THE TURTLE AND THE ISLAND: A Folktale from Papua New Guinea
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A creation myth that explains New Guinea's origin: weary of swimming, a turtle builds an island resting-place--to which she brings a lonely man from the bottom of the sea and a woman from a faraway land; the two prosper and multiply. Lessac's decorative, bright paintings beautifully depict the sea teeming with underwater creatures, the new island burgeoning with life.