How The Stars Came To Be by Poonam Mistry

 

How The Stars Came To Be

By Poonam Mistry

This has got to be the most beautiful book I've ever seen! The illustrations are breath taking! The story is beautiful as well. The Fisherman's Daughter was worried about her father fishing in the dark when the moon was new so the Sun took a golden ray and shattered it into a million pieces for her to place in the sky. As she meticulously placed the stars into the sky in patterns of animals, beginning with the North Star that she called Polaris, a monkey saw the bag. The glistening stars caught the monkey's eye and he grab the bag and climbed a tree. The Fisherman's Daughter went after the monkey and she pulled the bag of stars from the monkey's grip, all of the stars fell out of the bag and right into the sky. Even though the stars lumped together and were very unorganized, they lit up the sky and allowed her father enough light to see his way home safely.

This is a perfect book for a folktale theme. Beautiful pictures and an easy to follow tale.