Genocide is a difficult topic so I wanted to see how it was covered in children’s books. Image from Armenian Museum of America Sadly, I did not realize how many genocides have taken place in the 20th century so this is by no means an exhaustive list of genocides; it is simply a…
Category: American Indian Children’s Books
Native American, American Indian, First Nations Canadian, and Indigenous Books for Kids.
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: We Are Water Protectors
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…
Andrew Jackson Murdered His Native American General: Things They Don’t Teach You in History Books
“If the plantation owners of the South, Jackson’s people, were to have the land they wanted to grow more cotton, the Choctaws had to move,” I said. “And if you, Chief Pushmataha, were so against this move, you must be gone, out of the way.” from When A Ghost Talks, Listen by Tim Tingle …
Inuit Picture Books
I was so happy to get some Inuit picture books sent to me and I wanted to learn more about the Inuit. The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska. The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut languages also known as Inuit-Yupik-Unangan and…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club with Traci Sorell for Native American Heritage Month
Please join Melissa Konstantatos and Leanna for our seventh 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 4th and we are celebrating Indigenous People’s Month using We…