U & D

not to purchase Richard Peck’s new book, A Season of Gifts.  Why?  Read this review from American Indians in Children’s Literature.

I know that all over the country adults will buy the book because kids will love it. As I wrote to an upset director of a children’s game program last week, just because kids love it does not mean that it is not ripe with stereotype and prejudice (his topic was a certain game involving “Indians sneaking up on cowboys”). Often, prejudice is spread to children with the innocence of good intentions.  In the case of the game director, letters to him about the game caused a change in the game’s name and directions (good!).  In the case of award-winning authors like Richard Peck, only boycotting the book will carry a message.

So do your part – Tell your librarian not to purchase it.  And if you have not already done so, subscribe to Debbie Reese’s blog.