Author/Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Genre: Traditional Literature
Awards: N/A
Grade Level: 1-3
The legend of the Indian paintbrush is the story of a young boy who is different from the rest of the boys in his tribe, he cannot go out with them to wrestle and run, he just cannot keep up. He does not let this keep him down. He spends his time making small soldiers out of found materials and painting small rocks. When the boy grew older he has a dream-vision that he would be a hero by documenting the stories of the tribe with paint, great hunts and other dream-visions. He will paint his dream-vision when the time is right.
The illustrations in this book are simple and display the Native American Culture.
This story will compliment a lesson about Native Americans. Students can also use this as model for an assignment where students write their own story, then illustrate it.
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