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  • The Star People

    A Lakota Story

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    A grandmother’s love is forever in Star People, a picture book about remembrance and tradition from S. D. Nelson, award-winning author and member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.“A young Lakota Indian girl narrates the story of how she and her little brother, Young Wolf, survive a prairie fire.” —School Library Journal“A stirring, original story based on Lakota legend . . . The swirling images of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Animals Speak

    The Lakota Way (A Picture Book)

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    Translated by Dakota Goodhouse ...
    Award-winning Lakota author-artist S. D. Nelson shows what wisdom can be learned from animals in this universal, strikingly illustrated picture book about connecting with the natural world.Lakota translation by Dakota GoodhouseFrom our animal brothers and sisters, young readers can learn the Lakota Way, an ancient principle that transmits the virtues and values we should all strive to include in ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gift Horse

    A Lakota Story

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    A Lakota boy comes of age and finds his courage in Gift Horse, a picture book from award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson.When Flying Cloud’s father gives him a Gift Horse, marking the beginning of his journey to manhood, Flying Cloud names the horse Storm. The two become inseparable: They spend their days riding across the prairie, hunting deer, and roughhousing with the other boys and ... Read more

    $10.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buffalo Bird Girl

    A Hidatsa Story

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    Buffalo Bird Girl (ca. 1839-1932) was a member of the Hidatsa, a Native American community that lived in permanent villages along the Missouri River on the Great Plains. Like other girls her age, Buffalo Bird Girl learned the ways of her people through watching and listening, and then by doing. She helped plant crops in the spring, tended the fields through the summer, and in autumn joined in the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grandma's Tipi

    A Present-Day Lakota Story

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    A young girl spends the summer at her grandmother’s home on the Standing Rock Reservation in this illustrated, heartwarming family story from acclaimed, award-winning 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 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crazy Horse and Custer

    Born Enemies

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    With photographs and stunning illustrations from acclaimed author/artist S.D. Nelson, this thrilling double biography juxtaposes the lives of two enemies whose conflict changed American history: Crazy Horse and George Armstrong Custer.In 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people’s resistance against the white man’s invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Red Cloud

    A Lakota Story of War and Surrender

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    "Readers will appreciate this complex look at Chief Red Cloud, who under duress, unimaginable trauma, and starvation made a difficult choice." — School Library Journal (starred review)Red Cloud (1822–1909) was a great warrior and chief of the Lakota. Told from his perspective, Red Cloud: A Lakota Story of War and Surrender describes the events that brought him to prominence as a leader of his ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Digging a Hole to Heaven

    Coal Miner Boys

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    At 12 years old, Conall has already worked in the coal mines of West Virginia for two years. He spends his days deep underground with his faithful mule, Angel, carting loads of coal back and forth between the coal seams and the main shaft, where elevators take the coal up to the surface. One day a tunnel collapses, and his brother is trapped with others on the wrong side! How can Conall and Angel ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Elk's Vision

    A Lakota Story

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    Black Elk’s Vision is a stunning picture book biography of the celebrated Lakota-Oglala medicine man from award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson.Black Elk (1863–1950) was a Lakota-Oglala medicine man and a cousin of Crazy Horse. This biographical account follows him from childhood through adulthood, recounting the visions he had as a young boy and describing his involvement in the ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quiet Hero

    The Ira Hayes Story

    by S. D. Nelson ...
    Illustrated by S. D. Nelson ...
    A biography of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six soldiers to raise the United States flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, an event immortalized by Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.Growing up on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona, Ira Hayes was a quiet, shy boy. He never wanted to be the center of attention, and at school, he felt lonely and out of place.By ... Read more

    $11.95 USD

  • Crazy Horse's Vision

    Illustrated by S. D. Nelson ...
    The true story of the great Sioux warrior who, as a young boy, defies tradition and seeks a vision on his own in hopes of saving his people.Crazy Horse is among the best known Native American heroes. Yet many people do not know his boyhood name was Curly, inspired by his curly hair.Curly was a leader even as a young boy, taming wild horses and hunting powerful buffalo. But all his bravery could ... Read more

    $12.95 USD

  • The Story of All-Star Athlete Jim Thorpe

    Illustrated by S. D. Nelson ...
    Series series The Story of
    This entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on Jim Thorpe, an exceptional athlete with natural talent and the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States.Jim Thorpe's parents knew he was special from the day he was born. He developed his athletic skills early on, playing outdoors and hunting with his father and brother. But when Jim ... Read more

    $10.95 USD