Grandma's Tipi: A Present-Day Lakota Story

by S. D. Nelson

S D Nelson (Illustrator)

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A young girl spends the summer at her grandmother’s home in Standing Rock Reservation in this heartwarming family story from acclaimed author-artist S. D. Nelson

Now that Clara is almost in third grade, she’s finally old enough to spend her first summer away from home visiting her grandma, Unci, and her cousin at their home in Standing Rock Reservation. To welcome her visit, Uncle Louie brings an extra-special surprise in his pickup truck: the tipi that’s been passed down through their family for generations. The girls learn how to stack the poles and wrap the canvas covering around them, how to paint spirit pictures on its walls, and how the circle of the tipi tells its own story, reminding us to how to live in the great Circle of Life.Over long days spent playing outside, doing beadwork together, tellinag stories, singing songs, and sleeping under the stars, the tipi brings the family closer together. As summer draws to an end, goodbye comes all too soon, but Clara will always cling to the memories of summer days and starry nights . . . and Grandma’s tipi.

  • ISBN10 1419731920
  • ISBN13 9781419731921
  • Publish Date 6 July 2023 (first published 9 May 2023)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Abrams
  • Imprint Abrams Books for Young Readers
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 40
  • Language English