Zozobra!: The Story of Old Man Gloom

by Jennifer Owings Dewey

The crisp September evening in Santa Fe is going to be special. It's the annual burning of Old Man Gloom or Zozobra.* He stands across the large park where thousands of people gather--a fifty-foot sourpuss puppet whose gaping mouth and neon eyes make him appear dismal, which is his job. When Zozobra burns into smoldering ash, so, too, will people's gloomy thoughts disappear--or so everyone hopes.

As with any spectacle worthy of the name,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082633279X
• ISBN13: 9780826332790
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7