Beginnings of Earth & Sky by Sophia L. Fans | 1937 FIRST EDITION/3rd Printing | Children's Religious Education Book | Bixley Shop

A beautiful collection of origin stories from around the world, Beginnings of Earth & Sky was written by Sophia L. Fahs, published by The Beacon Press in 1937. This is a FIRST EDITION/Third Printing copy. Featuring 12 multi-cultural origins stories ranging from the Hebrew/Christian tradition to Japan, Australia, China, Iceland, Greece and even Dante and Sir Isaac Newton, the collection offers children different cultural interpretations of how we as humans came to be.

An amazing addition to your children's book library, great for homeschoolers, or anyone interested in the history of religious education.

ABOUT THE BEACON PRESS (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
The history of Beacon Press actually begins in 1825, the year the American Unitarian Association (AUA) was formed. This liberal religious movement had the enlightened notion to publish and distribute books and tracts that would spread the word of their beliefs not only about theology but also about society and justice. In the Press of the American Unitarian Association (as Beacon was called then) purchased and published works that were largely religious in nature and "conservative Unitarian" in viewpoint (far more progressive, nonetheless, than many other denominations). The authors were often Unitarian ministers—dead or alive, American or British, mostly Caucasian, and far more male than female. Many of the books were collections of sermons, lectures, and letters, balanced by volumes of devotion, hymns, and morally uplifting tales. In the early 1900s Samuel Eliot broadened the mission of the press by publishing books dealing with ethical, sociological, philanthropic, and similar subjects, as well as those of a more strictly religious character.... Although books of marked theology and religious note continued to have a predominant place in Association publication, the wide interest in all subjects relating to social and moral betterment were included and the evergrowing topics of war and peace and arbitration, or national amity and racial brotherhood were represented.

BIXLEY NOTES
• Beginnings of Earth & Sky
• Written by Sophia L. Fahs
• Pen & Ink illustrations by Marjorie Cole
• Published by The Beacon Press, 1937
• FIRST EDITION/3rd Printing
• 155 page linen hardcover with labeled front & original dust jacket (unclipped)
• Original price $1.25
• Measures 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

VINTAGE NOTES
• In great condition
• Binding is nice and tight
• Pages are clean and unmarked
• Dust jacket has yellow a bit especially on the binding

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