Why the sun and the moon live in the sky ;: an African folktale
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Lent, Blair Illustrator
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570L
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Published:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1968].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
26 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780395296097 (SAL), 0395296099 (SAL), 9780758701671, 9780395539637
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 3.1, 0.5 Points
Lexile measure:
570

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General Note
First published in 1914 in the author's Folk stories from southern Nigeria, West Africa.
Description
An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.
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570L,Lexile
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APA Citation (style guide)

Dayrell, E., & Lent, B. (1968). Why the sun and the moon live in the sky: an African folktale. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Dayrell, Elphinstone, 1869-1917 and Blair Lent. 1968. Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky: An African Folktale. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Dayrell, Elphinstone, 1869-1917 and Blair Lent, Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky: An African Folktale. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Dayrell, Elphinstone and Blair Lent. Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky: An African Folktale. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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