Arrow to the Sun [SEP] illustrator
Arrow to the Sun
Arrow to the Sun is a 1973 short film and a 1974 book, both by Gerald McDermott. The book was printed in gouache and ink, and won the 1975 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Both media are a retelling of a Pueblo tale, specifically an Acoma Pueblo tale, in which a mysterious boy seeks his father.
Plot.
The Boy (who does not have a name) is the son of the Sun lord, who sends the spark of life into a maiden of the
- 1999, American Orff-Schulwerk Association Advocate
Books.
Books As writer and illustrator.
- 1972 "Anansi the Spider: a tale from the Ashanti" (Holt, )
- 1973 "The Magic Tree: a tale from the Congo"
- 1974 "Arrow to the Sun: a Pueblo Indian tale"
- 1975 "The Stone-cutter: a Japanese tale"
- 1977 "The Voyage of Osiris"
- 1979 "The Knight of the Lion"
- 1984