1. How Night Came from the Sea Retold by Mary- Joan Gerson Illustrated by Carla Golembe

3. Summary Why do we have day and night? A Brazilian legend says there was always daylight on Earth until the African goddess Iemanja’s daughter left her ocean home to marry a land dweller. When Iemanja’s daughter became homesick for the cool, shadowy world under the sea, her mother sent some of the darkness up to her, and now we have night on land as well as day.

31. He dwells in a white house with a flower garden and a pale fence around the yard.

32. He dwells in a white house with a flower garden and a pale fence around the yard.

33. The city was plunged into darkness by the power outage.

34. The city was plunged into darkness by the power outage.

35. There was a fox on the prowl earlier.

36. There was a fox on the prowl earlier.

37. They burst into a chorus of Happy Birthday.

38. They burst into a chorus of Happy Birthday.

39. Queen Victoria reigned over Britain from 1837 to 1901.

40. Queen Victoria reigned over Britain from 1837 to 1901.

41. In the winter, some creatures hibernate in a cave.

42. In the winter, some creatures hibernate in a cave.

43. The sky was a brilliant, cloudless blue.

44. The sky was a brilliant , cloudless blue.

45. She could see her reflection in the water, shimmering in the moonlight.

46. She could see her reflection in the water, shimmering in the moonlight.

47. People who explore Antarctica are not cowards.

48. People who explore Antarctica are not cowards .

49. Early this morning, sunlight gleamed through my window.

50. Early this morning, sunlight gleamed through my window.