| Booktalk
#1
A young Native American boy
learns a life lesson as he learns that all people have different talents
and he discovers how to use his own talent to benefit his community.
( JLN32@aol.com)
Booktalk #2
This is the story about Little
Gopher who longed to go hunting with the others in the tribe. He
was a small boy and not to strong but the shaman assured him he would grow
up to do great things. When it is time for him to go on his manhood
quest he has a dream. In his dream an old Indian tells Little Gopher
he will paint great pictures while a maiden tells him to find a white buckskin.
Little Gopher returns and begins to paint the animal skins from the warriors’
hunts. Months pass and he finally finds his white buckskin but it
remains blank because he cannot find the colors he wants. Later in
another dream he is told where to look for them. He travels to the
hilltop as instructed and in the ground everywhere he finds paintbrushes
filled with the colors of the sunset. He begins to paint before the
sun finishes setting. He takes the painting back to his people, leaving
to paintbrushes behind. The next morning the hills are covered in
flowers the color of the sunset. (Patty Shingleton, Hazard, KY) |
