Gerson, Mary-Joan. Why the sky is far away : a folktale from Nigeria / retold by Mary-Joan Gerson. Illustrated by Hope Meryman. - New York : Harcourt, 1974. - 32 p. : ill. A folktale explaining why the sky is so far away. ISBN: 0152963103 LCCN: 73017343 Subjects--Topical Terms: Folktales--Africa Dewey Class. No.: 398.2