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Title The heavenly zoo : legends and tales of the stars / retold by Alison Lurie ; with pictures by Monika Beisner.
Author Lurie, Alison.
Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straness & Giroux, c1979.
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Edition 1st American ed.
Description 61 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary Sixteen legends of the constellations and how they got their names, taken from such varied sources as ancient Greece, Babylon, Egypt, Sumeria, the Bible, Norway, the Balkans, Indonesia, and the American Indians.
With: *284160*
Subject Stars -- Folklore .
Stars -- Mythology .
Stars -- Religious aspects .
Stars (in religion, folklore, etc.)
Added Author Beisner, Monika.
ISBN 0529055937
0374329109