Title:
Starry tales
Author:
McCaughrean, Geraldine.
ISBN:
9780689830150
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Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Margaret McElderry Books, 2001, c1998.
Physical Description:
103 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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.
Abstract:
"15 myths about the sun, the moon, and the stars from different cultures and countries..."
Reading Level:
Ages 8-12.
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