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Fiction:
Grasshopper Summer by Ann Turner and illustrated by Erika Meltzer
Set in the Dakota Territory after the civil war.
- Reading age : 8 – 12 years
- Publisher : Aladdin (May 1, 2000)
- ISBN-10 : 0689835221
- ISBN-13 : 978-0689835223
Nonfiction:
Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist by Gina Capaldi and Q. L. Pearce
Kindle | Paperback | Hardcover
“I remember the day I lost my spirit.” So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Ša, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Ša willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found herself caught between two worlds―white and Native American.
At school she missed her mother and her traditional life, but Zitkala-Ša found joy in music classes. “My wounded spirit soared like a bird as I practiced the piano and violin,” she wrote. Her talent grew, and when she graduated, she became a music teacher, composer, and performer.
- Reading age : 8 – 12 years
- Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®; Illustrated edition (August 6, 2019)
- ISBN-10 : 1541578368
- ISBN-13 : 978-1541578364
M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabet by William Anderson and Cheryl Harness
Learn about South Dakota, from ancient dinosaurs to Wall Drug.
Reading age : 6 – 9 years
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press; Illustrated edition (April 1, 2005)
ISBN-10 : 1585361410
ISBN-13 : 978-1585361410
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