Crossing Bok Chitto
Title | Crossing Bok Chitto PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Tingle |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Choctaw Indians |
ISBN | 9781933693200 |
When it was first published, Crossing Bok Chitto took readers by surprise. This moving and original story about the intersection of Native and African Americans received starred reviews and many awards, including being named an ALA Notable Children's Book and a Jane Addams Honor Book. Jeanne Rorex Bridges' illustrations mesmerized readers--Publishers Weekly noted that her "strong, solid figures gaze squarely out of the frame, beseeching readers to listen, empathize and wonder." Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle blends songs, flute, and drum to bring the lore of the Choctaw Nation to life in lively historical, personal, and traditional stories. Artist Jeanne Rorex Bridges traces her heritage back to her Cherokee ancestors.
Crossing Bok Chitto
Title | Crossing Bok Chitto PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Tingle |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0938317776 |
In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.
Walking the Choctaw Road
Title | Walking the Choctaw Road PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Tingle |
Publisher | Cinco Puntos Press |
Total Pages | 153 |
Release | 2014-01-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1933693479 |
Oklahoma, or "Okla Homma," is a Choctaw word meaning "Red People." In this collection, acclaimed storyteller Tim Tingle tells the stories of his people, the Choctaw People, the Okla Homma. For years, Tim has collected stories of the old folks, weaving traditional lore with stories from everyday life. Walking the Choctaw Road is a mixture of myth stories, historical accounts passed from generation to generation, and stories of Choctaw people living their lives in the here and now. The Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers selected Tim as "Contemporary Storyteller Of The Year" for 2001, and in 2002, Tim was the featured storyteller at the National Storyteller Festival in Jonesboro, Tennessee. Tim Tingle lives in Canyon Lake, Texas.
Stone River Crossing
Title | Stone River Crossing PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Tingle |
Publisher | Tu Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781620148235 |
From the award-winning author of How I Became a Ghost, a tale of unlikely friendship and miracles. When Martha Tom helps Lil Mo and his family escape from the plantation across the river, it's just the beginning of a Choctaw adventure of a lifetime.
House of Purple Cedar
Title | House of Purple Cedar PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Tingle |
Publisher | Cinco Puntos Press |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2014-02-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1935955241 |
A Choctaw tale of tragedy, white and Indians, good and evil, revenge and forgiveness, even humor and magic realism.
Freedom Crossing
Title | Freedom Crossing PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Goff Clark |
Publisher | Scholastic Paperbacks |
Total Pages | 160 |
Release | 1991-02-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780590445696 |
After spending four years with relatives in the South, a fifteen-year-old girl accepts the idea that slaves are property and is horrified to learn when she returns to the North that her home is a station on the underground railroad.
Crossing Bok Chitto
Title | Crossing Bok Chitto PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Tingle |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Choctaw Indians |
ISBN | 9780439699402 |
In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble she helps them cross to freedom.