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A review by lattelibrarian
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale
4.0
This was on our mock Caldecott cart for my picturebook class, so I’m gonna go ahead and classify this as nonfiction children’s/YA lit–and even if that wasn’t the age group intended to read this, I’d still argue that children and young adults would highly benefit from reading this, or even just looking at the artwork.
Everything in this anthology is original and credited to its author or artist. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen in the literature world, which means that it’s succeeded in its goal–because a book about and celebrating Native American women shouldn’t look quite like the literature world, which is so often dominated by white men.
I learned quite a lot from this book, and it’s definitely worth taking a look at–I’d definitely recommend it if y’all want to learn more about contemporary indigenous issues, because who’s better to talk about Native American issues than Native Americans?
Review cross-listed here!
Everything in this anthology is original and credited to its author or artist. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen in the literature world, which means that it’s succeeded in its goal–because a book about and celebrating Native American women shouldn’t look quite like the literature world, which is so often dominated by white men.
I learned quite a lot from this book, and it’s definitely worth taking a look at–I’d definitely recommend it if y’all want to learn more about contemporary indigenous issues, because who’s better to talk about Native American issues than Native Americans?
Review cross-listed here!