Books with title Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky: An African Folktale

Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were forced to move to the sky.

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.

An enchanting tale based on African Myth about why the sun & moon live in the sky and why water lives on earth. Colorfully illustrated.

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A folktale from Nigeria, that tells how it came that the Sun and Moon are in the sky.It has been fairly minimally edited from the original public domain source in order to make it suitable for a modern audience and fit into a standard format. A new set of illustrations has been prepared.

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Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were forced to move to the sky.

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.

Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were forced to move to the sky.

Here are eighteen popular folktales from Highlights for Children. Young readers will delight in these imaginative stories of faraway places. Full of practical wisdom and fascinating characters. Why Sun and Moon Live in the Sky is sure to provide hours of entertaining reading.

There was once a time when Sun and Moon lived on the earth--but that was before the rapturous Sun invited the never-ending Sea to visit in this playful version of an eastern Nigerian (Ibibio) creation myth. "This delightful story is outfitted in humor, a mock seriousness, and drama....A wondrous and alluring work."--Kirkus Reviews.

A folktale from Nigeria, that tells how it came that the Sun and Moon are in the sky.It has been fairly minimally edited from the original public domain source in order to make it suitable for a modern audience and fit into a standard format. A new set of illustrations has been prepared.