| La Noche Que Se Cayo La Luna Contributor(s): Mora, Pat (Author), Domi (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0888999631 ISBN-13: 9780888999634 Publisher: Libros Tigrillo OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Published: August 2009 Annotation: One night a gust from her grandfather's blowgun causes Luna, the moon, to tumble from the sky and fall into pieces in the dark ocean below. With the help of the little fish and her own wiles and strength, she rises, beautiful and round once again, taking her new friends with her to create the Milky Way. Pat Mora has taken a traditional Mopan Maya myth and transformed it to show a spunky moon who finds a way to save herself, making the archetypal journey from homeland to a strange new world and back again. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Mexico |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.8" W x 7.3" (0.17 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A whoosh from her grandfather s blowgun causes Luna, the moon, to tumble from the sky and fall to pieces in the dark ocean. To save herself, she enlists the help of little fish to glue her back together. At last she rises, beautiful and round again, taking her new friends with her to create the Milky Way. Pat Mora and artist Domi have taken the traditional Mopan Maya (Belize) myth in which the moon is a young weaver and the Milky Way a fish and transformed it into a magical story of friendship and imagination." |