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  • The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Author
Publication Date
February 01, 2001
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Description

Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way."

And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becomes one of them to forever run free.

Publication date
February 01, 2001
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780689845048
Lexile Measure
670
Guided Reading Level
N
Publisher
Atheneum Books
Series
Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)
BISAC categories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV011040 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
Library of Congress categories
Fairy tales
Indians of North America
Horses
Wild horses
Paul Goble
Paul Goble is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 40 children s books. His book, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, won the prestigious Caldecott Medal. Born in England, he has lived in the US since 1977. In 1959, Goble was adopted into the Yakima and Sioux tribes (with the name Wakinyan Chikala, Little Thunder ) by Chief Edgar Red Cloud. Goble has given his entire collection of original illustrations to the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, South Dakota, where it is permanently on display. He lives with his wife in Rapid City, SD. Joseph Bruchac is best known for his work as a Native writer and storyteller, with more than 120 books and numerous awards to his credit. As a professional teller of the traditional tales of the Adirondacks and the Native peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Bruchac has performed widely in Europe and throughout the United States. He is the storyteller-in-residence for Native American organizations and schools throughout the US, including the Institute of Alaska Native Arts and the Onondaga Nation School. He lives in Greenfield Center, NY"
Caldecott Medal
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Winner 1979 - 1979
Wilson's Children
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