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Genre/Form: | Folklore Juvenile works Folk tales Folklore Juvenile literature |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Anita Ganeri; Andy Wilx |
ISBN: | 9780762495054 0762495057 |
OCLC Number: | 1105154440 |
Notes: | "Originally published in 2018 by Templar Publishing in the United Kingdom"--Copyright page. Subtitle from cover. |
Description: | 96 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
Contents: | Ancient Greece. Phaeton and the swan: Cygnus -- The white-winged horse: Pegasus -- The golden fleece: Aries -- The dog and the fox: Canis major and canus minor -- The labors of Heracles: Heracles -- Andromeda and the sea monster: Andromeda -- North and South America. The polar bear and the three runners: Nanurjuk (Taurus) -- Grandmother spider and the sun: The sun -- How fisher brought summer: The big dipper -- How coyote scattered the stars: The milky way -- The llama star: The milky way -- Africa. The sun god and the snake: The sun -- The Pharoah's soul: Orion -- How giraffe became a star: The southern cross -- Asia. Gilgamesh and the bull: Taurus -- The dog in heaven: Sirius -- The bridge of magpies: Cygnus and the milky way -- Australia and Oceania. The canoe of stars: The milky way -- Hina and the shark: Orion's belt -- The seven sisters: Pleiades -- The emu egg and the sun: The sun -- Emu in the sky: The milky way. |
Responsibility: | illustrated by Andy Wilx ; written by Anita Ganeri. |
Abstract:
"For thousands of years people have looked up to the night sky and told stories about the stars. These epic tales tell of vengeful gods and goddesses, of monsters and heroes. Others try to make sense of the natural world, or unravel the mysterious forces of the universe. This stunning book brings together 23 of these legends from all over the world: from Ancient Greece to North America, Egypt, China, India, and the South Pacific."--
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