num_pages: 48
description: "Among the many creation retellings and variations, this one takes the cake." —  The Horn Book  (starred review)When Big Momma makes the world, she doesn’t mess around. With a baby on her hip and laundry piling up, she demands light and dark, earth and sky, creepers and crawlers, and lots of folks to trade stories with on the front porch. And when the work is done, Big Momma, she is pleased all right. "That’s good," she says. "That’s real good." With down-home language and infectious rhythms, Phyllis Root spins a creation myth like no other, brilliantly illustrated by the incomparable Helen Oxenbury.
language: English
title: Big Momma Makes the World
titlecomplete: Big Momma Makes the World
genres: Fiction, Paganism, Religion, Picture Books, 1st Grade, Folk Tales, Juvenile, Spirituality, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 276
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Picture Book
publisher: Candlewick Press