I vividly recall reading it, in a hotel room at a Native writer's conference. If you like scary books, or know a teen who does, give them Taylor's The Night Wanderer. There are many great books, Taylor's included, that you can give to them! See the lists at my Best Books page.
They are worth studying, for those of us who study stereotypes, but I think their factual misrepresentations mean they ought not be given to young children. I may see if I can get copies of one of those books, or at least see some of them online in greater detail. Some of the words on the covers ("Minitou" and "Winnetou") tell me the people who wrote, illustrated, and published those books were/are deeply influenced by Karl May's stories, which were nothing more than stereotypes of Native peoples of the U.S.
They shape those expectations, and because those images are so bad, are a reason I write about them so much. Depictions in children's books, no matter where they are published, carry a lot of power. And when we don't, they think we aren't "real" Indians. Within Native circles, we sometimes joke about what people expect us to look like. Some of the children's books on Native people available in Switzerland book stores.
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