Why the sun and the moon live in the sky; an African folktale. Illus. by Blair Lent.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, Houghton Mifflin [1968]Description: 26 p. col. illus. 24 cmGenre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JUV PZ 8.1 .D33 Wh
Summary: 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.
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Juvenile Book Storms Research Center Juvenile Collection JUV PZ 8.1 .D33 WH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 98628087

First published in 1914 in the author's Folk stories from southern Nigeria, West Africa.

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.

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