Mystic horse

After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.

Main Author: Goble, Paul.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2003.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0060298138
0060298146 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes: Paul Goble was born in Haslemere, Surrey, England on September 27, 1933. He was a sharpshooter in the British military from 1951 to 1953. In 1959, he received a National Diploma in Design, with honors, from the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. While working in freelance industrial design and teaching at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, he and his first wife Dorothy Lee wrote four picture books. In 1977, he decided to become a full-time author and illustrator and accepted a position as the artist-in-residence at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. He and Lee divorced in 1978.

He was best known for his picture books inspired by Native American culture and lore including Buffalo Woman, Iktomi and the Boulder: A Plains Indian Story, and Crow Chief: A Plains Indian Story. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1979 for The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. He died from Parkinson's disease on January 5, 2017 at the age of 83.

(Bowker Author Biography)