Her Seven Brothers

This arrived as expected! It will be used in my classroom.

This is based on a Cheyenne legend as recorded by Richard Erdoes & Alfonso Ortiz, 1984. A very nice addition to your young reader's Native America collection. The clothing has been drawn from Museum pieces. From the cover: In this Cheyenne legend, a Native American girl creates beautiful shirts and moccasins for seven brothers she has never met. Before setting out to find them, she foretells that she and her brothers will soon be known and loved by everyone.

My sister love it.

Have been looking for this story for some time and this book is "perfect"

PAINTINGS EXCELLENT, GOOD FOR KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR NATIVE AMERICANS - WHO WERE HERE FIRST AFTER ALL.--AND THAT SAYS IT ALL

A favorite for everyone!!!

This book is about a girl who can talk to spirits and hear them. When the book starts out she is making clothes and selling them. All of a sudden though she stops selling the clothes she is making and instead starts saving them. When she has made two sets and set them aside her parents asked her why she isn't selling her clothes anymore. The little girl says that she is making them for her seven brothers who she saw in her mind. She ends up making seven sets of clothes. The little girl and her mother eventually set out to find the seven brothers that she saw in her mind. She finds them and starts living with them. Then the story gets a little random. Bulls keep coming and trying to take her away but the smallest brother will not let them take her. Then they all climb up a tree and I guess they go to the afterlife.Overall I did not really care for this book. I'm not really into folklore type books. I didn't really think it was appropriate for a four year old. I'm not sure what the age recommendation on it is but I would definitely only get this book if you have older kids who are interested in Native American stories.My 4 year old did not care for this book at all. She didn't make it past the first page. It's definitely not a story for younger kids. Way too many words per page and the pictures were not very interesting to her.

Another Paul Goble book for children. Actually as an adult I love his books about Indian stories and the beautiful illustrated images bring them alive. They're simple yet nicely done. Always have a really good ending.