A Native American tale recounts the first arrival of the horse on the American plains and how the Blackfeet used the "sky dog" to become masters of the plains
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Grade 1-5-- Many legends reflect the radical difference the advent of the horse made in the life of the Plains Indians. In fluid storytelling style, Yolen melds the mythic and the realistic modes in the emotions and reactions of her narrator, a motherless Piegan boy, on the day the first "sky dogs" come to his band. Fear and disbelief are tempered by wonder and gratitude . The horse brings the hero a substitute mother and status in the tribe, as it would bring success to all the Plains people. Goble's retelling in The Gift of the Sacred Dog (Bradbury , 1984) emphasizes the legendary over the realistic, and his slick, flat, brightly colored illustrations are the antithesis of Moser's. Moser's palette is all ochre, yellow, and umber, red earth and golden sky. Against the low horizon and dry prairie, humans and horses loom, at once significant and insignificant. Two portrait roundels are as revealing and moving as Catlin's or Bodmer's 19th-century "noble savages." Writer and artist together have produced a fine evocation of a place and a people. --Patricia Dooley, University of Washington, Seattle
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In this lyrical tale drawn from Blackfoot legend, an old man recounts the origin of his name, He-who-loves-horses. He describes the coming of horses, "Sky Dogs," from across the plains, and the wonder and awe he and his people felt when they first saw these "big . . .elk, with tails of straw." He-who-loves-horses, then a lonely boy, learns to care for and ride the beautiful animals, and his knowledge and abilities help him earn a place on the council of warriors--and a sense of self-worth. His story is made all the more poignant by the elderly narrator's revelation that "now I sit in the tipi, and food is brought to me, and I do not ride the wind." Moser's sun-and-earth-toned watercolors, of the plains and of the main character as both boy and man, are lovely and haunting. Ages 4-8.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Barry Moser (illustrator). First Edition. 1st printing. Clean Tight Volume >no names or dings in like price clipped DJ. A young motherless boy in a tribe of Blakfeet Indians is present when his people see horses for the first time. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 011207
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Moser, Barry (illustrator). Hardback book in good condition, but missing dust jacket if issued one. Prior library item with normal library markings. Some wear from being read. May have an occasional light smudge. Seller Inventory # z18bJAN141389966
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Moser, Barry (illustrator). Legends of the coming of horses to the Blackfeet Indians. Full page color illustrations by Barry Moser. 8 3/4 in. X 11 1/4 in. Pages not numbered. Dust jacket and book are in Fine condition. ; 8 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Seller Inventory # 310199
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Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Moser, Barry (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine condition hardback signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. #239 of 250 copies signed by the author and illustrator, and numbered. Unread and very tight binding. Spine sunned. Comes in fabric-covered slipcase. Slipcase shows more shelfwear, such as sunned ends/spine, and white speckling on base where it was in contact with a painted shelf. No jacket was issued with this edition. signed by authors or artist. Seller Inventory # 1949
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Moser, Barry (illustrator). Limited edition. #79 of 250 copies signed by both Yolen and illustrator Barry Moser on the limitation page. 4to picture book, full ochre cloth in maroon clothcovered slipcase. Dreamy watercolor illustrations for a story of how horses came to the Blackfeet People. Fine in fine slipcase. Signed by author and artist. Seller Inventory # 31446
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