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The Gift of the Sacred Dog

Paul Goble

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 Spirt: The Horse, Sacred Dog, is given to his tribe.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
  • Publish Date: Oct 1st, 1984
  • Pages: 32
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.01in - 7.91in - 0.13in - 0.27lb
  • EAN: 9780020432807
  • Recommended age: 05-08
  • Categories: Fairy Tales & Folklore - GeneralNative AmericanLegends, Myths, Fables - General

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About the Author

Goble, Paul: - Paul Goble has received wide acclaim for his magnificent books, including Buffalo Woman, Dream Wolf, Her Seven Brothers, and the winner of the 1979 Caldecott Medal, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Commenting on his work in Beyond the Ridge, Horn Book Magazine said, "striking elements synthesize the graphics with the narrative and spiritual aspects of the text." The New York Times Book Review noted that his technique is "a marriage of authentic design and contemporary artistry, and it succeeds beautifully." Paul Goble's most recent book for Bradbury Press, I Sing for the Animals, was called "a lovely, small book that movingly conveys profound belief in the goodness of creation" by Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal said it "fits as easily in the hand as Goble's meditations about the natural world do in the heart."

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