Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

Name: Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
ISBN: 9780395539637

A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

Blair Lent

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 30, 1990

Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit.

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Who it’s for: A folktale gives an everyday hosting problem a wonderfully cosmic solution.
Themes: Why the Sun and Moon live in the sky
Genres: Country & Ethnic Folktales

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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.

A Houseful of Water

A folktale gives an everyday hosting problem a wonderfully cosmic solution.

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A playful collision of household life and the sky
Folktale logic with a memorable central image

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Sun, Moon, and water people at the heart of the tale
A compact story about what happens when the guests keep coming

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Country & Ethnic Folktales	98%

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Girls & Young Women
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Stories in Verse

Authors: Blair Lent
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: April 30, 1990
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Why the Sun and Moon live in the sky
Reading lane: Seasons