Crossing Bok Chitto: Choktaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom

Summary of Book

When it was first published, Crossing Bok Chitto took readers by surprise. This moving and original story about the intersection of Native and African Americans received starred reviews and many awards, including being named an ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Jane Addams Honor Book. Jeanne Rorex Bridges’ illustrations mesmerized readers—Publishers Weekly noted that her “strong, solid figures gaze squarely out of the frame, beseeching readers to listen, empathize and wonder.”

Author Biography

Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle makes his living telling stories and teaching folklore at schools, universities and festivals nationally. The Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers selected Tim as "Contemporary Storyteller of the Year" for 2001. Tim Tingle lives in Canyon Lake, Texas, near San Antonio.

Illustrator Biography

Artist JEANNE ROREX BRIDGES does a full circuit of Native America art shows throughout the year, in addition to showing her art and illustrations at her home studio in rural eastern Oklahoma, part of the farm and ranch land where she was raised―she bakes blackberry and raspberry cobbler for these home visits with berries she’s collected herself! Jeanne is an award-winning artist of Cherokee ancestry.