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Sep 27, 1933 — Jan 5, 2017· 83 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA · FOLKLORE

Paul Goble

Also known as: GOBLE PAUL

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Paul Goble (27 September 1933 – 5 January 2017) was a British-American writer and illustrator of children's books, especially Native American stories. His book The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses won a Caldecott Medal in 1979.

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One summer evening two sisters took their blankets outside and fell asleep.

— from Star Boy, 1983

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#1

Star Boy

1983

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Relates the Blackfoot Indian legend in which Star Boy gains the Sun's forgiveness for his mother's disobedience and is allowed to return to the Sky World.

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The girl who loved wild horses

1978

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Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

#3

Remaking the earth

1996

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In this Algonquin "Earth Diver" creation myth, woven from the ideas of several traditional tales, the water birds and animals left behind when the old world was flooded dive for mud so that the Creator can make dry land again.

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