Teacher resources are online instructional tools created by teachers for teachers to help integrate trade books seamlessly into the classroom. This book won the oklahoma book award for best illustrations as well as best childrens book for 2007. Crossing bok chitto is an indian book and documented the indian way, told and told again and then passed on by uncles and grandmothers. From talks with archie mingo emerged crossing bok chitto, tingles first illustrated childrens book. Martha tom, a young choctaw girl, knows better than to cross bok chitto, but one dayin search of blackberriesshe disobeys her mother and finds herself on the other side. In an essay at the back of crossing bok chitto, tim tingle says. A choctaw tale of friendship and freedom, by jim tingle, is a story of friendship, bravery, and liberation. She meets and becomes friends with the slaves on the plantation on the other side of the river and later helps a family escape across it to freedom when they hear that the. Fiction martha tom is a choctaw girl who becomes friends with little mo, a slave boy who lives on the other side of the bok chitto river in the 1800s. Stone river crossing kindle edition by tingle, tim. Crossing bok chitto as a lasting connections of 2006 book, one of the years best books to tie. Crossing bok chitto josh stanishs childrens literature. This fictional story is about martha tom, a young choctaw girl, and lil mo an enslaved african boy whose family lives in a plantation across the bok chitto river. A picture book that highlights rarely discussed intersections between native americans in the south and african.
A choctaw tale of friendship and freedom 2006, written as a tribute to the native peoples of every nation who aided runaway people of bondage, highlights the coming together of african americans and native americans chocktaw through the bravery of two young children fighting to free. Martha tom, a young choctaw, breaks her villages rules against crossing the bok chitto. In crossing bok chitto by tim tingle, the author combines the stories of two cultures into a. A choctaw tale of friendship and freedom 2006, written as a tribute to the native peoples of every nation who aided runaway people of bondage, highlights the coming together of african americans and native. It is a lesson in history, in the ethics and values of a people with a valuable set of traditions. Crossing bok chitto by tim tingle, jeanne rorex bridges. To help put the right book in each readers hands, consider the following comprehensive text complexity analyses within your instructional plans. Martha tom, a young choctaw girl, knows better than to cross bok chitto, but one dayandmdash. Tim tingle is an oklahoma choctaw and an awardwinning author and storyteller of twenty books. If the slaves can cross the river onto the choctaw side then they will be free. Karen clarkson, a choctaw tribal member, is a selftaught artist who specializes in portraits of. As he did in his picture book crossing bok chitto illustrated by jeanne rorex bridges, 2006, tingle choctaw captures a rarely explored bond that formed during colonization between enslaved africans and native americans, an alliance of survival under white colonial tyranny. Dramatic, quiet, and warming, this is a story of friendship across cultures in 1800s mississippi.
In the days before the war between the states, in the days before the trail of tears, bok chitto. Tims books celebrate the history, storytelling and imagination that has allowed the choctaw nation to survive. Crossing bok chitto is tim s second childrens book. Tim tingle, author, jeanne rorex bridges, illustrator, illus. This years annual american library association convention in anaheim june 26 to july 2 was very special for cinco puntos pressthe american indian library association aila awarded crossing bok chitto, written by tim tingle and illustrated by jeanne rorex bridges, the 2008 american indian literature award for a picture book. Watch a video and see pictures from ala convention 2008 when crossing bok chitto won the american indian youth literature award aila. Jeanne rorex bridges illustrations mesmerized readerspublishers weekly noted that her strong, solid. In an expansion of his awardwinning picture book crossing bok chitto, acclaimed choctaw storyteller tim tingle offers a story that reminds readers that the strongest bridge between cultures is friendship. In crossing bok chitto by tim tingle, the author combines the stories of two cultures into a unique tale. The story is a beautifully illustrated version of a story found in his previous work, walking the choctaw road. Sep, 20 crossing bok chitto by tim tingle, jeanne rorex bridges illustrator told by the choctaw storyteller, tim tingle, this story follows a girl who crosses the river bok chitto to get some blackberries and discovers a friendship with a black slave family that leads to their freedom. Martha tom is a choctaw girl who becomes friends with little mo, a slave boy who lives on the other side of the bok. Tim tingle books list of books by author tim tingle. Crossing bok chitto when it was first published, crossing bok chitto took readers by surprise.
