How the Sun Was Born/Como el sol nació

Book Review:

How the Sun was Born/Como el sol nació is a bilingual book, written in English/Spanish, and authored cooperatively by 3rd grade students with the facilitation of their art teacher. The plot was influenced by the class study of ancient Mexican life and early Aztec ideas that the sun had both human and animal characteristics. This book is the children's own myth about the creation of the sun. A mother dinosaur lays eggs but volcanoes erupt and change life on earth. However, from this destruction is born the sun, that rises and sets in a regular way. The illustrations were created by the same students, and they are inspired by the colorful yarn art of the indigenous Huichol people of Mexico. The book was a "Kids Are Authors" winner in 1992, out of over 560 entries.

 

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