Ancient Thunder
AuthorLeo Yerxa
IllustratorLeo Yerxa
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherGroundwood Books
Publication date
3 August 2006

Ancient Thunder is a children's fantasy picture book by the Canadian artist and writer Leo Yerxa, simultaneously published in Canada and the United States in 2006. It won the 2006 Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration and the 2008 Saskatchewan Willow Award for picture books. Ancient Thunder was both illustrated and written by Leo Yerxa.

Summary

This book describes the relationship of horses and First Nation's cultures with a single poem and illustrations using water-colour artwork. Only few lines of text per page contrast with painted images associated with native culture.

Concept and development

Yerxa was interested by the native people while he watched them ride across the Great Plains in the movie when he was a child, their traditional clothing and the running creatures inspired Yerxa to write this book. He used handmade water-colour paper and made it look like leather.

Awards

Year  Literary awardsResult Ref.
2006 Governor General's Literary AwardsWon [1][2]
2007 First Nation Communities ReadWon [3]
2008 Willow AwardsWon [4]
2007 Anskohk Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year AwardNominated [5]
2007 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz AwardNominated

References

  1. ↑ "The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2006 Governor General's Literary Awards". Canadian Council for the Arts. 2006-10-16. Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. ↑ CBC Arts (2006-10-16). "Finalists named for Governor General's Awards for literature". CBC. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  3. ↑ "First Nation Communities Read Archives". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  4. ↑ "2008 Shining Willow Finalists". askatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. ↑ "The Ânskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival Children's Book of the Year". Resource Links. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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