Tales of Heaven and Earth: The River Goddess
By: Vijay Singh
Contributors: Hugo, Pierre de, ill. Translated into French by Alain Porte "La déesse qui devint fleuve".
Series: Tales of Heaven and Earth
Publisher: Moonlight Publishing
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London 1994; Gallimard Jeunesse Paris 1993; Kaufmann-Klett Germany 1994; Zwijsen Holland 1994
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Gangā (Hindu deity) -- Juvenile literature; Gangā (Hindu deity); Mythology, Hindu
Genres: Narrative
Other titles: Hindu tale
First sentence: Preface: The beauty of man is often the child in him. 
Chapter 1 (English): It was a breathtaking sight.
Chapitre 1 (French version): Cela se passe en Inde, dans l'Himalaya, cette immense chaîne montagneuse dont les sommets sont les plus élevés du monde, et dont le nom signifie "la demeure des neiges."
Description: A mother tells her young daughter how the Goddess Ganga came to earth and became the Ganges River. Explanatory sidebars present information about Hindu beliefs.

This book was first published in French by Gallimard Jeunesse in 1993. Then published in English, German and Dutch in 1994. The author Vijay Singh is a well-known Indian writer, film-maker and screenplay writer living in Paris, France. Some of his other works are the books Jaya Ganga, In Search of the River Goddess (also published in French) , Whirlpool of Shadows (Jonathan Cape, also published in French as "Tourbillon d'ombres", Ramsay) and La Nuit Poignardée (in French), and the films One Dollar Curry and Jaya Ganga (Jaya, Fille du Gange).