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Why the Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale
By
Mary-Joan Gerson and
Carla Golembe (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Joy st Books
Publication date
September 1, 1992
Binding
School and Library
Book category
Easy Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780316308526
ISBN-10
0316308528
Dimensions
0.50 by 10.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.05 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$15.95
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A cautionary African tale explains how people's greed and disrespect for the earth and sky has made harvesting food more difficult than it used to be.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Illustrated throughout, this tale explains why people today must grow and harvest their own food. In the beginning eating was simple - everyone reached up and ate a piece of the sky. Through carelessness and waste the people eventually angered the sky and it sailed upwards - out of reach.
Editions
Paperback
With Carla Golembe (other contributor) |
from Little Brown & Co (April 1, 1995)
9780316308748 | details & prices | 10.25 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.30 lbs | List price $7.00
About: The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away
About: The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away
School and Library
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With Carla Golembe (other contributor) |
from Joy st Books (September 1, 1992)
9780316308526 | details & prices | 10.50 × 9.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 1.05 lbs | List price $15.95
About: The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away
About: The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780785767183 | details & prices | 10.50 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.80 lbs | List price $17.20
About: The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away
About: The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away
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