The Return of the Buffaloes
by Paul Goble
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Based on a Lakota myth in which a mysterious woman returns the buffalo and the other animals to the Indian people.Tags
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A story of survival passed down from one generation to the next. Could the Buffalo Dreamers really save them or would they all starve this winter?
Its spring and the Plains Indians are waiting for the return of the buffalo. After daily searches, two young hunters are sent out and told not to return until they find the buffalo. After almost giving up they find a mysterious woman in a cave who tells them she will feed their people. They return home with the good news and the Indian people take gifts and leave at the cave. The next night the Indians are awakened by the roar of the buffalo returning.
This book is excellent at portraying how important the buffalo were to the Native Americans. I think this book would be great in a classroom especially here in Oklahoma.
I would have the class make a chart to list all of the things buffaloes were used for.
The book has a reproducible show more activity to make a Parfleche which is the pouch they used to carry food in. The student can color, cut and fold to make a model of the Parfleche. show less
This book is excellent at portraying how important the buffalo were to the Native Americans. I think this book would be great in a classroom especially here in Oklahoma.
I would have the class make a chart to list all of the things buffaloes were used for.
The book has a reproducible show more activity to make a Parfleche which is the pouch they used to carry food in. The student can color, cut and fold to make a model of the Parfleche. show less
Carolyn Phelan (Booklist, June 1 & 15, 1996 (Vol. 92, No. 19 & 20))
Goble, whose picture books include Buffalo Woman (1984), retells another tale about the mysterious woman whose people are the buffalo. In this Lakota myth, spring arrives, but the buffalo do not return. The hunters come back empty-handed from each search, until two young brothers go out and find Buffalo Woman, who promises to send her people to the plains again. The buffalo herds soon thunder around the tepees of the hungry people, who give thanks to the mysterious woman. Goble's artwork shows his delight in color, pattern, silhouette, and Native American motifs. Besides the large paintings on the double-page spreads, he includes small geometric designs copied from show more traditional parfleches (rawhide pouches) of the Lakota, the Arapaho, and the Cheyenne. Two introductory pages concern parfleches (which appear in the story), including a page to photocopy, paint, cut, and fold into a model parfleche, a project that children and teachers may find worthwhile. Category: For the Young. 1996, National Geographic, $15.95. Ages 5-8. show less
Goble, whose picture books include Buffalo Woman (1984), retells another tale about the mysterious woman whose people are the buffalo. In this Lakota myth, spring arrives, but the buffalo do not return. The hunters come back empty-handed from each search, until two young brothers go out and find Buffalo Woman, who promises to send her people to the plains again. The buffalo herds soon thunder around the tepees of the hungry people, who give thanks to the mysterious woman. Goble's artwork shows his delight in color, pattern, silhouette, and Native American motifs. Besides the large paintings on the double-page spreads, he includes small geometric designs copied from show more traditional parfleches (rawhide pouches) of the Lakota, the Arapaho, and the Cheyenne. Two introductory pages concern parfleches (which appear in the story), including a page to photocopy, paint, cut, and fold into a model parfleche, a project that children and teachers may find worthwhile. Category: For the Young. 1996, National Geographic, $15.95. Ages 5-8. show less
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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 show more 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) show less
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