Why the sun and the Moon Live in the sky : : an African Folktale
Book - 1968 J 398.2096 Da, Kids Book / Picture Books / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General / Dayrell, Elphinstone 2 On Shelf No requests on this item
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First published in 1914 in the author's Folk stories from southern Nigeria, West Africa.
Youth level.
An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Publishers Weekly ReviewSummary / Annotation
Author Notes
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Sun and Moon submitted by SBNB on July 11, 2015, 8:22pm This is a story about how the sun and moon ended up in the sky. It's fun to read folktales from other cultures, but overall, this book is just ok.
SERIES
Caldecott Honor book - 1969.
PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
Year Published: 1968
Description: 26 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 570
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0395539633
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Lent, Blair.
SUBJECTS
Folklore -- Africa.