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book_concierge's review against another edition
3.0
Beautifully illustrated, autobiographical children’s book has many important messages – respect for elders, understanding your heritage, aging with grace and dignity, overcoming life’s obstacles – but the story bounced from present to past to present and there were no smooth transitions. Ages 5-8.
hanhanhannahh's review against another edition
Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness into Light by Tim Tingle
American Indian Youth Literature Award - Honors book
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Target Audience: 2-6 Grades
Text-to-text: Saltypie reminded me of "I Loved You Before You Were Born" by Anne Bowen. Both books have such a sweet appreciation for Grandma, which is a hard topic to find in children's books. It's been a long time since I've read the book by Anne Bowen, but Saltypie made me want to call my grandma and thank her for everything she's done for me.
Text-to-self: Tingle's description of getting stung by a bee was spot on. It made me remember the first time I was stung by a bee. As a child, this is such a traumatic experience. Oddly enough, I was with my grandmother at the time and she sort of reacted in a similar manner to his grandmother! His memory of this event is very vivid.
Text-to-world: I think every child will be able to read this book and appreciate a grandmother. I feel that too often, we take advantage of our grandparents. I am blessed to have incredible grandparents who have supported me my whole life, and I am so very thankful for that. No matter your culture, this book is a great representation of the love a grandmother has for her grandson and family.
American Indian Youth Literature Award - Honors book
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Target Audience: 2-6 Grades
Text-to-text: Saltypie reminded me of "I Loved You Before You Were Born" by Anne Bowen. Both books have such a sweet appreciation for Grandma, which is a hard topic to find in children's books. It's been a long time since I've read the book by Anne Bowen, but Saltypie made me want to call my grandma and thank her for everything she's done for me.
Text-to-self: Tingle's description of getting stung by a bee was spot on. It made me remember the first time I was stung by a bee. As a child, this is such a traumatic experience. Oddly enough, I was with my grandmother at the time and she sort of reacted in a similar manner to his grandmother! His memory of this event is very vivid.
Text-to-world: I think every child will be able to read this book and appreciate a grandmother. I feel that too often, we take advantage of our grandparents. I am blessed to have incredible grandparents who have supported me my whole life, and I am so very thankful for that. No matter your culture, this book is a great representation of the love a grandmother has for her grandson and family.
heisereads's review against another edition
3.0
The author's note/afterword in is book should be a required read for all teachers! Really...go get this book and read the end note, How Much Can We Really Tell Them?
The story itself was a little confusing to me because of the timeline jumping that wasn't totally clear as far as a linear story. It all came togther at the end, but read more like vignettes. A strong Native voice.
The story itself was a little confusing to me because of the timeline jumping that wasn't totally clear as far as a linear story. It all came togther at the end, but read more like vignettes. A strong Native voice.
jshettel's review against another edition
4.0
This picture book/memoir by Tim Tingle provides a great springboard for talking about attitudes toward Native Americans. Told as a memoir, Tingle tells a story about his grandmother that all children will be able to relate to. Themes of bullying and what it means to really 'see" people.
leslie_d's review against another edition
3.0
...3 1/2....
Not only the book Saltypie, but the term Saltypie describes problems Tim Tingle’s Choctaw grandmother encountered in her life, from a small child to old age. The story is framed in stories told about the grandmother from various members of Tingle’s family. The collective creates a family history.
“My grandmother was a strong and special Choctaw woman,”and this beloved is the figure around which the story orbits. As one who could be seen as representative of ‘heritage’, hers is a heritage loved and able to find joy despite the pain and struggles experienced due to her Choctaw membership. There is a particularly lovely illustration of a family, corporeal and spirit.
The illustrations engage the reader in the memories Tingle describes, jewel-tone colors and attention to detail record moments warm and sometimes disturbing. The different captures of memories, of portraits, suits the threaded and somewhat linear narrative, while supporting the variant angles and narrators.
There is non-fictional approach to story at the end of the picture book, “How Much Can We Tell Them?” The black and white photos will contain familiar images. Tingle and publisher Cinco Puntos Press are not coy in their desire to educate: “Might we now begin—one parent, one child, one teacher, one classroom at a time—a real and more truthful education about American Indian.”
Saltypie creates that empathy in the storytelling, and the reason in the non-.
L (omphaloskepsis)
http://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/a-lesson-in-fiction-and-non/
Not only the book Saltypie, but the term Saltypie describes problems Tim Tingle’s Choctaw grandmother encountered in her life, from a small child to old age. The story is framed in stories told about the grandmother from various members of Tingle’s family. The collective creates a family history.
“My grandmother was a strong and special Choctaw woman,”and this beloved is the figure around which the story orbits. As one who could be seen as representative of ‘heritage’, hers is a heritage loved and able to find joy despite the pain and struggles experienced due to her Choctaw membership. There is a particularly lovely illustration of a family, corporeal and spirit.
The illustrations engage the reader in the memories Tingle describes, jewel-tone colors and attention to detail record moments warm and sometimes disturbing. The different captures of memories, of portraits, suits the threaded and somewhat linear narrative, while supporting the variant angles and narrators.
There is non-fictional approach to story at the end of the picture book, “How Much Can We Tell Them?” The black and white photos will contain familiar images. Tingle and publisher Cinco Puntos Press are not coy in their desire to educate: “Might we now begin—one parent, one child, one teacher, one classroom at a time—a real and more truthful education about American Indian.”
Saltypie creates that empathy in the storytelling, and the reason in the non-.
L (omphaloskepsis)
http://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/a-lesson-in-fiction-and-non/
tooamy's review against another edition
3.0
This is a beautiful and uplifting book about a Choctaw family and what it means to be a Native American in our modern society.
Grades 2-4.
Grades 2-4.
mxsunny's review against another edition
5.0
Tim Tingle is a master storyteller. Karen Clarkson's illustrations are realistic and beautiful. This picture book is written and illustrated by Choctaws and is about Tingle's Choctaw family. I especially love the illustrations in the scene in the hospital waiting room when the family is joined by their family spirits as they await news about Mawmaw's surgery. The story is told from the perspective of one of Mawmaw's many grandchildren who learns the meaning of the word "saltypie" from his family's history. Saltypie packs in many loving details, painful history, and the enduring strength of family bonds. Please go buy this book and/or check it out from your library.
sunflowerjess's review against another edition
5.0
Tim Tingle beautifully crafts stories of his grandmother, his father, and his nation into a connected narrative. The illustrations in this book skillfully show Choctaw culture and add fine details to the text. This is a story of both grief and hope.
oceangal56's review against another edition
5.0
True story of the authors mawmaw (grandmother) and how she went from blindness to sight. Lots of back story and family photos in the back. Excellent!
cweichel's review against another edition
5.0
Tim Tingle is one of my favourite American storytellers. This is based on the true story of his grandmother and how she lost and regained her sight. Karen Clarkson's artwork is magnificent.