2011 Skipping Stones Honor AwardWordCraft Circle Children\'s Literature Award 2012 American Indian Youth Literature Award, Picture Book category, Honor Book ALSC Notable Children\'s Book 2011 Storytelling World Resource Award (Adolscent Listeners, honor) 2011 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Grades 4-6 Saltypie is the sweet taste of Choctaw tears in this powerful picture-book memoir.
Seen through the innocent eyes of a young boy, Saltypie is the story of one family\'s efforts to honor the past while struggling to gain a foothold in modern America..
Long before I began writing, I knew this story must be told.
Tingle says, Stories of modern Indian families rarely grace the printed page.
But throughout these struggles, she kept her quiet, funny laugh and the love of family that held all the Tingles together.
In this deeply moving, beautifully illustrated family saga, Choctaw author and storyteller Tim Tingle describes his childhood and how he discovered his grandmother\'s painful history--from her orphan days at an Indian boarding school to hardships encountered in her new home on the Gulf Coast.
But they were real spirits, real stones, very real memories....
Tim was about to enter a world of the past, with bullying boys, sharp stones, and Indian spirits of long ago.
Bee stings on the backside! That was just the beginning. 2011 Skipping Stones Honor AwardWordCraft Circle Children\'s Literature Award 2012 American Indian Youth Literature Award, Picture Book category, Honor Book ALSC Notable Children\'s Book 2011 Storytelling World Resource Award (Adolscent Listeners, honor) 2011 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Grades 4-6 Saltypie is the sweet taste of Choctaw tears in this powerful picture-book memoir
