East of the Sun and West of the Moon
by Mercer Mayer
Through bold, evocative prose and flowing,
full-color paintings, author-illustrator Mercer Mayer has created
a stirring tale of a maiden's quest to atone her past faithlessness
and prove her true love.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon Print
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One day her mother said to her, "I must send
you on a very difficult journey or your father will die. You must
go to the house of the South Wind and from the spring in his garden
draw a clear drink of water. Bring it back in this silver cup."