The Rooster and the Sun (Marathi-English)

Author: Meren Imchen
Illustrated by: Meren Imchen
Paperback: 24 page(s)
Age Range: 2 - 5
Ontario curriculum: Language - Reading

Book Description:

A farmer shouts at the sun becaue it is too hot to work in the field. The sun gets upset, goes away and refuses to return. Finally, a rooster tricks the sun to shine again -?? and every day from then on. This engaging tale is based on a folktale of the Ao tribe in Nagaland in northeastern India. The artist-animator-???+-?-+s illustrations are luminous and dynamic, based as they are on his animation film on the same story.