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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush | Tomie DePaola
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This vivid retelling of an old Texas legend reveals how the Indian paintbrush, the state flower of Wyoming, first bloomed, and how a young brave dreams of creating a painting that will capture the beauty of a sunset. A handsome retelling.--Booklist, starred review. An American Bookseller Pick of the List Book. A NCSS Notable Children's Trade Book. Full color.
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Abbylippert

“And every Spring, the People danced and sang the praises of Little Gopher who had painted for the people.“

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Abbylippert

I would use this book to talk about ancient, oral storytelling, culture, and to emphasize the main lesson of embracing your talents within and purpose of life. I would have a discussion with students about how we are all unique and can be made to do many amazing, yet different, things and that staying true to yourself and your passions is so important.

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Abbylippert
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“The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush is a great example of a folktale in traditional literature. This book is considered a folktale because it told based off of oral tradition with no known author, had a common/happy ending, contained magical elements, contained a narrative (told a story), and can be used to teach a lesson. The lesson of this book is about being able to recognize and follow your talents and purpose in life, seeing them as unique.

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Eggs Love Love 💕 3y
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Niaaelizz

“Because you have been faithful to the people and true to your gift.”

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Niaaelizz

This story is so cute and inspiring! Definitely using in my future classroom.

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Niaaelizz
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie DePaola, 1988. Traditional Literature, This retell has great illustrations! They are very captivating and make the audience feel what Little Gopher is feeling. This book is very relatable for children as they may too have their own insecurities but the book also allows for children to reach within themselves and find and express their own talents!

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maddyhensley

“... he carried a brush made of fine animal hairs and pots of paints.”

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maddyhensley

I enjoyed the illustrations presented throughout the book. They were so colorful and captured the beauty of nature and the Indian work.

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maddyhensley
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola published in 1988 is a great story. dePaola captured the culture of Native Americans. I believe it needs to be in my classroom.

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mack2799
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This is a folktale inside traditional literature stories. It contains morals of how we should embrace of individualities and talents we hold. For this reason, it might be better for older kids because it contains a higher understanding that younger ones might not get right away. It also relates back to the idea of realistic views of how things were in history, but with an embroidered twist talking about how a sunrise was made!

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mack2799

This is a cute story telling us its okay to be different. It relates well to kids and tells a story from a different cultural aspect than we're used to seeing in books!

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em_lemo
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This book was/is beautiful(pub.1988). The illustrations are simple, but highlight so much color throughout. I have never heard of this story, but think that it should be included into classrooms. It is not only a great read but also has a great lesson within the story.
“...the hill was ablaze with color, for the brushes had taken root in the earth and multiplied into plants or brilliant reds, oranges and yellows.“ Great descriptive language.

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Texreader
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I am home from Houston but not before stopping to see my mom and dad on the way and picking these Indian paintbrushes from their yard where wildflowers reign supreme. Spring flowers in Texas are the absolute best!!

AmyG Gorgeous 6y
Freespirit I've never seen them....love the name😊 6y
Tamra I love Paintbrush! 6y
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JennyM They are beautiful 💐 6y
Tex2Flo So glad you said they were from the family yard. I was immediately worried that you had picked some of Lady Bird‘s forbidden flora. 6y
Suet624 Lovely! 6y
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elifkelly
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush is a picture book written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. This book would suit RA, IR, and S. This picture book tells an old Native American folk legend of a young Native American boy named Little Gopher who represents his “dream visions” of the earth through his colorful artwork. In the class this book would be a great resource to expose students to traditional literature and folktales. #ucflae3414f17

elifkelly Students could create their own artwork or have the opportunity to learn about a scientific topic through the story such as environmental awareness. This website has many creative and interdisciplinary options for using this story in a classroom. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/legend-indian-... 7y
elifkelly With these activities, EL 46 use discovery learning activities (hands-on-activities) and UDL 6.3 facilitate managing information and resources would be met. 7y
KatherineBeckham I forgot about this book, but after seeing your image, I know I have certainly read it when I was younger. I remember I loved looking at all the colorful images in the story. I like the idea of having the students create their own artwork, because I always found activities like that to be so exciting. (edited) 7y
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DeannaT96
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This TL story would be a nice and easy read aloud or story telling book. It tells the tale of how the Indian Paintbrush flowers got their name from a young man named Little Gopher who brought the colors of the sunset to the earth so that he could paint it- and therefore memorialize it- on white buckskin. It covers UDL 3.3 and ESOL 16, (possibly 24 depending on your class), 34, and 46.

DeannaT96 #ucflae3414f17 I chose an activity that follows the story where students are painting with paintbrush “flowers” stuck in green floral styrofoam that they can use to create their own sunset paintings with just like Little Gopher did. http://www.craftoart.com/2012/11/the-legend-of-indian-paint-brush.html 7y
ashley.v I love Tomie de Paola! I have not read this book but I really want too. 7y
DrSpalding Tomie is a favorite author of mine. This is an excellent book to incorporate in a Native American social studies unit in either second or fourth grade. 7y
MakenzieT This sounds like an incredible book and it would be perfect for a social studies lesson. 7y
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TheBookAddict
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You guys! I somehow ended up on goodreads and that led me to Amazon, so now I've managed to purchase 2 📚 for my stepson and a book and a puzzle for me. 😔 I have a serious problem...and I still haven't finished my homework. On the bright side, they are good diverse book. 😅

LauraBeth Which puzzle did you get? 😀 8y
TheBookAddict @LauraBeth it's the one under Martin Luther King Jr. The one with the bookshelves and the cat snoozing between the books...it's kind of what goes on here lol. I want to put it together and frame it so I can put it in my little library. 8y
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LauraBeth Enjoy - I ❤️putting together puzzles 8y
LauraBeth Oh that looks so cute! I'm going to get that. I recently did this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DBWAVYY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481487502&... 8y
TheBookAddict @LauraBeth That looks awesome, I'll have to add it to my wish list. I also got this one http://a.co/fu8HztU I got this one for my SecretSantaGoesPostal person and I just couldn't resist getting one for myself. 8y
LauraBeth That's cute too! I think it's January that is declared as "national puzzle month" and B&N does a special that's buy one and get the second half off ? 8y
TheBookAddict @LauraBeth I didn't know about that. I will have to look into it! 8y
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