Ancient thunder
Title
:
Ancient thunder
Personal Author EPSB
:
Leo. Yerxa
Summary
:
Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, created this visionary art book celebrating wild horses and the natural world of the prairies. Using an extraordinary technique, he makes paper look like leather so that his illustrations seem to be painted on leather shirts and dresses. The art is accompanied by a song of praise to the horses that came to play such an important role in the lives of the First Peoples.
Year Published
:
2006
Physical Description
:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. illus. ; 31 cm.
Note (Local)
:
Regular
1-New
Reading Grade level
:
3.4.
Age Interest level
:
PreS-Gr. 3
Grade Interest level
:
All Juvenile.
Program Information
:
The Stories, Histories and People of Alberta Gr. 4+
FNMI
Awards
:
Governor General's Literary Award (Juvenile illustration), 2006.
Subject
:
Social Studies - 4.2.
Wild horses in art.
Wild horses.
Curriculum Objective
:
Aboriginal studies. local
Summary
:
Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, created this visionary art book celebrating wild horses and the natural world of the prairies. Using an extraordinary technique, he makes paper look like leather so that his illustrations seem to be painted on leather shirts and dresses. The art is accompanied by a song of praise to the horses that came to play such an important role in the lives of the First Peoples.
ISBN
:
9780888997463
Publisher
:
Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2006.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Malmo | E YER | Book | 30186000038175 | Picture Books |