Ten Little Whitepeople

[sanguinity]

I'd like to recommend two satires by Beverly Slapin and Annie Esposito of Oyate.org: Ten Little Whitepeople and Basic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbook. Both books turn inside out the "objective" white POV that dominates so many children's books about Native North Americans.

From the "About the Author / Illustrator":Beverly Slapin, the author

Comments

[schoolofsoul]

I've really had to struggle not to laugh too loudly over this beautiful satire where I am, lest I bring attention to myself.

These books are priceless and need to be read by everyone.

[sanguinity]

They really do. They really, really do. :-D

[marciamarcia]

These sound hilarious. And like I want to pass them out to every friend I have going into early childhood education. Great stuff!

[sanguinity]

You might also want to point their attention toward Oyate's A Broken Flute (short review, with link to a longer, more personal, review, here). The bulk of Flute's 485 pages is reviews of currently popular kids books, highlighting the good ones and clearly pointing out what's wrong with the bad ones. For someone trying to run a classroom in real time, and thus needing a book-by-book reference as to thumbs-up, thumbs-down, and why, it's gold.

[trochee]

wow. those sound great.
thank you for pointing me there.

[sanguinity]

You're welcome!

[deepad]

I am drooling just at your description of these. Especially the workbook. I must invest in these.

[mothwentbad]

I keep waiting for them to release a pdf. I'll have to think about whether it's worth paying to see this.

[highyella]

I'm going to order them just to throw some money to a "good cause." Love it!