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34 pp.
| Candlewick |
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-0470-4
(3)
K-3
With his dog to keep him company, God sculpts the world out of a watery emptiness then fills it with life in this poetic retelling of a Native American creation myth. Exquisite watercolor and pencil illustrations depict a loosely drawn God as an artist sketching animals, plants, birds, fish, man, and woman. The renderings of flora and fauna evoke reverence for life's diversity. An author's note gives additional information about the tribe and the myth.