The Day Ocean Came to Visit

In an adaptation of the Nigerian folk story "Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky", Diane Wolkstein recounts how Sun and Moon once lived on earth and they invited their new friend Ocean to visit. At first Ocean refused because she would be too much trouble. But Sun insisted, and so Ocean arrived one day; but no one was prepared for what happened! With illustratations by Minnesota's Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, this was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in 2002.