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

by Elphinstone Dayrell

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395296099
• ISBN13: 9780395296097
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Wonderful African Folklore

This african folklore has won the "Caldecott Honor Book". As you read it, it's not surprising. A short book with interesting, fun art. Easy for even young children to understand. My grandchildren loved this book.

Really Good, Really Short

The Sun often visits the Water, who has a very large house. Once, during a visit, the Water asks the Sun why he never visits the Sun at his home. The Sun replies that his home is to small for the Water. The Water asks if the Sun will make his house larger so he and all the water people can visit, so the Sun does.He, along with his wife, the Moon, make his house larger. The Water people do visit one day, and the new,larger house is so crowded that the Sun and the Moon have to go in the sky, where they have stayed since.What I have written in this review may be more than in the whole book. Strange, huh?