Arrow to the sun A Pueblo Indian tale

Gerald McDermott

Book - 1974

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

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Subjects
Genres
Picture books
Published
New York : Viking Press [1974]
Language
English
Main Author
Gerald McDermott (-)
Physical Description
unpaged : color illustrations
Audience
480L
ISBN
9780670133697
9780670059386
9780881038194
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

The gold, ochre and black of the stylized pueblo, the Boy's transformation from a Kachina-like silhouette into an arrow strong enough to reach his father the Sun and, finally, the explosion of color as Boy enters the Sun's four chambers to confront monster lions, serpents, bees and lightning -- all add up to a richer, more kinetic, more functional balance between story and visual effects than were to be found in McDermott's highly praised Anansi the Spider. In this spare, simple form the tale of the Boy who leaves the earth to pass the tests set by his immortal father and then returns to earth where the people celebrate his presence with a Dance of Life has obvious Christian and other parallels. And though no illustrated book can quite capture the shimmering, psychedelic transformations of McDermott's animated film version of the same tale, Boy's movement through the pages of boldly designed scenes expresses all the action of the narrative in clear pictorial terms. McDermott's fusion of primitive costumes, motifs and legend with contemporary design and color sense is highly ambitious -- and, in this instance, explosively, elementally beautiful. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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