Native American, American Indian, First Nations Canadian, and Indigenous Books for Kids.
Thank you to my husband for taping our NCTE panel: Food: The Universal Language that Connects Us All panel What’s a more universal experience than sharing a meal? Food brings people together, connects communities, and unites generations through tradition. In this moderated panel, four authors will discuss how food is a multidimensional cross-curricular topic that…
Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. November’s event will be held on November 2nd and we are celebrating Indigenous People’s Month using, illustrated by Julie Flett. …
I am presenting for the American Association of School Librarians Chapter Assembly because while I do have resources, they are all over the map. So, to prepare for my presentation and to make the resources easy to find, I am putting them all in one place, right here in this post! Morning! I am the…
Please join us for Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE and virtual multicultural children’s picture book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. November’s event will be held on November 3rd and we are celebrating Native American Heritage Month using Powwow Day by Traci Sorell,…
Please welcome my guest author today, Antony Perry, Danielle Greendeer, and Alexis Bunten; all the authors of Keepunmuk, a Thanksgiving picture book from the perspective of the Native Americans that we all need in our libraries! They are sharing their Top 5 Books to Read Alongside Keepunumuk for Thanksgiving. Keepunumuk by Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Citizen, Hawk…
What is Genocide? Before 1944, the word genocide did not exist. In 1944, a Jewish lawyer from Poland named Raphael Lemkin wanted a way to describe the Nazi policies of systematic murder. He combined geno from the Greek word meaning “race” or “tribe” with cide, from a Latin word meaning “killing.” Today, the word genocide…
Please join me for our tenth Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. July’s event will be held on July 7th and we are celebrating both National Clean Beaches Week (July…