The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

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A Plains Indian girl is lost in the mountains during a storm. A wild stallion becomes her friend and she decides to ride free with the herd even after she is found.In simple words and brilliant paintings that sweep and stampede across his pages, Paul Goble tells of a Native American girl's love of horses.Her people saw that she understood the herd in a special way. The horses would follow her to drink at the river. And in the hot sun she would sleep contentedly beside them as they grazed among flowers near her village.One day a thunderstorm drove the girl and the horses far from home, and the people were frightened. The girl was lost beneath strange, moonlit cliffs; yet, next morning, she was glad for a beautiful stallion who was the leader of the wild horses welcomed her to live with them.Winner of the 1979 Caldecott Medal and many more recognitions, this is a classic story about love and friendship the families will cherish for generations to come.