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Gr 2–5—This picture book is a hybrid of nonfiction and fiction, as George tells the story of how the buffalo made a comeback in the American Midwest after being nearly decimated in the late 1800s. Beginning with the symbiotic relationship that the buffalo had with the American Indians and the land itself, she goes on to explain how westward expansion and poor decision-making on the part of the American government led to the animals' n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In George's latest compact ecodrama, a counterpart to The Wolves Are Back (rev. 5/08), we see the buffalo slaughtered to decimate the Indians and open the prairie to settlers—who tear up the prairie grasses and plant crops such as wheat and corn, with shallow, fragile roots, that fall prey to grasshoppers and drought until, "in just over fifty years," ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In George's compact ecodrama, we first see the buffalo slaughtered to decimate the Indians and open the prairie to settlers. Moving to t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In poetic prose, Jean Craighead George provides a comprehensive look at the factors that led to the disappearance of the buffalo and destruction of the Great Plains, and how and why the buffalo have made a comeback. Wendell Minor’s signature landscape painti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More