Crow Chief: A Plains Indian Story

by Paul Goble

Book Overview

A Caldecott Medalist turns to an ancient Plains Indian myth for this brilliantly illustrated tale about why crows talk all the time. Full-color illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531059472
• ISBN13: 9780531059470
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.0" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The Lesson of Sharing the Earth

The crow chief, a brilliantly white bird, is responsible for a famine among human beings. The humans respond with HOPE and their hope is rewarded by CHANGE, as the crow chief is compelled to learn a lesson of "community" and inter-relatedness, a lesson that results in turning his feathers a beautiful jet black. The text of this book for young children is elegantly simple and warm in spirit, but as always, it's the stunning illustrations that make the book very special. Paul Goble does not base his drawings on any traditional Native American art, yet the drawings evoke the awe and grandeur of the Native American spirit at its purest. Goble's works belong in a museum, even if it's only the museum of your child's memory.