews, please go to americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com If you wish, you can forward this email to parent, teacher, and educator listservs you're subscribed to. Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Joseph Bruchac's BUFFALO SONG --A review by Beverly Slapin Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Van Camp and Leitich Smith at Illinois Youth Literature Festival --Two of my favorite Native authors will be in Illinois Oct 2008! Thursday, April 24, 2008 Presentation of American Indian Library Association Youth Lit Award --Information about for anybody attending the American Library Association's conference this summer Saturday, May 3, 2008 Jorge Argueta's ALFREDITO FLIES HOME --A review by Beverly Slapin Sunday, May 4, 2008 A Response to Richie's review of GHOST OF SPIRIT BEAR --There's a sequel to TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR, and a review of it has been circulating on the internet. I find the original book problematic, and the review of the sequel demonstrates what is wrong with the original book. Thanks! Debbie Visit my Internet blog and resource: American Indians in Children's Literature. To get to it, go to my faculty bio and click on 'Web Page' http://www.nah.uiuc.edu/faculty-Reese.htm Debbie A. Reese (Nanbé Ówîngeh) Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Native American House, Room 2005 1204 West Nevada Street, MC-138 Urbana, Illinois 61801 Email: debreese@uiuc.edu TEL 217-265-9885 FAX 217-265-9880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------