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Out Of The Way! Out Of The Way! (2010)

by Uma Krishnaswami(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Tulika

review 1: In this lyrical story, a tree grow up, going with the development of the village. This tree was planted by a boy in the middle of a dusty path. While the village became more and more busy，and the street became a road, the tree became a giant. I like the style of the pictures. The illustrations, in pen-and-ink with vibrant blocks of color, have a traditional Indian folk-art feel. This is a great book to read aloud in class. Maybe, it is also perfect to timeline work. Let students list timelines about from baby tree to a wide spread tree, from village to city, and from a boy to a man. that is a funny process for finding the change around this tree.
review 2: A little boy sees a tree sprouting out of the ground and does everything he can to ensure it grows. As i... moret grows larger and larger we see the town evolve around it. A sweet story that would do best read aloud. I can see using it as a teaching tool to talk about communities and ecology. I am not a huge fan of the illustrations. I think had the story been illustrated better it would have brought more life to the book. My 8 yr old didn't have too much too comment on with this story. less

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