Grandma and the great gourd a Bengali folk tale
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.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Roaring Brook Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "A Neal Porter Book." |
| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781596433786 (hbk.) 1596433787 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Divakaruni held many odd jobs until she was able to become an accomplished writer. She was the president of MAITRI, a crisis hotline for female South Asian victims of domestic abuse, and is currently a professor at Foothill College in California. Her works have been recognized in more than 50 magazines and 30 anthologies. She also has been awarded two PEN Syndicated Fiction Project Awards, a Pushcart Prize, and the Allen Ginsberg Poerty Prize. Divakaruni's books include Arranged Marriage and The Mistress of Spices. Her Title One Amazing Thing made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |
