The Lesser Blessed is a movie about a Native American teenage boy, Larry Sole, in a small Canadian town, who is lonely, depressed, and bullied. He is raised by a single mother and her boyfriend is his hero. Larry Sole laments the loss of his traditional heritage; yet, he has a crush on a non-native… Read More »
Small Wolf, by Nathaniel Benchley, is both children’s literature and historical fiction. The story is about a first contact between Native Americans and Europeans on the island of Manhattan. The story does not go far enough in detail to describe the harm to Native Americans caused by immigrants. An e-audiobook version of this story on… Read More »
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White with pictures by Garth Williams is a classic children’s book, originally published in 1952. This book contains only a few illustrations inside the book, but I would not consider this a picture book. Charlotte’s Web is about a lucky pig, who was saved by a little girl, named Fern, who… Read More »