The Night the Moon Fell - A Maya Myth

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Pat Mora, Mora Pat
• Assisted by: Domi (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 2
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2009
• EAN: 9780888999382
• ISBN: 978-0-88899-938-2
• No. of pages: 32
• Weight: 68 g
• Illustrations: Color illustrations throughout
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas; JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories