Walking Eagle: The Little Comanche Boy

by Ana Eulate, Nívola Uyá (Illustrator), Jon Brokenbrow (Translator)

Overview

Winner at the 2014 International Latino Book Awards. A stunning picture book about the life of a mute Comanche young boy who brought unity and togetherness among all of the Native American tribes through his magical silent tales.

The boy with the feather headdress told stories without saying a word. The boy whose legs formed the shape of a heart communicated with that special language that comes from within. With his hands, his face, his smile and his eyes, he could communicate everything his listeners needed to hear. Walking Eagle’s tales awoke deep emotions, conveyed a sense of solidarity, and created bonds between hands and hearts of different tribes that lasted forever.

A magical tale about nature and harmony between the different peoples of the world, reminding us of the power of stories to bring out our very best from within the deepest part of the human soul.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788415784388
Publisher:	Cuento de Luz
Publication date:	02/17/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD1020L (what's this?)
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	6 Years

About the Author

Ana Eulate is the founder and CEO of Cuento de Luz, a Children’s Picture Book Publishing Company created in 2010. A strong engagement with NGOs together with the use of sustainable materials in the book production (especially the exclusive use of Stone Paper in all books), resulted in a B Corp certification in 2015. She has been featured as a Top 100 Woman Impact Leader 2021 due to her work in creating a positive social and environmental impact for over a decade. Eulate has a strong international background having worked at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Madrid, being appointed Commercial Attachée to the Spanish Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, and assigned to the General Directorate for External Relations of the European Commission in Brussels.

Nívola Uyà is a Spanish award-winning illustrator and visual artist, with a degree in Environmental Sciences. She loves nature as much as illustration and, whenever possible, combines both worlds. She makes illustrations for books, campaigns, audiovisual, and murals, as well as illustration and creativity workshops in many corners of the world, convinced that the creative process brings out the best in people and makes us more sensitive.

With a palette of luminous colors and a magical-realistic style, she likes to capture possible and optimistic worlds, that spread love and hope. She has more than a dozen illustrated albums published in English, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, German and Swahili, distinguished with several international awards, such as the Silver Medal at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Best Illustrator, and Best Illustrated Album Award at the International Latino Book Awards and the selection Seal Chair of UNESCO for Reading.

Editorial Reviews

Ana Eulate’s message reveals that, if we liberate our perception, we will be able to glimpse the deep balances of Mother Nature and the native cultures that inhabited her. (…) Cuento de Luz is indeed a publisher that brings hope.” —Diario de Mallorca

“Harmony, peace, and a hymn to nature are the guiding threads that are interwoven in this enchanting story. If Ana Eulate's text highlights all the philosophy behind her publishing company known for finding beauty and magic where others only see pain or disability–, Nívola Uyá's artwork merges with it, enhancing sensitivity and joy to the story. Dynamic and colorful, illustrations seem to flow with the wind that accompanies the little Comanche and his horse through the Rockies.” —Érase una vez Magazine

From the Publisher

2014-02-19
A mute young storyteller in a feathered headdress draws all the tribes into a giant, mystical tepee to chant and drum and invite everyone in the world to hold hands. The tale is definitely laudable of purpose, though written in rhapsodic prose and grossly stereotypical in concept and presentation. It puts a lad born silent and clubfooted ("his legs made the shape of a heart") atop a flying pinto pony to bond with wild animals and then spread stories of the oneness of all creatures with "his hands, his face, his smile and his eyes." Giving him headdress feathers in gratitude, his enthralled Native American audiences gather in a tepee woven from a "bright, white magical thread," after which he continues "along the path," telling tales "without words." Said stories are vaguely depicted in the lyrically windswept illustrations as sparkling bubbles and glowing animal outlines issuing, oddly, from his mouth. Along with feathers dyed in rainbow colors, Uyá strews the pictures with floating dream catchers, carved poles of smiling totems and like tourist goods. Though ostensibly aimed at children, the most natural audience for this culturally tone-deaf offering is equally well-meaning and clueless adults. Purest kitsch. (Picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews