We do not recommend these books. To read a critical review that supports our position, click on the links below. These are not all of the books that we do not recommend; they are just some of the worst. For books we do recommend,.

Lynne Reid Banks,

The Indian in the Cupboard. Illustrated by Brock Cole. New York: Avon (1980)
The Return of the Indian. Illustrated by William Geldart. New York: Doubleday (1986)

Michael L. Cooper, Indian School: Teaching the White Man's Way. New York: Clarion (1999)

Alice Dalgliesh, The Courage of Sarah Noble. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. New York: Macmillan (1954, 1991)

Walter D. Edmonds, The Matchlock Gun. Illustrated by Paul Lantz. New York: Dodd, Mead (1941), G.P. Putnam (1989), Penguin Putnam (1998)

Susan Jeffers, Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, Illustrated by the author. New York: Dial (1991).

Albert Marrin, Sitting Bull and His World. New York: Dutton (2000)

Also see the accompanying essay, Turning a Battle Into a Massacre

Bebe Faas Rice, The Place at the Edge of the Earth, New York: Clarion (2002)

Ann Rinaldi, My Heart Is On the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl. Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880. New York: Scholastic (1999), Dear America Series

Also see the accompanying essay, “Literary License�?or “Mutated Plagiarism�?

Marc Simmons, Millie Cooper’s Ride: A True Story from History. Illustrated by Ronald Kil. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press (2002)

Elizabeth George Speare, The Sign of the Beaver. New York: Dell (1983)

Ann Turner, The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl. New Mexico, 1864. New York: Scholastic (1999), Dear America Series

Neil Waldman, Wounded Knee. New York: Atheneum (2001)

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie. Illustrated by Garth Williams. New York: HarperCollins (1935, 1953, 1981).