Mystic Horse By: Paul Goble

Book Genre: Fiction/Folklore

Publishing Info: Harper/Collins Publishers and 36 pages

Awards or honors received: IRA/CBC Children's Choice

Summary: This is a book about a young Indian boy, who believed in horses. He loved his mystery horses so much that he did not do as the horse said and the horse died. The Indian boy learned a lesson on always following directions.

Personal rating and reason for rating: *** Good – It’s a good book that shows students about following directions.

Reading level: 4.6

Interest level: K-6 (I really think that this book is good for any interest level.)

Possible uses of the text in integrated units of study (reading and writing across the curriculum):
This book would be wonderful to have in your library in your classroom. This is a story about following directions. This book would be great to use in lessons on following directions.

Writing – Have students writing about things they need to follow directions to do. Have students share their story.

Students could study the where the Indian boy lived. They could use the map to help them see where the Indian boy lived.

Art – students could do horse crafts.

Potential Problems or Difficulties: The difficulty about death of a horse.