[PW] Book review question

[BETZ-ZALL, JONATHAN]

Here are a couple of potential sources on literature for children on
Native Americans:
Debbie Reese's blog from UIUC:
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/ [no hits in
search for O'Dell]
She recommends oyate.org: http://www.oyate.org/aboutus.html [no listing
for that novel]
Also, on the American Indian Library Association site is an excellent
guide to detecting bias problems:
http://aila.library.sd.gov/publications/inotindian.htm
Unfortunately our copy of Through Indian eyes : the native experience in
books for children / [edited] by Beverly Slapin and Doris Seale.
[Philadelphia, Pa. ; Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers,
c1992.] is not available; perhaps you can find one or a newer edition in
your area.

Cheerio!  Jonathan


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Lisa Todd
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Subject: [PW] Book review question

A patron has asked me to find reviews of Scott O'Dell's book, Streams to
the River, River to the Sea: A novel of Sacagawea.  She has been told
that while O'Dell's book won praise when first published, it was not
well-received within the Native American community.  I'd like to verify
this, but am running into dead ends.  Can anyone else offer some
insight?

Many thanks!

Lisa R. Todd
Professional Library
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory


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