Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days

Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days, edited by Michael Oren Fitzgerald  will make a good read-aloud for pre- and early readers, and will be a quick, illuminating read for children in third and fourth grades. There is no through-narrative;  the explanations of Native (mostly Plains Indians) cultures are told in the many voices of the people who lived it, often as childhood memories. All of the narration is, according to the editor, by Native Americans who were born before the reservation era. Some are lyrical while other quotes are more straightforward. The book dispels some of the myths about Native cultures, and children will find points of reference in their own culture.

Most of the photographs are sepia, with an occasional color image. The photos of the clothing are especially striking. Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days is being released in hardcover (forty pages) in June by Wisdom Tales.