Sun, moon, and stars / by Mary Hoffman ; illustrated by Jane Ray.
Discusses the stories which people from the ancient world told to explain their understanding of what they could see in the sky.
Record details
- ISBN: 0525460047
- ISBN: 9780525460046
- Physical Description: 74 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [1998]
- Copyright: ©1998
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Crying for the moon -- Anancy and the flipflap bird (Afro-Caribbean) -- The drowned moon (English) -- The woman who flew to the moon (Chinese) -- Moonlore -- The hare in the moon (Hindu) -- Moonchildren (Norse) -- The cheese in the pond (English) -- The circle of beasts (Zodiac myths) -- Seven sisters (Australian) -- The divided lovers (Japanese) -- Starlore -- The price of vanity (Greek) -- White Star Woman and Great Star (Pawnee) -- About the stories.Reading the sky -- The giant's skull (Norse) -- Mother sky (Egyptian) -- A handfull of quartz (Navajo) -- Days of old -- War in heaven (Latvian) -- The king's fire dogs (Korean) -- Temples of the sun -- The heavenly archer (Chinese) -- The fifth sun (Mayan) -- When the sun hid (Japanese) -- Sunlore -- In the sun's house (Navajo) -- Phaëton's last ride (Greek).
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- Subject:
- Mythology > Juvenile literature.
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | J398.26 H 936665 (Text) | 36015000578142 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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