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Als die Sonne ein Kind war
After a Mayan Myth
Translated from Spanish by Jochen Weber
© 2012 Baobab Books
40 pages, hardcover, 30,5 x 21 cm
CHF 25.00
/ € 18,50 [D]
/ € 19,10 [A]
ISBN 978-3-905804-43-0
Ages 5 and up
In the half light of a tropical jungle live three brothers and their mom. The older brothers are twins. The little brother is called NeNe. He is mischievous and lively – and he’s a magician. NeNe makes mud rabbits and blows life into them with his breath. And that's not all he can do ... In the end, NeNe becomes the sun and walks in the sky with a great big book under his arm. He illuminates everything he sees.
The poetic myth of Mexico's Tzotzil-Maya people tells the story of the beginning of time. The Tzotzil live in the highlands of the Mexican federal state of Chiapas and are considered direct descendants of the original Mayas.
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Original edition: »NeNe Sol« © 2012 Ámbar Past, Maruch Mendes Peres (Text) / © 2012 Tamana Araki (Ill.)