Picture Book - The
Star-Bearer
(ages 5-9)
Published by: Frances Lincoln Limited,
London, UK
Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, USA
Illustrated by
Jude Daly
The story of
THE STAR-BEARER
begins with Creation. A lotus flower opens and Atum
emerges and casts the
first light into the world. He creates the gods of wind, rain, earth and
sky. The goddess, Nut, is lifted upwards to make more space for
his
creation. He sprinkles her dress with stars so that she is
forever visible to her
first love - Geb.
On a quiet
morning, deep inside the limestone cliffs in the Valley of the Kings,
I came across the Sky
Goddess,
Nut, for the first time. She was arched across the star-strewn vault of the tomb of Ramses IV in
brilliant shades of turquoise, dark lapis lazuli and pale ochre, as
beautiful and enchanting as she must have been the day she was painted,
thousands of years before. Hopefully the reader will be as enchanted as I was by Nut
- Goddess of the Sky.
From the
New York Times (a Starred review):
‘This picture book for older readers captures the magic
and mystery of an early Egyptian creation myth in both its evocative
language and innovative art.’
From Kirkus Reviews:
“Hofmeyr and Daly offer a lovely pourquoi for the
universe”
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