The story takes place in mississippi where a river called bok chitto was a boundary between the indian nation of the choctaws, and the plantation owners and their slaves. I am not well versed enough in the intricacies of native culture to offer an opinion on all of the various aspects of this book. The video has many performers but you can find tim tingles performance at 3 minutes and 23 seconds into the video. Seven slaves cross the big river to freedom, led by a choctaw angel walking on water. Tim tingle cinco puntos press independent book publisher. Choctaw storyteller tim tingle blends songs, cedar flute, and drum with tribal lore to bring the lore of the. Tingle is a member of the choctaw nation and has based the picture book on which this novel is based, crossing bok chitto, on the stories handed.
Tim tingle is a member of the choctaw nation of oklahoma an awardwinning author and storyteller of twenty books. Stone river crossing by tim tingle, hardcover barnes. It is, as the title says, a tale of friendship and freedom, but it is more. This moving and original story about the intersection of native and african americans received starred. While i was still reading it, a strange thing happened. Crossing bok chitto a choctaw tale of friendship and freedom by tim tingle. Among many great features, teacher resources include outside links to diverse media and provide information about text complexity. Tim tingle is an oklahoma choctaw and an awardwinning author and storyteller. Choctaw storyteller tim tingle blends songs, flute, and drum to bring the lore of. He is a keynote speaker for many native american events and continues to write about his tribal heritage. Jeanne, because of illness in the family, could not attend. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. His greatgreat grandfather, john carnes, walked the trail of tears in 1835, and his paternal grandmother attended a series of rigorous indian boarding schools in the early 1900s. Crossing bok chitto, a choctaw tale of friendship and freedom is a book written before the war between the states.
Stone river crossing kindle edition by tingle, tim, tingle. A choctaw tale of friendship and freedom tim tingle, author, jeanne rorex bridges, illustrator, illus. A choctaw tale of friendship and freedom by tim tingle and jeanne rorex bridges. This historybased tale is the inspiration for stone river crossing. Watch a performance by tim tingle at the many voices, many nations program from the american library association ala. Crossing bok chitto is a tribute to the indians of every nation who aided the runaway people of bondage. In the early 1800s, a plantation with many slaves lay on one side of the bok chitto river in mississippi. Tim tingle is a member of the choctaw nation of oklahoma an awardwinning author and storyteller of. On the other side of the river lay a nation of indian people, the choctaws.
Tim was featured author and speaker at the national book festival in washington. Tim tingle author tim tingle is an oklahoma choctaw and an awardwinning author and storyteller of twenty books. It is difficult to find books on native american topics that are sufficiently sensitive and historically accurate. In the story, the bok chitto river cuts through mississippi.
Tims previous and often reprinted books from cinco puntos press walking the choctaw road and crossing bok chitto received numerous awards, but what makes tim the proudest is the recognition he receives from the american indian communities. But as lil mos family adjusts to their new life, danger waits just around the corner. This great story from tim tingle is also available in the anthology walking the choctaw road, but it is even better with the art work by jeanne rorex bridges. In this lesson students will listen to crossing bok chitto, by tim tingle and write their stories about times they or their families have fought injustice. Apr 01, 2006 thus begins crossing bok chitto, told by awardwinning choctaw storyteller tim tingle and brought to life with the rich illustrations of jeanne rorex bridges. When the boys family faces separation, martha tom and the choctaw women help them to escape to freedom. Crossing bok chitto is her first fully illustrated book.
This story is about choctaw indians who live on one side of the river, and slaves and plantation owners who live on the other side. He evokes a 19thcentury southern landscape, presenting it through. Fifty favorites for the telling by tim tingle 20040515 jan 1, 1819. Crossing bok chitto receives 2008 american indian youth. Tingle has appeared at major storytelling and folklore festivals throughout america, as well as in germany, mexico, canada and ireland. Martha tom is a choctaw girl who becomes friends with little mo, a slave boy who lives on the other side of the bok chitto river in the 1800s.
A choctaw tale of friendship and freedom by tim tingle and jeanne rorex bridges 16 total resources 5 awards view text complexity discover like books. Our textbook says, tim tingles crossing bok chitto. In 1993, he retraced the trail of tears to choctaw homelands in mississippi and began recording stories of tribal elders. Kids wings activities for crossing bok chitto by tim tingle. Thus begins crossing bok chitto, told by awardwinning choctaw storyteller tim tingle and brought to life with the rich illustrations of jeanne rorex bridges. The book was the creation of tim tingle, a wellknown storyteller and member of the choctaw nation. When it was first published, crossing bok chitto took readers by surprise. Tim is the recipient of an nsn oracle storytelling circle of excellence award. In a picture book that highlights rarely discussed intersections between. An enslaved black boy escapes the plantation with the help of a choctaw girl. There is a river called bok chitto that cuts through mississippi. This fictional story is about martha tom, a young choctaw girl, and lil mo an enslaved african boy whose family lives.
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