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48 pp.
| Wisdom Tales
| June, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-1-937786-25-0$16.95 New ed. (1973, Bradbury)
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K-3
Introduction by Joseph Bruchac. In this revised and updated edition of Lone Bull's Horse Raid, a fourteen-year-old Oglala Sioux boy describes his participation in a horse-stealing raid against the Crow. Along with a new introduction, a detailed author's note provides "background for an understanding of the significance and excitement of such raids" (from Horn Book Magazine review). Goble's dynamic illustrations have been re-scanned from the original artwork. Bib.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
April, 1974
44 pp.
| Wisdom Tales
| August, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-937786-11-3$16.95 New ed. (1969, Pantheon)
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4-6
In austere yet vivid prose, a fictional fifteen-year-old Sioux participant tells of the tragic battle. Linking the personal narrative are objective explanatory passages providing historical and military details. Brilliant stylized pictures, full of color and movement, are influenced by Plains Indians illustrative art. This revised and updated edition of Goble's first book includes a new author's introduction. Reading list. Bib.
32 pp.
| Eerdmans
| September, 2004
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TradeISBN 0-8028-5271-8$16.00
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K-3
Graceful and dynamic illustrations of animals, fish, and especially birds sweep the pages of this adaptation of a prayer from the Book of Daniel. The wonders of the earth are beautifully portrayed with Goble's characteristically geometric style, but the choice of text, a bland and repetitive song of praise lacking narrative line or characters, is unlikely to appeal to children.
40 pp.
| HarperCollins
| April, 2003
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TradeISBN 0-06-029813-8$$16.99
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LibraryISBN 0-06-029814-6$$17.89
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K-3
Once again, beauty and authority distinguish Goble's presentation of a Native American legend, in this case the tale of an outcast Pawnee boy who wins wealth as a result of adopting a sorry-looking horse. Goble provides an extensive list of references, plus sources for the Pawnee designs whose vibrant colors inform the palette of watercolor and gouache illustrations in his signature style.
40 pp.
| Atheneum/Jackson
| October, 2001
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TradeISBN 0-689-84137-X$$18.00
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K-3
Sacred Otter, a leader of the Blackfoot, is given a special design for his tipi by Storm Maker himself, the Bringer of Blizzards. Goble creates drama by placing the tipi of the title vertically across a double-page spread. He also incorporates some contemporary photos in this pourquoi tale about the origin of the Blackfoot tipi and its traditional painted symbols. Documentation of the story sources is provided.
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K-3
In Iktomi's seventh misadventure, the self-absorbed Plains Indian trickster leases a strange man's eye-juggling trick. Readers will have such a blast with the tale's absurdity (having violated the terms of his contract, Iktomi ends up with one buffalo eye and one mouse eye) and visual jokes, that they won't mind being left hanging regarding Iktomi's fate.
112 pp.
| Simon
| October, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-689-82219-7$$19.95
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K-3
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (1978), The Gift of the Sacred Dog (1980), and Her Seven Brothers (1988) (all Bradbury) have been collected in a handsome volume with an introduction by the author. Reviews 12/78, 2/81, 7/88.
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K-3
Iktomi outwits the prairie dogs only to be outwitted himself by Coyote in this cheerfully grisly pourquoi tale about why prairie dogs' tails are tipped black--and why "they will never again trust two-leggeds." The book is perhaps peppered overmuch with Goble's anti-p.c. winking, but fans of the trickster-hero will enjoy his latest misadventure.
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K-3
An author's note preceding the story provides background information on this Lakota legend. The story's message is one of cross-cultural harmony, but Goble leaves out a key aspect of the legend--the prophecy that the birth of a female white buffalo calf will signal the return of White Buffalo Woman and a new period of harmony among people. He concludes with useful information about Pipestone Quarry and pipes.