Over the years I’ve gathered quite a sleighload of books reveling in the joy of the Christmas season. You can find a link to my index displaying all those titles at the end of the post today. There are plenty …
Tag: Native American children’s literature
a Pinkerton detective and Chief Crazy Horse: distinctive historical fiction
I love a good piece of historical fiction, especially when it’s covering new ground. These two books do an exceptional job of bringing us face-to-face with a couple of important individuals and whetting our appetites for further investigations of them …
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northern lights and black current cake…Christmas in five cultures
King Island Christmas, by Jean Rogers, illustrated by Rie Muñoz published in 1985 by Greenwillow Books Far, far in the north, surrounded by the icy waves of the Bering Sea, lies tiny King Island and its small Eskimo village. The …
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