Ancient Thunder - (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With rich illustrations that makes each page look like a leather shirt, tells the proud tale of wild horses in the natural world and the special importance they had in the communities of the First Peoples.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, brings us this visionary, beautiful art book in which he celebrates wild horses and the natural world in which they lived in harmony. <p/>Using an extraordinary technique he makes paper look like leather so that his illustrations seem to be painted on leather shirts. Each unique leather shirt is laid on a page and is accompanied by a rich, wild, free song of praise for the wild horses that came to play such an important role in the lives of the First Peoples. <p/>Author and illustrator of the noted and multi-prize-winning <i>Last Leaf, First Snow Flake to Fall, </i> Yerxa has once again devoted years to creating a book that is simply a piece of art reflecting his sense of nature and the place of native people within it.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Winner of the First Nation Communities Read, 2007</b> <p/><b>Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Illustration, 2006</b> <p/><b>An OLA Best Bets of 2007: Top 10 Picture Book</b> <p/><b>Short-listed for the Anskohk Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year Award, 2007</b> <p/><b>Short-listed for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2007</b> <p/> ... another surefire prize contender ... Ancient Thunder's concise text effectively sets up the book's clever, creative images. --<i>Quill and Quire, Starred Review</i> <p/>In both their content and feel, the compositions...evoke a sense of wonder ... aspiring artists and those interested in native cultures - may well find much to linger over. -- <i>Publisher's Weekly</i> <p/> ... striking and expressive ... Yerxa's poetic lyrical text is sparse and thoughtful ... Highly Recommended. --<i>CM Magazine</i><br><br><br>In both their content and feel, the compositions . . . evoke a sense of wonder . . . aspiring artists and those interested in native cultures . . . may well find much to linger over.<br>-- <i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Leo Yerxa</b> was born on the Little Eagle Reserve in northern Ontario. His first book, <i>Last Leaf, First Snowflake to Fall</i>, was nominated for a Governor General's Award and won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, the Mr. Christie's Book Award and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award. He is also the author of another highly acclaimed picture book, <i>A Fish Tale</i>. He lives in Ottawa, ON.<br>
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