Of interest to Children (and parents)
- Children's Literature Web Guide for children and young adults.
- NEW - Have a look!Random House Books for Young Readers.
- Canadian Libraries and catalogs.
- Canadian Children's Literature annual publication reviewing all the English-language, Canadian-authored children's and young- adult books published in Canada.
- Book Nook - useful lists for all ages.
- CBRA - monthly selection: Picture books, Fiction Nonfiction.
- Suggestions to counteract the Disney revisionist Pocahontas movie.
Some Native people have been offended by the Disney version of Pocahontas. If you want your children to have a clearer picture of the Native peoples of this continent, here are some suggestions:
- Colouring books:
- Dover Publications Coloring Books, including "Pocahontas Coloring Book", "Indian Tribes of North America" and other titles.
- "A Coloring Book of American Indians" and other titles, Bellerophon Books, 36 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara CA 93101
- Picture and Story books:
- "Eagle Drum" by Robert Crum. Four Winds Press.
- "Powwow" by George Ancona. Harcourt Brace & Co.
- "North American Native Author's Distribution Project", a catalog of children's literature. 1-518-584-1728. Greenfield, N.Y.
- "Finding One's Own Way". 1-518-584-1728. Greenfield, N.Y.
- "Morning Girl" by Michael Dorris. Univ. of Oklahoma Press.
- "Dancing Teepees" Selected by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneeve.Holiday House.
- "Raven" by Gerald McDermott. Harcourt Brace.
- "Dream Catcher" by Audrey Osopby. Orchard Books.
- "Mama Do You Love Me", by Barbara M. Joosse, Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee.
- "King Island Christmas", "Runaway Mittens", by Jean Rogers.
- "A Coyote Columbus Story" by Thomas King.
- "Spirit of the White Bison" by Beatrice Culleton, illustrated by Robert Kakaygeesick, Jr.
- "The Princess and the Sea-Bear and Other Tsimishian Stories" by Joan Skogan, illustrated by Claudia Stewart.
- "Crow and Weasel" by Bary Lopez.
- "Seya's Song" by Ron Hirschi, illustrated by Constance R. Bergum. Sasquatch Books.
- "Ten Little Rabbits" by Virginia Grossman & Sylvia Long. Chronicle Books.
- "Did you Hear The Wind Sing Your Name? (An Oneida Song of Spring)" by Sandra De Coreau Orie; illustrations by Christopher Canyon. Walker and Co.
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