Native North Americans in Literature for Youth: A Selective Annotated Bibliography for K-12: 14

Crosetto and Garcha provide a well-organized bibliography of Native North American culture and history. Chapters are segmented into topics including geographic regions, history, religion, social life, customs, traditions, and nations. Additional chapters include biographies, works of Native American fiction, resources for educators (including those available in DVD format with running time), and internet sites which can be used to support school curriculums. Some internet site annotations note if there are discussion guides available for additional curriculum support. Each entry has in-depth annotations that list publication information, contents, suggested grade levels and quotes from professional journals where available. Most resources listed in this bibliography were published from 1995 to the present. Earlier works are included based on merit and historic educational value. The extensive information in this bibliography offers excellent, reliable resources for teachers studying Native North Americans in their classrooms.

This well-organized bibliography will assist librarians, educators, students, and researchers. . . . Annotations provide full publication data and a summary of contents, including series information, suggested grade levels, and quotes from professional reviews where applicable. Entries are organized into chapters on geographic regions, history, religion, customs and social life, or particular nations, as well as sections for oral literature, biographies, fiction, general reference, works for educators, and nonbook resources. Helpful indexes offer access via title, author/editor, illustrator/photographer, book awards, grade level, nations, series, or subject. This sensible organization shows an awareness of K-12 curriculum topics and will be of use to school and public librarians as well as to scholars of youth literature.