Native North Americans in Literature for Youth: A Selective Annotated Bibliography for K-12

This well-organized bibliography will assist librarians, educators, students, and researchers. While most of the nearly 700 resources are recommended, some problematic works are included because they are wellknown, award winners, or otherwise contribute to a broader dialogue about representations of Native peoples in literature for youth. The annotations are brief and highly repetitive, especially for series titles. Annotations provide full publication data and a summary of contents, including series information, suggested grade levels, and quotes from professional reviews where applicable. Entries are organized into chapters on geographic regions, history, religion, customs and social life, or particular nations, as well as sections for oral literature, biographies, fiction, general reference, works for educators, and nonbook resources. Helpful indexes offer access via title, author/editor, illustrator/photographer, book awards, grade level, nations, series, or subject. This sensible organization shows an awareness of K-12 curriculum topics and will be of use to school and public librarians as well as to scholars of youth literature.—Sarah Stone, San Francisco Public Library