Big Turtle - Hardcover

McLimans, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802722822 ISBN 13: 9780802722829

Publisher: Walker Childrens, 2011

Synopsis

Breathing new life into traditional storytelling, David McLimans takes an exciting step into the world of folktales with another stunning visual feast. At the start of Big Turtle, the world only had two parts: the animals in the lower Water World and the people above in the Sky World. When Sky Girl falls to the sea, she is saved by two beautiful swans but is unable to return to her sky home. Big Turtle suggests building a new home for Sky Girl on his great shell using earth from the bottom of the sea, so Otter, Muskrat, and Beaver each attempt to reach the ocean's bottom. Only little Toad is able to bring enough earth to the surface to place on Big Turtle's back-creating a new world between the sea and sky for Sky Girl, who becomes the Earth's first person.

About this title

About the Author:

DAVID McLIMANS won the Caldecott Honor for his first book, Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet, and has won numerous other awards for his editorial illustration. He is also the creator of Gone Fishing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Harper's, and Time. www.davidmclimans.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Childrens
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0802722822
• ISBN 13: 9780802722829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40