Pub Date: September 15, 2019
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2019013338
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 1.60" H x 9.10" L x 5.90" W ( 2.38 lbs) 30 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays and Celebrations | Christmas and Advent | Biography and Autobiography | Cultural and Regional | Native American
Description: "In an authentic portrayal of a Sioux childhood and Christmas traditions, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve shares a touching holiday story from her youth. Filled with themes of generosity and unexpected joy, the episode takes place on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota"--
Brief description: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, the daughter of an Episcopal priest and a Lakota Sioux mother, was born and raised on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. A member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, she has authored several books for young adult readers, both fiction and nonfiction, including Completing the Circle, Standing Bear of the Ponca, The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood, and Jimmy Yellow Hawk. Sneve received her B.S. and M.Ed. from South Dakota State University and taught English throughout the state and at the Flandreau Indian School. The recipient of the Native American Prose Award and the Spirit of Crazy Horse Award, she is the first South Dakotan to receive the National Humanities Medal.
Review Quotes: With its authentic portrait of a Sioux childhood and Christmas traditions and its eventual happy ending, this is a quiet but affecting picture book. -- Horn Book "Horn Book"