Grandma and the great gourd : a Bengali folktale / retold by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ; illustrated by Susy Pilgrim Waters.
Material type:
TextCopyright date: ©2013Edition: First editionDescription: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1596433787
- 9781596433786
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2095 D618 | Available | 33111007953967 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Once upon a time, in a little village in India, there lived an old woman. Everyone in the village called her Grandma. One day, Grandma received a letter from her daughter, who lived on the other side of the jungle. "Please come and visit me," said the letter. "I haven't seen you in so long. I miss you."
And so, Grandma begins a perilous journey to the far side of the jungle. Can she use her keen wit to escape the jungle animals and make it safely home?
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's sharp, rhythmic retelling of this Bengali folktale is complimented perfectly by Susy Pilgrim Waters's brightly colored, captivating illustrations.
Grandma and the Great Gourd is a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013
"A Neal Porter Book."
On her way to visit her daughter on the other side of the jungle, Grandma encounters a hungry fox, bear, and tiger, and although she convinces them to wait for her return trip, she still must find a way to outwit them all.