debreese

Salon has an article up right now that says teachers are using THE HELP to teach about Civil Rights. WHY?! Your books are what they ought to be using!

Yes, she is! Everyone in the country ought to read her THE ROUND HOUSE, especially in the context of recent legislative battles over the Violence Against Women Act.

You're one of the first writers that the Council on Interracial Books for Children brought on board back in the 60s, right? That was such an important organization. Any chance you have copies of correspondence you had with them?

Other than Sherman Alexie or Joseph Bruchac, do you read any particular Native authors?

A group of us (including folks at CCBC in Wisconsin and with Teaching for Change in DC) are developing a collaborative project that will carry on the work of CIBC. CCBC is digitizing all the bulletins. We're looking for the back story (correspondence, meeting minutes, etc.).