Starry Tales
New York : Margaret McElderry Books, [2001]
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 103 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Fifteen myths about the sun, the moon, and the stars from different cultures and countries.
Contents:
Starbright, starspite : a North American Indian story -- The bat and the basket : a Kono myth from Sierra Leone -- Shooting stars : an Arabian story -- Divorce : a story from Togo, West Africa -- The devil's worse invention : a French folktale -- The giant who stole the sun : a story from Afghanistan -- The bridge of magpies : a story from China -- Orion's downfall : a story from Ancient Greece -- The wonderful doctor : a story from Ancient Greece -- The giant under the house : a story from Guatemala -- The heart of the moment : a story from the Cook Islands -- The many-colored llama : a story from Peru -- The cockatoo and the white gum tree : an Aboriginal story from Australia -- Great bear, little bear : a story from Ancient Rome -- The watched pot : a Basque story from Spain.
Target Audience: "Ages 8-12"--Jkt.
ISBN:
0689830157
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C FOLKLORE McC | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
Originally published: Great Britain : Orchard Books, 1998.