How Night Came from the Sea: A Story from Brazil

by Carla Golembe, Mary-Joan Gerson, Amparo Ortiz

A Brazilian story with African roots, this book tells how an ancient African sea goddess brought the gift of night to the land of daylight. This story evokes the beauty, rather than the terror, of the night, and is also about finding peace and hope in a new land.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316308552
• ISBN13: 9780316308557
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Joy Street Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3