EDUCATION EXTRA.Byline: The Register-Guard Younguncle Comes to Town By Vandana Singh Viking, 2006 Ages 8 and up Despite all of our sources for global information, understanding life in other cultures still does not come easily for many of us. Books have always been a gateway into other worlds, and now - perhaps more than ever - it seems important to make sure our children have access to those gateways. "Younguncle Comes to Town" is just such a book, offering a whimsical family tale full of adventure, magical realism magical realism n. A chiefly literary style or genre originating in Latin America that combines fantastic or dreamlike elements with realism. and striking visual images. Originally published in the author's native India in 2004, this delightful book takes its readers straight into contemporary life in India. In a small town in northern India, 9-year-old Sarita, 7-year-old Ravi and "Baby Sister" are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their father's younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
one of the bird groups known as typical parrots in the family Psittacidae. Small parrots with long tails and include the budgerigar. and other brightly hued hued adj. Having a given hue, aspect, or character. Often used in combination: rosy-hued; dark-hued. birds into their garden. Life is indeed much more colorful with Younguncle! In a land of mangos and monkeys, samosas and saris, the Indian children play Snakes and Ladders snakes and ladders Noun a board game in which players move counters along a series of squares by means of dice, going up the ladders to squares nearer the finish and down the snakes to squares nearer the start Noun 1. , visit their relatives and watch TV, just as children do here. They also help their favorite uncle rescue a stolen white cow with the assistance of some mischievous monkeys, come to the aid of a tree ghost and hear tales they will remember the rest of their lives. Readers, too, will remember the adventures of Younguncle and life in a country not so far away. Great for a first chapter book, the stories are told in an episodic episodic sporadic; occurring in episodes. e. falling a paroxymal disorder described in Cavalier King Charles spaniels in which affected dogs, starting at an early age, experience episodes of extensor rigidity, possibly brought on by stress. e. order that would work well as a family read-aloud choice. - Debra Bogart youth services librarian Eugene Public Library |
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