Buffalo Song Contributor(s): Bruchac, Joseph (Author), Farnsworth, Bill (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1584302801 ISBN-13: 9781584302803 Publisher: Lee & Low Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2007 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2007024912 |
Age Level: 6-9 |
Grade Level: 1-4 |
Lexile Measure: 640 AD (Adult Directed Text) |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 9.42" W x 11.04" L (1.07 lbs) 40 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Awards: William Allen White Childens Book Award, Nominee, Grades 3-5, 2011 |
Review Citations: Booklist 04/01/2008 pg. 51 School Library Journal 06/01/2008 pg. 118 Multicultural Review 09/01/2008 pg. 75 Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 468 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 pg. 468 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 122264 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Now in paperback, the story of Salish Indian Walking Coyote and his efforts to save the vanishing buffalo herds from extinction in the United States during the 1870s and 1880s. Hetcha hey Hetcha ho Hetcha hey yeh ho Walking Coyote gently lifted the frightened buffalo calf and sang softly. Lone survivor of a herd slaughtered by white hunters, the calf was one of several buffalo orphans Walking Coyote adopted and later raised on the Flathead Indian Reservaton in Montana. For thousands of years massive herds of buffalo roamed across much of North America, but by the 1870s fewer than fifteen hundred animals remained. Hunted to the brink of extinction, the buffalo were in danger of vanishing. With reverent care, Walking Coyote and his family endeavored to bring back the buffalo herds, one magnificent creature at a time. Here is the inspiring story of the first efforts to save the buffalo, an animal sacred to Native Americans and a powerful symbol of the American West. From the foresight and dedication of a few individuals such as Walking Coyote came the eventual survival of these majestic animals, one of the great success stories of endangered species rescue in United States history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bruchac, Joseph: - Joseph Bruchac is an Abenaki Indian. He is among the most respected and widely published Native American authors, with over 100 titles in print, including the popular Keepers of the Earth series and Lee & Low's Crazy Horse's Vision, which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. His YA novel, Wolf Mark, is a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award winner. A Rockefeller Fellow and an NEA Poetry Writing Fellow, he was the 1999 recipient of the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition to writing, Bruchac is an editor at Greenfield Review Press, a literary publishing house he co-founded with his wife. He lives in Greenfield Center, New York. Bruchac, Joseph: -Joseph Bruchac is an Abenaki Indian. He is among the most respected and widely published Native American authors, with over 100 titles in print, including the popular Keepers of the Earth series and Lee & Low's Crazy Horse's Vision, which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. His YA novel, Wolf Mark, is a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award winner. A Rockefeller Fellow and an NEA Poetry Writing Fellow, he was the 1999 recipient of the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition to writing, Bruchac is an editor at Greenfield Review Press, a literary publishing house he cofounded with his wife. He lives in Greenfield Center, New York. |
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