Michael Lacapa

A beautifully illustrated, and wonderfully written story about the Apache legend about how men learned their trades, and how the people learned to respect nature from a man who could shape-shift into an antelope. This antelope man falls in love with a women of great integrity, and strength. They marry and have children, but choose to live with their antelope brethren when the Apache would not accept their children. The Apache watch them as they go, and they vow never to hunt the antelope, which is a tradition honored to this day.… (meer)

A book full of beautiful illustrations and colors adapted to the story of a young man who goes hunting with his grandfather and he tells him the legend of a young woman who lived in a village with her family and a mysterious and wise young man that arrives to teach them new things and skills. The woman follows the young man as she leaves the village discovering that he has transformed into an antelope. The young woman, knowing him better, falls in love with him and they form a family having twins, this is not accepted in her village so they decide to go with the young man's village, making the decision to transform into antelopes. The legend tells why animals are important to many North American cultures, it teaches little ones a little about their native tribes cultures.… (meer)