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Grandma And The Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale (2013)

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1596433787 (ISBN13: 9781596433786)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Roaring Brook Press

review 1: I had a hard time enjoying this folk tale from Bengali. It is the story of an old woman on the way to her daughter's house. Along the way she runs into a fox, a tiger, and a bear. Each one wants to eat her but she convinces them that she will be more tasty when she has eaten at her daughter's house. When time comes to leave, she remembers that the creatures will be waiting for her to come back through the forest. So her daughter seals her up in a huge gourd and rolls her into the forest. None of the animals are looking for a gourd, they are looking for an old woman, and none figure out it is her until the fox.
review 2: An Indian folktale about an old woman who journeys through the jungle to visit her daughter and grandchildren. Along the way she meets m... moreany fierce, hungry animals, but tricks them into waiting to eat her until she's been fattened up by spending time at her daughter's house. Visiting with her family does indeed fatten the old woman up, but with the help of her daughter she hollows out a large gourd and rolls back down the jungle path in it. She sings a song when she crosses paths with the jungle animals and they helpfully push her gourd on down the path, but it is the clever fox who discovers her trick. She requests that before he eats her she is permitted to sing a song. In her song she summons the hep of her two dogs and they chase the fearsome creature away.Mixed media paintings bring the jungle to life in a vibrant wash of color. Must see artwork paired with a clever story makes for a winning combination. less

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