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There was an old man who painted the sky

In the rhythm of "The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly," a prehistoric man, contemplating the creation of the world, paints images on the ceiling of a cave, that are later discovered by a young Spanish girl in 1879.

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Main Author: Sloat, Teri
Other Authors: Vitale, Stefano (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Altamira Cave (Spain) > Juvenile fiction.
Stories in rhyme.
Cave paintings > Juvenile fiction.
Art, Prehistoric > Juvenile fiction.
Creation > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
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Summary:In the rhythm of "The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly," a prehistoric man, contemplating the creation of the world, paints images on the ceiling of a cave, that are later discovered by a young Spanish girl in 1879.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:9780805067514 (hc : alk. paper)
0805067515 (hc : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Teri Sloat grew up in Salem, in the Willamette Valley where berry crops are grown. As a child, as soon as school was out for the summer, Sloat went to work in the fields. Her and her friends picked berries from 5am until 4pm.

Sloat had planned on teaching art in high school. She met her husband in college and before they began teaching high school, they were given a chance to move to rural Alaska and teach elementary school in a small Yup'ik village at the mouth of the Yukon River. They lived and taught for 12 years on the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers in Yup'ik villages.

Sloat has been publishing books for children since 1989.

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