How Raven stole the sun
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Vigil, Felix illustrator.
Published
New York : Abbeville Press, 2001.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Status
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Sequim - J Nonfiction | J 398.2089 WILLIAM | Checked Out | May 23, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Abbeville Press, 2001.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Description
A long time ago, Raven was pure white, like fresh snow in winter. This was so long ago that the only light came from campfires, because a greedy chief kept the stars, moon, and sun locked up in elaborately carved boxes. Determined to free them, the shape-shifting Raven resourcefully transformed himself into the chief's baby grandson and cleverly tricked him into opening the boxes and releasing the starlight and moonlight. Though tired of being stuck in human form, Raven maintained his disguise until he got the chief to open the box with the sun and flood the world with daylight, at which point he gleefully transformed himself back into a raven. When the furious chief locked him in the house, Raven was forced to escape through the small smokehole at the top -- and that's why ravens are now black as smoke instead of white as snow.