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Don't Spill The Milk! (2013)

by Stephen Davies(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1849394520 (ISBN13: 9781849394529)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Andersen

review 1: Corr's brightly colored, folk art style illustrations bring Davies' story about a young West African girl carrying a bowl of milk to her father who is in the grasslands herding sheep. She traverse quite a variety of terrain before reaching her father without spilling a drop-- only to have an accident of nature spill the milk! Her wise father consoles her and sends her home with the bowl now filled with some mango and love. The reader sees village life, the mask dancers celebrating, and some animals on her journey. As she travels, she talks to herself, reminding and encouraging, in a manner that is worldwide. This gentle tale of a slight adventure conveys love and perseverance, which is universal, while introducing American readers to another part of the w... moreorld.
review 2: I am a big fan of Stephen Davies' teen and middle grades books, so when I saw this in my library's catalog I had to get it (even though we no longer read picture books at bedtime). A young girl delivers a bowl of milk to her father far away in the fields. Disaster strikes at the end, but her father reassures her that "there was more than milk in that bowl." As with his longer works, this is true to the culture and landscape - make sure to read the author's note at the end. Christopher Corr's illustrations are bright and colorful and child-like. less

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