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PreS-Gr 2 Here's a creation myth that casts the creator as a full-figured, down-home Big Momma, with a baby on her hip and a pile of laundry and dishes to do. Oxenbury's luminous, oversized acrylics perfectly capture the strong, no-nonsense personality of this barefoot creator capable of making and moving mountains. Big Momma doesn't mess around, as she commands each part of the world to appear: "Earth, ' said Big Momma,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In Oxenbury's cheerfully triumphant characterization, Big Momma is large, round, and as unperturbed as the cumulus cloud on which she sits; as powerful as her quintessential mother love for "that little baby sitting on her hip"; as creative as her male counterpart. When Big Momma made the world, "she didn't mess around...she rolled up her sleeves and went to it.... 'Light,' said Big Momma. And you better believe there was light.... and Big Momma said, 'That's good. That's real good.' That's how the first day went by." This creator's motives are as down-to-earth as they are cosmic: "'I need a plac...Log In or Sign Up to Read More