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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, Reteller

Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale

32 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | March, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-378-6 $17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Susy Pilgrim Waters. Along the way to her daughter's house, Grandma talks three animals out of eating her by convincing them to wait for her return trip. Divakaruni's retelling of a Bengali folktale evokes the oral tradition by frequent use of pattern and onomatopoeia. Waters's mixed-media collages are perhaps too pretty, but they give a sense of depth through layering and textures.
Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2013

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