Paul+Goble


 * < **About the Author** ||<  **Author's Life** || **About the Book** ||< **Book 1 Title: Death of the Iron Horse** ||< **Book 2 Title: Girl Who Loved Wild Horses** ||< **Book 3 Title: Buffalo Woman** ||< **Book 4 Title : The Boy and his Mud Horses** ||< **Book 5 Title: The Woman who Lived with Wolves** ||< **Book 6 Title : The Gospel of the Redman** ||
 * < **Home** ||< * Born in Haslemere, England
 * In 1977, moved to the Black Hills in South Dakota
 * Was adopted by Chief Edgar Red Cloud (Lakota and Yakima tribes) || **Setting** ||<  ||< * In a Native American village
 * Far from the village, an unfamilar place
 * A long time ago ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < **Family & Friends** ||< * Lives with wife Janet
 * Has one adult son: Robert
 * His father was a harpsicord maker
 * Mother was a musician || **Characters** ||<  ||< * The horses
 * The girl who love horses
 * The doctor
 * The stallion
 * The wild horses
 * The colt
 * The girl's parents ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < **Important Events** ||< * Mother read him stories by Grey Owl and Ernest Thompson Seten inspired him to write about American Indian Tradition
 * Spent summers on Indian reservations || **Problem(s) & Solution(s)** ||<  ||< * The girl and the horses are lost
 * She went to live with the wild horses
 * The girl became ill because she could not be with the horses
 * The girl became a wild horse ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < **Attitude & Personality** ||< * Artistic
 * Loves nature || **Genre, Mood or Writing Style** ||<  ||< * Fantasy
 * Folktale
 * Legend
 * Myth ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < **Life Lessons** ||< * We can learn a lot from Native American culture, especially about nature.
 * We all have a special relationship with animals and the earth || **Theme** ||<  ||< * Human beings and nature are relatives/connected
 * Our thoughts and ideas are free like wild animals ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < **Other**
 * (multicultural, hobbies, favorites, interesting facts, etc.)** ||< * Most of his books are retellings of ancient Native American stories
 * Won the Caldecott medal for //The Girl who Loved Wild Horses//
 * Paints the illustrations for most of his books himself
 * Many of his art pieces and collections can be found in the Library of Congress and South Dakota Art Museum || **Other****(multicultural, hobbies, favorites, interesting facts, etc.)** ||<  ||< * Native Americans ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||