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Once When the World was Green.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
Jan Wahl, illus. by Fabricio Vandenbroeck. Tricycle, $14.95 (32p) ISBN 1-883672-12-0
Inspired by the symbols and themes of the Mayan "bible" the Popol Vuh, Wahl (Little Eight John) concocts a lyrical but somewhat arbitrarily structured fable that unfolds in a south-of-the-border, Eden-like setting. When Corn Grower succumbs to the temptation of killing animals solely for personal adornment, eagles carry off his son, Small Ears, seemingly to prevent the child from following in his father's …
