In southeastern South Dakota, wild animals begin to stir as day turns to dusk. A curious raccoon emerges from his bed and starts hunting for food. Tempted by sticky honey oozing from a bee's nest, the little raccoon finds trouble he did not bargain for. The Raccoon and the Bee Tree combines an old American Indian tale written down by Charles Eastman and Elaine Goodale Eastman with a traditional European fable. Written one hundred years ago, The Raccoon and the Bee Tree has a lesson for children that is still important and relevant in today's modern society.

 

This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Independent Publisher Book Award.

This book is part of a book series called Prairie Tales .

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by South Dakota State Historical Society .

Elaine Goodale Eastman was born in 1863 in Massachusetts, USA. She moved to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to teach when she was twenty-two years old. There she married Charles Eastman and later became his editor and co-writer.