Gabriel Horn, White Deer of Autumn, is an award-winning author and educator. Carol Grigg, using earthy, desert-coloured pastels, attempts to capture a sense of unity with nature in her work. This internationally recognized painter is known for her trademark Native American horse and ride, which to her symbolizes the Mother Earth that we are all compelled to ride. Her style is inspired by her own Native American Indian heritage.
A gentle and sensitive story about mortality and the
interconnectedness of generations and of life-forms that provides a
nondoctrinal, reassuring response to a child's questions about the
necessity of death. Grigg's watercolors are spare, with washes of
brilliant color (cheering a potentially somber subject) against
pure white pages. The characters are not romanticized, but the
overall effect is delicate and impressionistic. ----Patricia
Dooley, University of Washington, Seattle Grades 3-6 "School
Library Journal"
This wistful text, based on a Native American tale, ponders the
meaning of life and death--reaching the sensible if daunting
conclusion that one is impossible without the other....Delicate
pastel watercolors capture the story's essence on gossamer wings
with a pleasing combination of sophistication and childish
impressibility.-- "--Publisher's Weekly"
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