Starry tales

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Information & Library Science Library — Juvenile

Call Number
J398.26 McCaughrean
Status
Available

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Summary

For thousands of years, all around the world, people have seen shapes and pictures in the night sky and created stories to account for them. What one culture sees as a plow, another sees as a saucepan, another as a bear; what to one is a circle of chiefs sitting at powwow, another calls a bride's crown of flowers. Starry Tales brings together fifteen of these myths about the sun, the moon, and the stars from different cultures and countries. Here you can read about how night was created, about the Giant who stole the sun, and about the "saucepan" in the sky... One of today's most talented storytellers, Geraldine McCaughrean brings these myths to fresh life. With Sophy Williams's glowing illustrations, this is a book to enjoy, to share, and to treasure.

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.

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