The Summer of the Bone Horses: A Chapter Book
A Lakota child spends a summer with grandparents at their home on the Rosebud Reservation in this young chapter book, illustrated in full-color

When Eddie’s parents drive from the Black Hills to the Dakota plains to drop him off with Grandpa and Grandma High Elk, Eddie aches all over at the thought of being away from Mom and Dad for the first time. But quickly, Eddie’s stay on the Rosebud Reservation becomes a summer that he’ll never forget as he spends his days riding horses, fishing, helping Grandma in her garden, and playing with the toy bone horses that his grandfather gave him. When his grandfather is hurt and needs medical attention, Eddie steps up and helps him get the care he needs.

With lively full-color illustrations, this charming chapter book follows a present-day Lakota child connecting with extended family, embracing new experiences, and growing up along the way.
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The Summer of the Bone Horses: A Chapter Book
A Lakota child spends a summer with grandparents at their home on the Rosebud Reservation in this young chapter book, illustrated in full-color

When Eddie’s parents drive from the Black Hills to the Dakota plains to drop him off with Grandpa and Grandma High Elk, Eddie aches all over at the thought of being away from Mom and Dad for the first time. But quickly, Eddie’s stay on the Rosebud Reservation becomes a summer that he’ll never forget as he spends his days riding horses, fishing, helping Grandma in her garden, and playing with the toy bone horses that his grandfather gave him. When his grandfather is hurt and needs medical attention, Eddie steps up and helps him get the care he needs.

With lively full-color illustrations, this charming chapter book follows a present-day Lakota child connecting with extended family, embracing new experiences, and growing up along the way.
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The Summer of the Bone Horses: A Chapter Book

The Summer of the Bone Horses: A Chapter Book

The Summer of the Bone Horses: A Chapter Book

The Summer of the Bone Horses: A Chapter Book

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A Lakota child spends a summer with grandparents at their home on the Rosebud Reservation in this young chapter book, illustrated in full-color

When Eddie’s parents drive from the Black Hills to the Dakota plains to drop him off with Grandpa and Grandma High Elk, Eddie aches all over at the thought of being away from Mom and Dad for the first time. But quickly, Eddie’s stay on the Rosebud Reservation becomes a summer that he’ll never forget as he spends his days riding horses, fishing, helping Grandma in her garden, and playing with the toy bone horses that his grandfather gave him. When his grandfather is hurt and needs medical attention, Eddie steps up and helps him get the care he needs.

With lively full-color illustrations, this charming chapter book follows a present-day Lakota child connecting with extended family, embracing new experiences, and growing up along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781647005788
Publisher: Amulet Books
Publication date: 04/01/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 64
Age Range: 5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve is an award-winning author (whose accolades include the National Humanities Medal) and a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota) who was raised on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. She has published over 20 books on South Dakota history, aboriginal American history, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction works for children. Her picture book The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood was named a Smithsonian magazine’s Best Children’s Books of 2011. Driving Hawk Sneve taught in the public school system for a number of years. She lives in South Dakota. Steph Littlebird is an Indigenous artist, writer, curator, and a member of Oregon’s Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Her work combines traditional aesthetics with contemporary materials and subject matter to forge connections between our collective past and imminent future. Littlebird received national recognition as curator of This IS Kalapuyan Land (2020) an exhibition at the Five Oaks Museum in Portland, which was featured by ArtNews and PBS NewsHour. She currently lives in Las Vegas, NV.
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