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Ancient Thunder
$12.99
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Format:
Paperback
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations;
Status: Available
Other Categories:
Kids Book | Kids Books | Award-Winning | First Nation Communities Read: Indigenous Literacy Award | Canadian Indigenous Resource Lists | IBBY Canada | From Sea to Sea to Sea 2018 Edition | Fiction | Indigenous Stories | Picture Books | First Nations | First Nation Communities Read | 2008 Selections | Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous Peoples in Canada | First Nations
Synopsis:
A beautiful and visionary book, Ancient Thunder celebrates wild horses and the natural world of the prairies. Using an extraordinary technique, Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, makes paper look like leather, so that his illustrations seem to be painted on leather shirts. The art is accompanied by a rich song of praise for the wild horses that came to play such an important role in the lives of the First Peoples.
Years in the making, the book is truly a work of art — one that reflects Yerxa's sense of nature and the place of the First Peoples within it.
Awards
- In 2008, Ancient Thunder was the award recipient for First Nation Communities Read.
- Winner of the Governor General's Award
Educator Information
Recommended for ages 4 and up (Grades k and up)
Curriculum Connections: Language Arts, Visual Arts
Additional Information
40 pages | 8.30" x 10.80"
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