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There Was an Old Man Who Painted the Sky
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (2009-07-21)
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Amazon Description
When a child looks up to find drawings on the ceiling of a cave, she wonders how they were painted. Planets that spin, the birds and the beasts, woman and man—how did the old man in the sky paint it all? Based on the 1879 discovery of ceiling paintings in Spain’s Altamira Cave, this imaginative story expresses the awe of contemplating the creation of the world and locating beauty in an unexpected place. Children will revel in this timeless tale with truly breathtaking images.
One Potato Review
For those who like their divinities sweetened and light, here is one story of creation as witnessed by a girl who happened to stumble upon it painted across the ceilings of a Spanish cave. Who knows why they decided to write this in the cadence of There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, but at least they got Stefano Vitale to do the art. This rendering - of moon and stars, day and night, animals and people - seems to jump out of the darkness, as it would do. Mythic or metaphor? You decide.
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