A young girl spends the summer at her grandmother's home on the
Standing Rock Reservation in this heartwarming family story from
acclaimed 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 her
visit, Uncle Louie brings an extra-special surprise in his pickup truck:
the tipi that's been passed down through their family for generations.
The girls learn how to stack the poles and wrap the canvas covering
around them, how to paint spirit pictures on its walls, and how the
circle of the tipi tells its own story, reminding us to how to live in
the great Circle of Life. Over long days spent playing outside, doing
beadwork together, telling stories, singing songs, and sleeping under
the stars, the tipi brings the family closer together. As summer draws
to an end, goodbye comes all too soon, but Clara will always cling to
the memories of summer days and starry nights . . . and Grandma's tipi.