Posts by Nancy Bo Flood
Make your own soap
In No-Name Baby, Sophie’s family depends on lye soap they make themselves. What was it like to create such a staple before store-sold soap became so common?
Read MoreBill Pickett, steer wrestling pioneer
In my book Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo, I salute Bill Pickett, the fearless cowboy of Cherokee and African American descent.
Read MoreTucson Festival of Books
I had a lovely experience again this year at the Tucson Festival of Books. So well organized and so many people to talk with about BOOKS!
Read MoreRemembering Rose A. Tahe
I first met Rose when she was a student in a graduate level children’s literature class I was teaching for Northern Arizona University on the Navajo Nation. I wondered why Rose was seeking special certification in reading when she already had her master’s degree and probably was near retirement age.
Read MoreCelebrating PLA 2016
I had a wonderful time visiting with librarians, the vitality of the book world, and presenting about poetry with Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell. And then there were the other authors I met, the rock stars!
Read MoreWelcome to the wide world of cowboy boots
Rodeo entrants choose steel-toed cowboy boots for maximum protection against large-hoofed animals. That’s just the start of the many differences in cowboy boots. Different boots are made for different cowboy…
Read MoreHawaii knows rodeo!
Ever since writing Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo, I’ve been amazed at discovering so many rodeo hotspots I had never imagined. The 24th Panaewa Stampede Rodeo graced Hawaii’s Big…
Read MoreJordan ‘Slick’ Phelps is a 2-time champ. No bull!
Oglala Sioux Tribal member Jordan “Slick” Phelps is a two-time bull riding world champion. All this by age 19? This competitor started at age FOUR. Cowboy up!
Read MoreCelebrating cultural connections, diversity, picture books and poetry
With Sylvia Vardell, Janet Wong and librarians Ally Garcia and Marianne Follis, I was part of the “Cultural Connections: Celebrating Diversity with Picture Books and Poetry” presentation at the Public Library Association conference in Denver in April 2016. Sylvia and Janet are poetic wonders I’m proud to team with.
Read MoreCelebrate spring with The Navajo Year
The first day of spring previews another notable date for me. The Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons debuted April 1, 2006. Happy 10th anniversary to a title I’m proud…
Read MoreColgate takes water conservation message to a new audience
Every drop counts. That’s a simple, profound message about water’s future. Colgate should be commended for efforts to educate and inspire. For example, Colgate notes that 1 in 10 people…
Read MoreShasta Dam threatens the Middle Water People
Raising the height of Shasta Dam means a 13 percent growth in California’s Shasta Lake. This supposed solution to create more freshwater resource for farms and cities will wipe out…
Read MoreDark future looming in Florida’s waters
Can you see water pollution on the move? Activist John Heim does. Heim has documented what he calls “the black line of death” moving from Florida’s Lake Okeechobee to the…
Read More2016 Festival of Books: the authors are coming!
I’m delighted to be part of the Tucson Festival of Books March 12-13. Please, stop by for a visit.
Read MoreSouth Korea honors Lakota veterans
Recently, the South Korean government honored 15 Lakota veterans for their service during the Korean War. Each man earned that country’s Ambassador of Peace medal. May their stories of courage…
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