Image Description: Front cover of Iktomi and the Boulder featuring an upside‑down figure in regalia beneath a large red boulder.

About Iktomi and the Boulder: A proud trickster’s selfishness leads a boulder to chase him, and bats ultimately free him—creating an origin story for the stones scattered across the Great Plains.

About the author: Paul Goble (1933–2017), born in England, devoted his life to sharing Native American traditions through more than 30 illustrated books, including the Caldecott Medal winner The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Inspired by childhood stories, he spent summers on reservations, was adopted by Lakota and Yakima people, and settled in South Dakota’s Black Hills in 1977, drawing deeply from Lakota, Cheyenne, and Blackfoot stories to celebrate their culture and wisdom.