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The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression.

”Little Tree" as his grandparents call him, is shown how to hunt and survive in the mountains, to respect nature in the Cherokee Way, taking only what is needed, leaving the rest for nature to run its course.

Little Tree also learns the often-callous ways of white businessmen and tax collectors, and how Granpa, in hilarious vignettes, scares them away from his illegal attempts to enter the cash economy. Granma teaches Little Tree the joys of reading and education. But when Little Tree is taken away by whites for schooling, we learn of the cruelty meted out to Indian children in an attempt to assimilate them and of Little Tree's perception of the Anglo world and how it differs from the Cherokee Way.

A classic of its era, and an enduring audiobook for all ages.

小树从很小的时候就跟爷爷奶奶一起在山林中生活，爷爷奶奶是印第安人，他们以特有的智慧教小树用另一种视角看待自然和世界。

爷爷说：“要学到些什么，唯.一的途径就是去尝试。如果我阻止你买小牛，你会一直惦记着它；如果是我让你买下它，你会因为它的死而责怪我。你必须在实践中明白道理。”

奶奶说：“发现美好的东西时，要第.一时间分享给身边的人，这样美好会传播开来。”

爷爷说：“火鸡自认为无所不知，从不低头看看周围，一个个昂起脑袋，又怎么能真正认识世界?”

奶奶说：“当你看着天狼星时，记住，我和爷爷也在看它。这是我们的约定，可别忘了。”