Why the sun and the moon live in the sky : an African folktale
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Contributors
Lent, Blair, illustrator.
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1996.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
26 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Status
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Belle Isle Library - Tween Nonfiction | J398.20966 D2758w TWEEN | Checked Out |
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1996.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 3.1, 1 Points
Level 3.1, 1 Points
Notes
General Note
Originally published in 1910 in the author's Folk stories from southern Nigeria, West Africa. London. Longmans, Green and Company.
Description
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.
Awards
Caldecott Honor Book, 1969
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