Seale, Doris (Santee/Cree), and Beverly Slapin, eds. A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children. 2005, b/w illustrations.

A Broken Flute deals with the issue of cultural appropriation in books for children, and evaluates hundreds of books for children and teenagers published from the early 1900s through 2004. According to a review in Multicultural Review, it is “as close to comprehensive as a bibliography on a given subject can get, save its distinguished predecessor.” “Equally valuable,” the review continues, “are the reflections of the reviewers and their children about the negative images perpetrated by mainstream society and its educational system as well as their own efforts to make their voices heard. Here, we see concerned parents and grandparents and strong Indian children who have grown up with the good examples that ultimately stand out in this book.”

hardcover 50.00, paperback 35.00

 

 

Slapin, Beverly, and Doris Seale (Santee/Cree), eds., Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children. 1998 edition, b/w illustrations.

Through Indian Eyes is, as an American Indian Library Association review described it, “a superb collection of articles that together function as a guide through the murky world of ‘children’s books about Indians.’ Poetry, personal recollection, bibliographies and reviews of books from a Native perspective lead the librarian, teacher and parent to an understanding of the often subtle stereotypes and mythology that abound about Native Americans in children’s literature.”

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paperback 25.00