I read this story this evening with our 6 year old boy and 4 year old girl. Our interest was initially piqued in this book as we are horse owners.
The premise of this book is that a boy, Falling Rock, relates to a horse named Runs Like Thunder. My children have pictured the horse as modeled on their own horse, except for a patch on his forehead shaped like lightning. As the boy gets older, the horse is taken, presumably by the white man.
The boy never gets over this horse and searches for him into manhood after begin given a magic feather that would help guide him. After many years of travel and searching all corners of the earth, man-boy and horse reunite.
This story was very much enjoyed by my children. They followed the plot, enjoyed the happy ending and were left pondering why the white man took the horse (and what happened to the horse before the reunion---this question is not answered) and why the Indians were moved to reservations.
My daughter liked the very fair amount of artwork in this story. She mentioned that it was very pretty. As I mentioned, the kids were left wondering what happened to Runs Like Thunder after being capture by the white man. This would make a very interesting follow up story!
This book was provided to me free based upon my interest in this book and luck in winning in a raffle on the Goodreads website.
The premise of this book is that a boy, Falling Rock, relates to a horse named Runs Like Thunder. My children have pictured the horse as modeled on their own horse, except for a patch on his forehead shaped like lightning. As the boy gets older, the horse is taken, presumably by the white man.
The boy never gets over this horse and searches for him into manhood after begin given a magic feather that would help guide him. After many years of travel and searching all corners of the earth, man-boy and horse reunite.
This story was very much enjoyed by my children. They followed the plot, enjoyed the happy ending and were left pondering why the white man took the horse (and what happened to the horse before the reunion---this question is not answered) and why the Indians were moved to reservations.
My daughter liked the very fair amount of artwork in this story. She mentioned that it was very pretty. As I mentioned, the kids were left wondering what happened to Runs Like Thunder after being capture by the white man. This would make a very interesting follow up story!
This book was provided to me free based upon my interest in this book and luck in winning in a raffle on the Goodreads website.
