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Why the sun and th moon live in the sky : an African folktale / by Elphinstone Dayrell ; illustrations by Blair Lent.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1968].Description: 26 p. : col. illus. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0395253810
Subject(s): Awards:
  • Caldecott 1969 Honor
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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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Riverfield Country Day School CALDECOTT Caldecott 1969 Honor/398.2 Day (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0021471
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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.

Caldecott 1969 Honor

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