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Hardcover:
9781896580166 | Tradewind Books, April 1, 2016, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This West Indian tale revisits the creation story from a new perspective.
9781566563079 | Crocodile Books, February 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Papa God creates light so that he can see Mama God, and then he makes the world because he wants to give her something beautiful
A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples.
Paperback:
9781847806529 | Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, May 15, 2015, cover price $9.99
9781845075149 | Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, April 28, 2006, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples.
Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves crab without a head to make him humble
Paperback:
9780876144893 | Carolrhoda Books, December 1, 1988, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves crab without a head to make him humble
Miscellaneous:
9780761357926 | Carolrhoda Books, August 1, 2010, cover price $12.71
Hardcover:
9780525478270 | Dutton Childrens Books, September 6, 2007, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A retelling of the midrash about the creation of light.
Hardcover:
9780688139155 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 2004, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: An Aboriginal creation story in which the Sun slowly brings life to the Earth.
Library:
9780688139162 | Harpercollins, April 1, 2004, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: An Aboriginal creation story in which the Sun slowly brings life to the Earth.
While she and her grandmother work on their embroidery, Mei Yoon listens to an old Mein tale about the creation of the earth and the sky.
Hardcover:
9781885008190 | Shens Books & Supplies, November 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: While she and her grandmother work on their embroidery, Mei Yoon listens to an old Mein tale about the creation of the earth and the sky.
Presents thirteen creation stories from Native American tribes, putting them in the context of the culture and beliefs of the tribes.
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9780208024978 | Linnet Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $19.50 | About this edition: Presents thirteen creation stories from Native American tribes, putting them in the context of the culture and beliefs of the tribes.
Hardcover:
9788186895139 | Banyan Tree, June 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This is a story about Bhilalas, an aboriginal tribe in South Asia.
Hardcover:
9781885223852 | Beyond Words Pub Co, October 1, 1998, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Sibu creates a woman to be the wife of Thunder but when she asserts her independence from both of them, a spectacular tree and all the beautiful waters of the world spring forth from her.
School and Library:
9780763604707 | Candlewick Pr, April 1, 1998, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A Kato creation story in which our familiar world emerges from an empty, dark, and watery place so lonely that even the Creator needed a companion before setting foot there.
Retells the Yoruba creation myth in which the deity Obatala descends from the sky to create the world
Hardcover:
9780962997853 | Sights Production, November 1, 1991, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Retells the Yoruba creation myth in which the deity Obatala descends from the sky to create the world
Paperback:
9781886366091 | Sights Production, March 1, 1996, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Retells the Yoruba creation myth in which the deity Obatala descends from the sky to create the world
Hardcover:
9780395735732 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Tells how Nun, 'a sleeping ocean of deep water surrounded on all sides by Chaos,' brings forth first Benu, a magnificent glowing bird, and then Atum, Shu, Tefnut, and the rest of creation
A multi-paneled story can be read straight through from front to back or along any of the four color-coded panels, with a format based on an ancient Chinese puzzle known as Jacob's ladder.
Hardcover:
9780786801411 | Box edition (Hyperion, September 1, 1995), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The Chinese legend of the great flood is retold in a format based on an ancient puzzle known as Jacob's ladder, which can be read straight through, or let fall to reveal changing hidden panoramas
Library:
9781881889649 | Silver Moon Pr, August 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents two creation tales, three hero tales, three moral tales, and a silly tale
Recounts the aborigine story of creation featuring Crow Man, Dingo Man, Snake Woman, and Wandjina.
Hardcover:
9780590485180 | Scholastic Prof Book Div, February 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Recounts the aborigine story of creation featuring Crow Man, Dingo Man, Snake Woman, and Wandjina.
A lyrical account of the earth's creation and the advent of music
Reinforced:
9780606061742 | Demco Media, September 1, 1994, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: A lyrical account of the earth's creation and the advent of music
Hardcover:
9781568580203 | Thunder''s Mouth Pr, June 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Eight myths from around the world which present different stories of creation
A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples
Hardcover:
9780803714779 | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1993, cover price $14.50 | About this edition: A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples
An African-American tale of the creation of humankind follows Mahtmi, the Blessed One, as he creates a man in his image from the richest and darkest soil at the foothills of Kilimanjaro and uses the smoothest part of the pearl for his smile.
School and Library:
9780689316500 | Atheneum, May 1, 1992, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Describes how Mahtmi created the first man from the dark rich earth of Mount Kilimanjaro and gave him a gift marking him as special
Hardcover:
9780939217045 | Peel Productions, January 1, 1991, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Describes how the world was created by Naro the Ancient Spider and her son Naro the Younger
School and Library:
9780876143223 | Lerner Pub Group, February 1, 1988, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves crab without a head to make him humble
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