I also suspect the later titles were worse in their stereotyping, misinformation, and white paternalizing, which landed the books on “books to avoid” and “challenged books” lists.) Little Bear does correct Omri (what a name) sometimes about his misconceptions about Native Americans, but I am getting ahead of myself.Ī book I enjoyed somewhere around fifth grade, Indian in the Cupboard is about a boy, Omri, who receives an old medicine cupboard from his older brother for his birthday.
After reading Elizabeth George Speare, I caught the Native American behaving in ways that were glaringly wrong, but only a few times. I do wish the portrayal of the Onondaga brave and the 1870s cowboy were less caricatures, but they did have some twists of character, even if they were stereotypical (in an ignorant way). On the other hand, it’s a childhood classic-which is maybe more children’s literature than middle grades-and is magic realism (or low fantasy), a fantastical and imaginative story. In some ways, it is a weaker book than the other two, though I say that largely because it is not historical fiction and is not as accurate or truthful. Urn:oclc:802960771 Republisher_date 20170303150623 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 641 Scandate 20170301142453 Scanner final book in this theme (at least, as far as I know) is The Indian in the Cupboard. Internetarchivebookdrive Edition 1st Yearling ed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:48:29.790045 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA1148713 City New York Donor
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