The Calico Buffalo
By E. J. Stapleton
Illustrated by, India Baldwin
BOSC Publishing - September 2001
ISBN: 0-9710283-0-3 - Paperback
Fiction
Ages 8 -12 (Read aloud to younger children)

Reviewed by: Beverly J. Rowe, MyShelf.Com
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A beautiful new baby is born to the chief of the Buffalo Nation and his wife, but the little buffalo does look different. He is calico-colored. Thorn tries to convince the tribe that the Chief and his wife, along with the little Calico Buffalo calf, should be expelled from the tribe because he is "different." The frantic parents try to color their baby by covering him with brown mud. Then the tribe decides to travel to the far ends of the earth to seek the origins of their tribe and ask advice of the ancient one.

This classic-in-the-making is a magical story, written in wonderful lyrical poetry that carries the story along at an exciting pace. The full-color illustrations perfectly complement the story. Fun to read with a life lesson on tolerance that will clutch your heart, this book really showcases Stapleton's great talent.