In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
Hamilton, Virginia. Illustrated by Barry Moser. San Diego: CA: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1988. 4to. First edition. Cloth-backed blue-green boards stamped in gold. 1989 Newbery Honor Book.
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Virginia Hamilton’s collection of creation stories attempts to answer one of life’s most puzzling questions: How did we get here? Answers range from the familiar (“Prometheus the Creator” and “Zeus the Creator”) to the less so (“Phan Ku the Creator” and “Nyambi the Creator”) and cover myths and folktales from around the world. Barry Moser’s exquisite full-color illustrations round things out. In the Beginning was named a Newbery Honor Book in 1989 and is in Fine Condition in a Fine dust jacket.