Sun-day, moon-day : how the week was made / Cherry Gilchrist and Amanda Hall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Kingswood, Bristol, U.K. : Barefoot Books, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: [First edition]Description: 80 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1901223639
  • 9781901223637
  • 1901223000
  • 9781901223002
  • 0684853582
  • 9780684853581
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Sunday: The chariot of the sun (ancient Greek) -- Monday: The buried moon (old English) -- Tuesday: Minerva and Arachne (Roman) -- Wednesday: Odin and the magic mead (Norse) -- Thursday: The battle of Marduk and Tiamat (Babylonian) -- Friday: Ishtar's journey into the underworld (Babylonian) -- Saturday: The children of Cronus (ancient Greek) -- Did you know that ...? -- Days and deities of the week.
Text: Cherry Gilchrist; illustrations: Amanda Hall.Summary: Presents the stories behind the names of the days of the week.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Juvenile BL325.D33 G54 1998x (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000049771

Sunday: The chariot of the sun (ancient Greek) -- Monday: The buried moon (old English) -- Tuesday: Minerva and Arachne (Roman) -- Wednesday: Odin and the magic mead (Norse) -- Thursday: The battle of Marduk and Tiamat (Babylonian) -- Friday: Ishtar's journey into the underworld (Babylonian) -- Saturday: The children of Cronus (ancient Greek) -- Did you know that ...? -- Days and deities of the week.

Text: Cherry Gilchrist; illustrations: Amanda Hall.

Presents the stories behind the names of the days of the week.

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