13 Recommended Books By and About American Indians Critical Linking, May 31, 2019

13 Recommended Books By and About American Indians Critical Linking, May 31, 2019 Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by The Plus One from HarperCollins 360. Over the years, one question  I have been asked repeatedly is for a recommendation of  a book  that comprehensively tells the story of American Indians. In fact, there’s no book that does that  because, just like other people who live in the USA, Indians  aren’t monolithic. Hundreds of federally recognized tribes, hundreds more that are unrecognized, 29 language groups and 10 times that many languages, different traditions, different religions. It’s Native American cultures, not culture singular. Our ancestors didn’t all wear feathered headdresses or  hunt bison  on horseback. And they don’t all own casinos or wish they did. There are, however, many good books that can help readers of whatever age learn about ancestral and modern Natives (and the First Nations peoples of Canada). I have two bookcases  filled and a few boxes as well, several hundred in all. What follows are  brief takes  on an eclectic  baker’s dozen of such books. At some levels, all these books are political, but that doesn’t make them heavy-handed or preachy. Such a great list of Native reads!   Mindy Kaling has a new set of stories that shes ready to share with the world. Amazon Original Stories announced Tuesday that Kaling will release a new essay collection in summer 2020. Huh. Well. Ill be preordering.   Today The Horn Book, Inc., announced the 2019 Boston Globeâ€"Horn Book Award winners at  School Library Journal’s Day of Dialog in New York City. First presented in 1967, the Boston Globeâ€"Horn Book Awards celebrate excellence in children’s and young adult literature. Such a rich array of award-winning books!   Sign up to Today In Books to receive  daily news and miscellany from the world of books. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.