Books with author Paul Goble

Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull, and his wife must come to his aid

Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.Iktomi the Plains Indian trickster convinces Buzzard to fly him to a powwow, cannot reist laughing at Buzzard's bald head, and is promptly tipped headfirst into a hollow tree by the offended bird

The acclaimed author/artist has created this book as a loving tribute to his mentor, Chief Edgar Red Cloud, who adopted Goble when he arrived from England to the Great Plains as a young man.The retelling is dramatic and lively; the superb illustrations are meticulously rendered. Glimpses of wildlife give intimacy to vistas of the Great Plains, and magnificently graphic and bold paintings bring out all the drama of this Lakota tale of treachery and adventure.

<P>A brave boy goes into the hills and prays for help for his people. A rider on a magnificent animal comes to him and says: "This animal is called the Sacred Dog. He can do many things your dogs can do and also more...He is as the wind: gentle but sometimes frightening." The clouds close and suddenly one by one countless Sacred Dogs course down from the sky. And so the courage of one determined boy is rewarded by the Great Spirit: The horse, or Sacred Dog, is given to his tribe.