Frank Carlson Library

After Possum and Buzzard fail in their attempts to steal a piece of the sun, Grandmother Spider succeeds in bringing light to the animals on her side of the world.

The Maori people of New Zealand tell this version of the Polynesian folktale in which a trickster uses magical powers to slow the movement of the sun.

Text and illustrations describe how people all over the world celebrate the sunrise.

A traditional Mexican folktale in which a faithful lizard finds the sun which brings light and warmth back to the world.