JP4Reads - 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