Gerson, Mary-Joan.

Why the sky is far away; a folktale from Nigeria, retold by Mary-Joan Gerson. Illustrated by Hope Meryman. - [1st ed.] - New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [1974] - [32] p. col. illus. 20 x 24 cm.

The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away.

ISBN: 0152963103

LCCN: 73017343 /AC

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Folklore--Nigeria.

Subjects--Index Terms: Folklore-Nigeria

LC Class. No.: PZ8.1.G354 / Wh

Dewey Class. No.: 398.2/6/09669 E