Red Dove, Listen to the Wind

2.5 stars "What did you just do?" Her brother's eyes were round with disbelief. Pride and wonder mingled in Red Dove's chest. What did I just do?Red Dove lives with her Lakota family and all of them are facing yet another difficult winter. Being thirteen years old, Red Dove is quickly learning that w......more

I found this an interesting and touching read. I think it would be lovely for children. I did find the Native Names a little confusing. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book, all thoughts a opinions are my own.......more

Emotional~ Age-appropriate~ Truthful tl; dr: Young first peoples/ native American girl faces subjugation and dehumanization. This book is dedicated to the author's Sioux god daugther, and two notes mentions the Native American sensitivity readers involved in the book. I have become more and more sens......more

This is an evocative story of the 1800s in which we meet a young Lakota girl facing the destruction of her people's way of life. The white settlers, one of whom is her absent father, have killed off the buffalo and now try to force the native people onto reservations. Red Dove and her patient mother......more

The story of Red Dove is written simply and plainly and the story could be accessed by any age, with younger readers easily consuming the story if it were to be read aloud to them and older readers to read it for themselves. It is a brief touch upon Native American magic and tradition mixed with the......more