April 8, 2008
From Paul Goble’s The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses I love the botanically/zoologically correct illustrations, and how those distinctive western plants and animals, sometimes some rock or water, evoke an entire landscape and sense of place. You could give good exercise to a wildflower guide, a bird guide, a butterfly guide identifying each of the species so carefully portrayed. Then there are the attitudes. Yes, colts stand just that way, even if the shape here is stylized. Older bison turn around to look at young ones. Yes. Doesn’t it strike you right?

From Paul Goble’s The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

I love the botanically/zoologically correct illustrations, and how those distinctive western plants and animals, sometimes some rock or water, evoke an entire landscape and sense of place. You could give good exercise to a wildflower guide, a bird guide, a butterfly guide identifying each of the species so carefully portrayed.

Then there are the attitudes. Yes, colts stand just that way, even if the shape here is stylized. Older bison turn around to look at young ones. Yes. Doesn’t it strike you right?