Full name: Gift Horse: A Lakota Story

Author: S. D. Nelson Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780810941274 0810941279

An action-packed coming-of-age story, Gift Horse is a wonderfully evocative introduction to 19th-century Native American life on the Great Plains. When his father gives him a gift horse, marking the beginning of his journey to manhood, Flying Cloud and the horse, Storm, spend their days hunting and roughhousing with the other boys and their horses. But when an enemy raiding party steals his beloved Storm, Flying Cloud faces the ultimate rite of passage. He must join the rescue party and earn the right to wear the shirt of a warrior. Bold, colorful artwork inspired by the style of the early Plains Indians illustrates the day-to-day life of the Lakota and tells the story of a boy accepting the challenges of manhood. An author's note gives a brief history of the Lakota and explains the traditions discussed in the story. Similar books: The Star People by S. D. Nelson The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan Peek-A Who? by Nina Laden Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Flotsam by David Wiesner On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? for Kids by Spencer Johnson Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Frozen by Victoria Saxon Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena I Am Enough by Grace Byers I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty Sea of Tranquility by Mark Haddon Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry