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Build high-interest theme lesson plans that accurately portray Native peoples and cultures with this authoritative guide to the best children's fiction. Professor Jon Stott describes books on Native Americans and their cultures for readers through junior high school age. This highly readable reference book also provides a balanced discussion of the disservice done to Native Americans by misleading, inaccurate, and insensitive books. Stott's perceptive text explains how some well-loved books make mistakes and reinforce stereotypes. He also includes valuable ideas on incorporating stories about Native American traditions and experiences into your lesson plans.

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Stott proceeds with admirable patience and careful scholarship - scholarship based not only on research but in listening to living Native voices. The result is a book that can be described as essential....should be read not only by every teacher, but also by every children's writer and every storyteller who has chosen to tell traditional Native stories. -From the Foreward by Joseph Bruchac Native American storyteller, poet, novelist Excellent collection of essays review the history of present state of Native Americans as they are portrayed in children's literature. -Books of the Southwest ... a carefully sequenced series of essays that dispels the stereotypes about Native Americans and introduces many of the selection considerations that face librarians and teachers....chapters can be read independently, making this title suitable for both academic and school curriculum collections. -School Library Journal You might think that this book is just for librarians or teachers. Certainly parents who are concerned about the messages that their kids are getting would also find this book invaluable....anyone who is interested in media, and the broad strokes of American culture will find the essays in this book fascinating. -American Indian Libraries Newsletter Stott's book will be of special interest to librarians and teachers who want to give kids good books about Native Americans....Stott writes in a clear, authoritative, jargon-free style, without the hectoring self-righteousness that characterizes some of the criticism in the field....This fine resource introduces children's books that are far from popular images of savages and saints. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?...a carefully sequenced series of essays that dispels the stereotypes about Native Americans and introduces many of the selection considerations that face librarians and teachers....chapters can be read independently, making this title suitable for both academic and school curriculum collections.?-School Library Journal ?Excellent collection of essays review the history of present state of Native Americans as they are portrayed in children's literature.?-Books of the Southwest ?You might think that this book is just for librarians or teachers. Certainly parents who are concerned about the messages that their kids are getting would also find this book invaluable....anyone who is interested in media, and the broad strokes of American culture will find the essays in this book fascinating.?-American Indian Libraries Newsletter ?Stott's book will be of special interest to librarians and teachers who want to give kids good books about Native Americans....Stott writes in a clear, authoritative, jargon-free style, without the hectoring self-righteousness that characterizes some of the criticism in the field....This fine resource introduces children's books that are far from popular images of savages and saints.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?Stott proceeds with admirable patience and careful scholarship - scholarship based not only on research but in listening to living Native voices. The result is a book that can be described as essential....should be read not only by every teacher, but also by every children's writer and every storyteller who has chosen to tell traditional Native stories.?-From the Foreward by Joseph Bruchac Native American storyteller, poet, novelist .,. a carefully sequenced series of essays that dispels the stereotypes about Native Americans and introduces many of the selection considerations that face librarians and teachers....chapters can be read independently, making this title suitable for both academic and school curriculum collections. -School Library Journal

.,. a carefully sequenced series of essays that dispels the stereotypes about Native Americans and introduces many of the selection considerations that face librarians and teachers....chapters can be read independently, making this title suitable for both academic and school curriculum collections. -School Library Journal

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JON C. STOTT, Ph.D., University of Toronto, is professor of children's literature in the English department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. A member of the founding board of directors and the first president of the International Children's Literature Association, he has delivered papers, seminars, and workshops to conferences and professional development institutes in over 100 Canadian and American cities and has published articles on the study and teaching of children's literature in British, Canadian, and American journals. He is author of Children's Literature from A to Z: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Mary Norton, and (with Raymond E. Jones) Canadian Books for Children: A Guide to Authors and Illustrators. With Anila Moss, he is editor of The Family of Stories: An Anthology of Children's Literature.

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