num_pages: 32
description: When a child looks up to find drawings on the ceiling of a cave she wonders how they were painted. Planets that spin the birds and the beasts woman and manhow did the old man in the sky paint it all? Based on the 1879 discovery of ceiling paintings in Spain's Altamira Cave this imaginative story expresses the awe of contemplating the creation of the world and locating beauty in an unexpected place. Children will revel in this timeless tale with truly breathtaking images.
language: English
title: There Was an Old Man Who Painted the Sky
publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)