Soft Rain
Title | Soft Rain PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelia Cornelissen |
Publisher | Yearling |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2009-09-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0307568253 |
It all begins when Soft Rain's teacher reads a letter stating that as of May 23, 1838, all Cherokee people are to leave their land and move to what many Cherokees called "the land of darkness". . .the west. Soft Rain is confident that her family will not have to move, because they have just planted corn for the next harvest but soon thereafter, soldiers arrive to take nine-year-old, Soft Rain, and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her family behind. Because Soft Rain knows some of the white man's language, she soon learns that they must travel across rivers, valleys, and mountains. On the journey, she is forced to eat the white man's food and sees many of her people die. Her courage and hope are restored when she is reunited with her father, a leader on the Trail, chosen to bring her people safely to their new land. Praise for Soft Rain: "An eye-opening introduction to this painful period of American history."--Publisher's Weekly "The characters themselves transform a sorrowful story of adversity into a tale of human resilience."--Kirkus Reviews "This gentle child's-eye view will move readers enormously."--Jane Yolen
The Cherokee
Title | The Cherokee PDF eBook |
Author | Emilie U. Lepthien |
Publisher | Children's Press |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780516419381 |
Describes the customs, ways of life, and history of the Cherokee Nation, from its earliest days to the present.
Mary and the Trail of Tears
Title | Mary and the Trail of Tears PDF eBook |
Author | Andrea L. Rogers |
Publisher | Stone Arch Books |
Total Pages | 113 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1496587146 |
It is June first and twelve-year-old Mary does not really understand what is happening: she does not understand the hatred and greed of the white men who are forcing her Cherokee family out of their home in New Echota, Georgia, capital of the Cherokee Nation, and trying to steal what few things they are allowed to take with them, she does not understand why a soldier killed her grandfather--and she certainly does not understand how she, her sister, and her mother, are going to survive the 1000 mile trip to the lands west of the Mississippi.
The Animal's Ballgame
Title | The Animal's Ballgame PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd Arneach |
Publisher | Children's Press |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780516051390 |
Pictures tell the story of how a ballgame between the birds and mammals of the earth gave some common animals their characteristics. Includes text and suggestions for storytelling activities in the back of the book.
The First Fire: A Cherokee Story
Title | The First Fire: A Cherokee Story PDF eBook |
Author | Bradley Wagnon |
Publisher | 7th Generation |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2020-08-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 193905351X |
First Fire is an ageless Cherokee myth about the revered water spider in their culture. The story happens in a time when animals could do many of the things that people do. The Creator gave the animals the world to live on, but they were without a source for heat at night. Great Thunder and his sons saw the plight of the animals so he sent lightning down to strike a tree. The tree burst into flames but the tree was on an island. Many animals tried to bring the fire over the water to the shore, but they were all unsuccessful. One small creature, the Water Spider, then volunteered. Curious, the animals said to her “We know you could get there safely, but how would you bring the fire back without getting burned?” Water Spider was successful and to this day, the water spider is revered in Cherokee culture.
Cherokee Sister
Title | Cherokee Sister PDF eBook |
Author | Debbie Dadey |
Publisher | StarWalk Kids Media |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 2014-06-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1630833304 |
When Allie MacAllister’s best friend, Leaf Sweetwater, invites her to try on her buckskin dress, Allie couldn’t be happier. Until soldiers interrupt the girls’ fun and round up Leaf’s family, forcing them from their home and taking Allie with them. Together they are swept along the harsh Trail of Tears, and joined by thousands of other Cherokee families.
Unto These Hills
Title | Unto These Hills PDF eBook |
Author | Kermit Hunter |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780807868751 |
Unto These Hills: A Drama of the Cherokee