num_pages: 28
description: Stands-by-Herself lives with her grandmother in a buffalo-hide tipi among their Cheyenne people on the Great Plains. Other children make fun of her because she is always by herself dreaming. One day she finds a strange egg-shaped rock and senses there is something special about it. Taking it home she cares for it as if it were a child even though the other children mock her. When a terrible drought threatens to wipe out her people could Stands-by-Herselfs rock hold the key to their survival? The Thunder Egg is the story of a girls coming of age when she realizes that life can require us to think of others before ourselves and to follow what our hearts tell us. Featuring an authors note informative notes on the illustrations and a bibliography the book is filled with vibrant images of Plains Indian life in the unspoiled West. Carefully crafted text and paintings bring a true authenticity to the time place and people of the story.
language: English
title: The Thunder Egg
publisher: Wisdom Tales