{"product_id":"the-great-race-9780689714528","title":"The Great Race","description":"\u003ci\u003eLong ago, when the world was still quite new, buffaloes used to eat people. It is true? The hair on their chins is hair of the people they use to eat...It is Terrible to think about those times...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut the Creator saw the people's distress and decreed that a contest be held between all the two-legged and four-legged creatures. Who would win, thundering Buffalo or fleet-footed Man? None of the other animals was fast enough, and before the end, Beaver and Muskrat slipped off into a cool stream, Jack-rabbit hopped off across the plain, and Mole and Gopher tunneled underground (and may still think the race is on). \u003cbr\u003eThe winner was decided long ago, in Sioux and Cheyenne legend. Buffalo -- who lost -- agreed to give up eating men for dinner, and thanks to the cunning of a single magpie, Man became the guardian of the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoble, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePaul Goble\u003c\/b\u003e has received wide acclaim for his magnificent books, including \u003ci\u003eBuffalo Woman, Dream Wolf, Her Seven Brothers, \u003c\/i\u003e and the winner of the 1979 Caldecott Medal, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.\u003c\/i\u003e Commenting on his work in \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Ridge, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e said, \"striking elements synthesize the graphics with the narrative and spiritual aspects of the text.\" The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e noted that his technique is \"a marriage of authentic design and contemporary artistry, and it succeeds beautifully.\" Paul Goble's most recent book for Bradbury Press, \u003ci\u003eI Sing for the Animals, \u003c\/i\u003e was called \"a lovely, small book that movingly conveys profound belief in the goodness of creation\" by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e said it \"fits as easily in the hand as Goble's meditations about the natural world do in the heart.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoble, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePaul Goble\u003c\/b\u003e has received wide acclaim for his magnificent books, including \u003ci\u003eBuffalo Woman, Dream Wolf, Her Seven Brothers, \u003c\/i\u003e and the winner of the 1979 Caldecott Medal, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.\u003c\/i\u003e Commenting on his work in \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Ridge, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e said, \"striking elements synthesize the graphics with the narrative and spiritual aspects of the text.\" The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e noted that his technique is \"a marriage of authentic design and contemporary artistry, and it succeeds beautifully.\" Paul Goble's most recent book for Bradbury Press, \u003ci\u003eI Sing for the Animals, \u003c\/i\u003e was called \"a lovely, small book that movingly conveys profound belief in the goodness of creation\" by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e said it \"fits as easily in the hand as Goble's meditations about the natural world do in the heart.\"","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616696996114,"sku":"9780689714528","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84350617-8f6f-4a8f-baab-cff2396b27c0.jpg?v=1732509046","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-race-9780689714528","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}