Examines the geography, natural resources, people, history, and culture of South Dakota.

When Orville the red-tailed hawk crashes into the side of the Flannery family home, Kate Flannery and her parents rescue him. Orville has a vision problem, and now a broken leg, and Kate needs a friend. After the two go fishing, Orville arrives back at the Flannery home alone. With Kate's parents out of town, and only her addled grandmother in charge at home, Orville the hawk, the county sheriff's department, and a police dog named Grace must combine...

Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the students are taller than she is, but every week Almonzo Wilder arrives to take her to her family for the weekend.

A biography of the Oglala Sioux who helped defeat Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

A visit with sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, at work on his monumental Black Hills mountain carving commemorating the Dakota Indian hero Crazy Horse.

Presented as an alphabet book, contains photographs of the sights one might see in South Dakota.