Sun, Moon, and Stars - Hardcover

Hoffman, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525460047 ISBN 13: 9780525460046

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 1998

Synopsis

A collection of myths and legends from all over the world about the mysteries of the sun, moon and stars includes stories from China, Japan, Egypt, Greece, the Caribbean, and North America.

About this title

Book Description:

This beautiful and wide-ranging book explores the eternal mysteries of the sun, moon, and stars. Alongside stories adapted from ancient mythology are pages of celestial lore -- facts and ideas about how people used to navigate by the stars and why they thought the earth was flat, about the Star of Bethlehem and the Signs of the Zodiac.

Here are more than twenty myths and legends taken from cultures around the world, including:
-- The Greek hero Phaeton who drove his chariot through the sky
-- The Chinese heavenly archer who saved his people from monsters
-- The Pawnee love story of Great Star and White Star Woman
-- The Norse fable of the children in the moon
-- the Ancient Egyptian belief in Mother Sky

The lovely retellings of these stories with their insights into the past make stirring reading, enhanced by the exquisite images, rich with silver and gold, that abound throughout this handsome volume.

About the Author:

Children's author and reviewer Mary Hoffman was born in 1945. She attended Newnham College to study English literature and University College London to study linguistics. She started writing in 1970 and has written about eighty children's books including the picture book Amazing Grace, the Stravaganza series, and the anti-war anthology Lines in the Sand. She is also the editor of the children's book review magazine Armadillo, which comes out four times a year. She currently lives in Carterton, outside Oxford, with her husband.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0525460047
• ISBN 13: 9780525460046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Ray Jane