Derib – illustratör

Yakari är en briljant berättad, kulturellt inkännande och miljömedveten skildring av den nordamerikanska prärieurbefolkningen och djurvärlden omkring den. Detta är volym 2 från Epix med berättelser som inte tidigare kommit på svenska.

Den schweizerfranska barnserien Yakari startade 1969 och görs fortfarande. Den är en både charmfull och sympatisk skildring av den nordamerikanska prärieurbefolkningen och den nordamerikanska djurvärlden.

The enchanted and enchanting adventures of a young Sioux who speaks the language of animals. The 19th volume of a magical series for kids. In the middle of winter, while Yakari and his friends play in the snow, the tribe's hunters kill a terrified wapiti. A welcome catch, for the stocks of food are running low. But the next day, all the meat that had been left to dry has disappeared! The hunters set out after the thief, and soon begin to suspect a bear. Yakari then decides to visit his furry friends to identify the culprit... Ages 6-10

After a long rainy spell, large stretches of the prairie are flooded, much to the displeasure of most of its inhabitants. Yakari visits his friends to make sure everyone is alright, then falls asleep that night and dreams of clouds mysteriously coming out of the water. The young Sioux's dreams are not always completely random, though, and the next day he rides out in search of signs. What he finds will soon unite all his friends in a desperate rescue mission ...

It's summer on the prairie, a hot, oppressive summer that has everyone's temper flaring. While Yakari's family, eager to find the buffalo they are tracking, has moved some distance from the other Sioux, nature suddenly unleashes its rage, and a tornado tears through the main camp. Tipis torn, supplies scattered, the tribe must now rebuild... but there are also several people missing, blown away by the twister and perhaps injured or trapped. Yakari sets out to look for them...

On a lovely spring day, Yakari happens upon Quiet Rock, the tribe's elder, busy admiring a Pronghorn - an American antelope. The young Sioux then spends a few days with the Pronghorn's family, learning about their everyday life. With the help of several of his animal friends, he even helps them through several incidents - from coyote attacks to prairie fires - and learns a valuable lesson about humility while he's at it.

During one of his outings, Yakari catches a glimpse of a white bear and, taking it for a ghost at first, runs away. Later, determined to find the strange animal that no one else believes he's really seen, he leaves the camp alone and, having found the bear, makes a new friend. A recluse friend, though, who doesn't want Yakari telling anyone about him... Unfortunately, the young Sioux's behaviour draws the attention of a hunter who dreams of a white trophy...

Yakari learns from the tribe’s elder that the Sioux haven’t always been the magnificent riders they are now – indeed, that there was a time they didn’t even know what a horse was. Shaken, he speaks a little too demandingly to Little Thunder, wounding his four-legged friend who immediately runs away. Devastated, the young boy will have to track down his companion and find a way to earn his forgiveness if he ever wants to share a gallop with him again...

The Beavers are very worried: Linden Tree, Yakari's young and mischievous friend, has lost his appetite for... well, everything. And his people have no time to devote to him, as they must repair their precious dam, damaged by heavy rains. While the young Sioux attempts to dispel his friend's melancholy, Thousand-mouths suddenly realises he is several labourers short of a full work gang. Is something in the lake going after the hard-working beavers?

One day when heavy rains force them to play inside, Yakari and Rainbow are startled by a strange sound. To their amazement, it's followed by their whole tipi suddenly taking off and flying straight north, with them inside! After several hours of a not entirely pleasant journey, they're greeted on landing by Rainbow's spirit guide Nanabozho, the Great Rabbit, who wants them to meet the inhabitants of the great north. Among those is a mysterious white bird...