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A poetic description, adapted from the Kumulipo, a traditional Hawaiian creation chant, of how in the darkest night were born the simplest creatures, then with the breaking of dawn more complex ones, and finally people and day.
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Grade 1-3 An ``extensive abridgement of the first part of the Hawaiian creation chant called The Kumulipo. '' Lewis distills the 2,000-line original to a short, powerful poem about the emergence of life forms in the darkness of night, and finally the birth of humankind and daylight. Harmoniously, the poem blends a Genesis motif with evolutionary concepts. Inky, shiny black pages provide a deeply mysterious backdrop to Young's images of emerging plants and animals, some of which are, appropriately, frightening as they fill the page and spill off of it. The colors are both subtle and luminous, as if lit from within by sudden life. A technique that looks like refined wax relief gives texture and depth to the pictures. A beautiful and unusual book that has great impact. Susan H. Patron, Los Angeles Public Library
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From Publishers Weekly
This poem is an abridgment of The Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation chant. It begins with the "darkness of the night, nothing but night," and follows the creation of the world to man and the dawn of the first day. Lewis's adaptation of this tale has retained a richness of language and the rhythym of a chant, but it is also entirely accessible to young children. And Young's illustrations are superb; his use of electricbut somehow mutedpinks, oranges, greens, blues and reds provides an evocative, mythical background for the stark white lettering of the text. Together author and artist have created an outstanding version of a centuries-old story. All ages.
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- PublisherAtheneum
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0689313101
- ISBN 13 9780689313103
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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