Image Description Front Cover: A vivid illustration of a rider on horseback amid lightning and running horses.

 

About Mystic Horse: Mystic Horse retells a Pawnee legend of a boy who rescues an old horse and discovers its powerful spirit in a story of friendship, honor, and forgiveness.

 

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.