McFarlin Library Special Collections has acquired a new addition to our Cherokee language collection. The Apple Tree (PZ7.1.T437 2015), written by Cherokee author Sandy Tharp-Thee and illustrated by Oklahoma artist Marlena Campbell Hodson, is a children’s book in English and Cherokee that tells the story of a young boy and his apple tree. This book was purchased with funds made available by the conditions of the deed of gift from the Jesse Bartley (J.B.) Milam Papers, coll. no. 1989.002.
More information regarding Sandy Tharp-Thee and The Apple Tree can be found at http://www.sandytharptee.com