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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Day, Nancy Raines

Piecing Earth and Sky Together: A Creation Story from the Mien Tribe of Laos

32 pp. | Shen's | November, 2001 | Trade ISBN 1-885008-19-8 $$17.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Genna Panzarella. In this creation myth, a brother and sister from heaven compete to make the sky and the earth. Faam Koh's sky is too small to cover the earthly tapestry his sister has made. With her embroidery skills (for which the Mien are known), the sister gathers and pleats the earth, creating mountains and valleys, and making her tapestry fit the sky. The hard-to-read typeface is unfortunate. The illustrations become repetitive but are striking overall.
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