When Stories Fell Like Shooting Stars
Simon & Schuster / 1996
Long ago, when Earth was new and Sky was black as printer's ink, two stories fell like shooting stars.
The two shining fables contained in this unusual book—Fox's Story and Bear's Story—tell of a time when first the sun, then the moon, tumble from the sky. When Fox finds the sun caught like a beating heart in the branches of a tree, he and the other animals become entangled in an old tale of greed and power. But when Bear sees Moon slip through a buttonhole of sky, the animals remember Bear's stories and work together to try to put things right. While the animals struggle with foolishness and confusion, with wisdom and courage, it is the reader who is invited to say which story is true.
