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Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
Blair Lent
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 30, 1990
Reading lane: Environment & Conservation
Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
A Houseful of Water
A folktale gives an everyday hosting problem a wonderfully cosmic solution.
Come here for
- A playful collision of household life and the sky
- Folktale logic with a memorable central image
Expect
- Sun, Moon, and water people at the heart of the tale
- A compact story about what happens when the guests keep coming
Book Details
- Authors
- Blair Lent
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 30, 1990
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Environment & Conservation · Weather Stories
- Reading lane
- Environment & Conservation
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Publisher Categories
Seasons
Fairy Tale Collections
Country & Ethnic Folktales
Folktale Retellings
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Girls & Young Women
Funny Stories
Short Stories
Stories in Verse
About This Book
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.
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