Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick Warne and Company
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780723261957ISBN:0723261954
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 48 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140505603ISBN:0140505601
Description: Gammell, Stephen. Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 48 p. Picture Puffins. Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Description: Used-Acceptable. Has previous owner's inscription inside front cover. Cover shows wear. Small cover tear Front or back cover creased. Spine shows wear. All books are boxed and ship via USPS with delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140505603ISBN:0140505601
Description: Gammell, Stephen. Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 48 p. Picture Puffins. Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140505603ISBN:0140505601
Description: Gammell, Stephen. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. minor shelf/edge wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 48 p. Picture Puffins. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140505603ISBN:0140505601
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. inscription-, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1985-11-06
ISBN-13:9780140505603ISBN:0140505601
Description: Good. Clean pgs, name on inside cover, residue from label on front and back cover, crease to cover, Yellow circle taped to spine edgeShipped in bubble mailer unless it is a real expensive item. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1985-11-06
ISBN-13:9780140505603ISBN:0140505601
Description: Good. Pgs clean & tight, address label on front & back cover, Chapter 1 written on top corner in black markerShipped in bubble mailer unless it is a real expensive item. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"I loved this book. The artwork was amazing, absolutely beautiful! I love learning about American Indian history. This story is fascinating and exciting."
Classroom Uses: read aloud during a unit on Native American history
Summary: Little Wolf goes to the lake where the buffalo originate. When the buffaloes emerge from the lake, Little Wolf leads them to defeat the people who have come to attack his village.
Text and image: The illustrations in this text are amazing. They are done in black and white, which sort of put readers into the past mindset. The illustrations also seem haunting upon first glance. This allows readers to become entranced by the story and feel as though they are actually listening to it being told by a Native American.
""Where the Buffalo Begin" is a mystical story of a young boy who searches for the truth behind a legend he heard from the elder of his Plains Indian tribe. The boy takes his pony to the lake that never rests. He waits patiently for the buffalo to appear from beneath the lake. While he waits, he contemplates the fate of his tribe if their enemy tribe, the Assiniboins, attack. Little Wolf watches as the myth becomes real and runs away as the buffalo stampede towards him. After trying to outrun the herd, Little Wolf notices that the buffalo are not there to hurt him, for he is surrounds by them. He has become part of the stampede! The illustrations in this book were breathtakingly eerie. I love the movement created in the pencil sketch style. I also enjoyed the wordless pages where there were two, full page illustrations telling the story. This book is culturally significant because it retells an old, Native American legend and makes it real for one boy. It speaks to the power of the spoken word in this culture. I loved it!"
"10 year old Little Wolf is intrigued by the story his tribe's Nawa (wise man) tells of the lake where the buffalo begin. He sets out on his pony in the grey dawn to find this place. Stephen Gammell's fine pencil art draw you into the story with misty details evoking the dreamlike tone of the story while Olaf Baker's concise narrative catches the very essence of the sights and sounds of the prairie. One legend is born out of another when Little Wolf's quest results in finding the buffalo and saving his people from attack by a party of warriors from an enemy tribe.
Use with lessons on legends/tall tales, or in study of Native American literature."
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