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Cárdenas, Teresa

Oloyou

32 pp. | Groundwood/Tigrillo | August, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-88899-795-1 $18.95
(4) K-3 Translated by Elisa Amado. Illustrated by Margarita Sada. In this retelling of a Yoruba myth, God-child creates a cat named Oloyou. Oloyou falls into the "unending darkness" and has adventures that ultimately explain the origins of comets. This bilingual tale is too wordy (in both languages) to fully engage picture book readers, though they will nevertheless be mesmerized by the deep and flowing oil on canvas paintings.
Reviewer: Tim Wadham

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