The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
A Plains Indian girl is lost in the mountains during a storm. A wild stallion becomes her friend and she decides to ride free with the herd even after she is found. ". . . Storytelling and art express the harmony with and the love of nature which characterize Native American culture".--The Horn...
show more
A Plains Indian girl is lost in the mountains during a storm. A wild stallion becomes her friend and she decides to ride free with the herd even after she is found. ". . . Storytelling and art express the harmony with and the love of nature which characterize Native American culture".--The Horn Book. Caldecott Medal; ALA Notable Children's Book. Full-color illustrations.
show less
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780689845048 (0689845049)
Publish date: February 1st 2001
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
I loved this book when I was a child, and it's still great. It tells the story of a Native American girl who loved wild horses. When the herd living near her tribe flees in fright from a storm, she jumps on the back of one and is carried far away from her tribe. She is seen later, living as one amon...
I loved this book when I was a child, and it's still great. It tells the story of a Native American girl who loved wild horses. When the herd living near her tribe flees in fright from a storm, she jumps on the back of one and is carried far away from her tribe. She is seen later, living as one a...
This is a book that the school I'm student teaching at has as required text from the people who make the schools lesson plans. I read this to my kids a couple of weeks ago and boy did this book confuse my students as well as me. But it did hit home the fact that we were going to be wondering about a...
This book, in my opinion, was very confusing to follow but it is a very good book to initiate he sense of 'wonder' for the students. The book is about a girl that loved being with the ild horses. She could understand them and the horses understood her more than her own people. One day, she was with ...
Genre: Native American / Animals / Folktale / Classic / Friendship Year Published: 1978 Year Read: 2010 Publisher: Bradbury Press I have been reading many Native American folktales lately and I have recently stumbled upon this little gem called “The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.” “The Girl W...