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Big Momma Makes the World

by Phyllis Root

ISBN13: 9780763611323
ISBN10: 0763611328
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Powerful, warm, and utterly original, this no-nonsense tall tale of Big Momma the creator is a jubilant celebration of our beautiful world - and a reminder to take good care of it.

Earth, said Big Momma, Get over here.

And it did.

All one big ball of mud it was,

nothing much to look at.

Baby liked it all right just the way it was,

but Big Momma wasn't finished yet.

When Big Momma makes the world, she doesn't mess around. With a little baby on her hip and laundry piling up, she demands light and dark, earth and sky, creepers and crawlers, and lots of folks to trade stories with on the front porch. And when the work is done, Big Momma, she is pleased all right. That's good, she says. That's real good.

With down-home language and infectious rhythms, storyteller Phyllis Root spins a creation myth like no other, brilliantly illustrated by the incomparable Helen Oxenbury.

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Now available in paperback. With infectious rhythms and down-home language, this original creation myth tells how Big Momma makes the world--even with a baby on her hip and the laundry piled up. Full color.

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: faithht, November 9, 2008 (view all comments by faithht)
My mother's a pastor and this book will be her Christmas present this year. It's an absolutely wonderful, warm take on the Creation that gives children a true sense of just how much love and care and thought God put into this world. No distant God looking down from on high, this God exudes smiles and an overpowering sense of a parent's nurturing love with baby Jesus coming along for the ride. Absolutely, positively recommended for ANY parent, caregiver, or nursery attendant who wants to balance out all the old bearded guy portrayals of God that children usually get but also a sweet, charming story in its own right. So GOOD!
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780763611323
ill.:: Oxenbury, Helen
Author:: Oxenbury, Helen
Author:: Root, Phyllis
Publisher:: Candlewick Press (MA)
Location:: Cambridge, Mass.
Subject:: General
Subject:: Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:: Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
Subject:: Creation
Edition Number:: 1st U.S.ed.
Edition Description:: Used
Series Volume:: 34
Publication Date:: November 2002
Binding:: Hardcover
Language:: English
Illustrations:: , Yes
Pages:: 48
Dimensions:: 11.76x10.51x.43 in. 1.36 lbs.
Children's Book Type:: Picture / Wordless
Age Level:: 04-08

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