Starry tales
(2001, original release: 1998)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/FOLKTALES/WORLD/MCC

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Folk & Fairy Tales J/FOLKTALES/WORLD/MCC Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Margaret McElderry Books, 2001
©1998
EDITION
First U.S. edition
DESCRIPTION

103 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

ISBN/ISSN
0689830157 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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

"15 myths about the sun, the moon, and the stars from different cultures and countries..."

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