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American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor - American Indian Library Association Saltypie is the sweet taste of Choctaw tears in this powerful picture-book memoir. Bee stings on the backside! That was just the beginning. Tim was about to enter a world of the past, with bullying boys, sharp stones, and Indian spirits of long ago. But they were real spirits, real stones, very real memories.... 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 throughout these struggles, she kept her quiet, funny laugh and the love of family that held all the Tingles together. Tingle says, ""Stories of modern Indian families rarely grace the printed page. Long before I began writing, I knew this story must be told."" 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.

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"""[A] quietly poetic story about dealing with adversity."" -- Publishers Weekly ""The large, full-spread illustrations are vibrant. . . A lovely piece of family history."" -- School Library Journal ""Clarkson's evocative illustrations bathe each scene in a soft light that accentuates the warmth of the family's love."" -- Kirkus Reviews American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor - American Indian Library Association ALSC Notable Children's Books - American Library Association (ALA) Paterson Prize for Books for Young People 2011 - Passaic County Community College Skipping Stones Book Awards 2011 - Skipping Stones Magazine"

This book is exceptional. When people ask me for a short list of recommended books, Saltypie is going to be on that list. -- Debbie Reese, American Indians in Children's Literature Blog Looking back to his childhood, Choctaw storyteller Tingle introduces his capable, comforting Mawmaw (grandmother); recalls his shock as a six-year-old at realizing that she was blind (possibly, he learns, as a result of a racially motivated assault in her own youth); and recounts a hospital vigil years afterward when she received an eye transplant. His strong, measured prose finds able counterpart in Clarkson's subtly modeled, full-bleed close-ups of eloquently expressive faces and closely gathered members of the author's large extended family.The title comes from a word invented by Tingle's father as a stand-in for any sort of pain or distress, and its use serves to enhance the vivid sense of intimacy that pervades this reminiscence. A lengthy afterword provides more details about Tingle's family and Choctaw culture, and offers much to think about regarding American Indian stereotypes. -- Booklist [A] quietly poetic story about dealing with adversity. -- Publishers Weekly Clarkson's evocative illustrations bathe each scene in a soft light that accentuates the warmth of the family's love. -- Kirkus Reviews [Saltypie] is complimented by Karen Clarkson's softly painted illustrations that really capture all the emotions of the family on each page, but especially the last image of Mawmaw, whose eyes are open for the first time since that fateful morning in 1915. -- Randomly Reading The large, full-spread illustrations are vibrant...A lovely piece of family history. -- School Library Journal An American story that underscores the joys of overcoming hardships. -- Tucson Citizen Review The author subtly touches on [racism and stereotyping] by gently challenging American ideas of Indians with pictures of regular people having regular lives. And the How Much Can We Tell Them? section in the back of the book, directed at adults, invites us to see our cultural biases and to teach our children to see and understand the truth of the people around us. -- Unshelved An unexpected and thought provoking multi-generational story. -- Review of Texas Books Tingle, once again, produces a tale well-told, well-remembered and destined to be well received by readers of all ages. --Lisa Kay Tate, El Paso Scene 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 WordCraft 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

This book is exceptional. When people ask me for a short list of recommended books, Saltypie is going to be on that list. -- Debbie Reese, American Indians in Children's Literature Blog Looking back to his childhood, Choctaw storyteller Tingle introduces his capable, comforting Mawmaw (grandmother); recalls his shock as a six-year-old at realizing that she was blind (possibly, he learns, as a result of a racially motivated assault in her own youth); and recounts a hospital vigil years afterward when she received an eye transplant. His strong, measured prose finds able counterpart in Clarkson's subtly modeled, full-bleed close-ups of eloquently expressive faces and closely gathered members of the author's large extended family. The title comes from a word invented by Tingle's father as a stand-in for any sort of pain or distress, and its use serves to enhance the vivid sense of intimacy that pervades this reminiscence. A lengthy afterword provides more details about Tingle's family and Choctaw culture, and offers much to think about regarding American Indian stereotypes. -- Booklist [A] quietly poetic story about dealing with adversity. -- Publishers Weekly Clarkson's evocative illustrations bathe each scene in a soft light that accentuates the warmth of the family's love. -- Kirkus Reviews [Saltypie] is complimented by Karen Clarkson's softly painted illustrations that really capture all the emotions of the family on each page, but especially the last image of Mawmaw, whose eyes are open for the first time since that fateful morning in 1915. -- Randomly Reading The large, full-spread illustrations are vibrant...A lovely piece of family history. -- School Library Journal An American story that underscores the joys of overcoming hardships. -- Tucson Citizen Review The author subtly touches on [racism and stereotyping] by gently challenging American ideas of Indians with pictures of regular people having regular lives. And the How Much Can We Tell Them? section in the back of the book, directed at adults, invites us to see our cultural biases and to teach our children to see and understand the truth of the people around us. -- Unshelved An unexpected and thought provoking multi-generational story. -- Review of Texas Books Tingle, once again, produces a tale well-told, well-remembered and destined to be well received by readers of all ages. --Lisa Kay Tate -- El Paso Scene Storytelling World Honor Award, Storytelling World 2011 Skipping Stones Honor Award American Indian Youth Literature Award, Picture Book category, Honor Book ALSC Notable Children's Book WordCraft Circle Children's Literature Award 2012 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College

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Tim Tingle is an Oklahoma Choctaw, an award-winning storyteller, and the author of more than twenty books for children, teenagers, and adults. His titles have been recognized by the American Indian Youth Literature Award four times and nominated for numerous state awards. He received his master's degree from the University of Oklahoma with a focus in American Indian Studies. Tingle lives in Texas. Visit his website at timtingle.com. Karen Clarkson, Choctaw artist and tribal member, lives in San Leandro, California with her husband Bill and their two dogs. A trip to Paris when she was ten inspired her to study the Old Masters, but she feels she came into her own as an artist when she started creating portraits of Native Americans. She first started learning about art by drawing pictures of all her relatives. In this way she felt as if she knew many of her ancestors even though she had never met them. Saltypie is her first book. You can find her on the web at clarksonart.com.

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