# The Origin of Life on Earth

**Author:** David A. Anderson
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**First published:** 1992
**Page count:** 32
**Genre:** Creation
**ISBN-13:** `9781886366091`
**ISBN-10:** `1886366098`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-origin-of-life-on-earth
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Retells the Yoruba creation myth in which the deity Obatala descends from the sky to create the world.

## Where this book is assigned

### Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1993 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1993 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1993 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1993 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)

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