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Desert Girl, Monsoon boy

April 25, 2021 by Ms. Karen Leave a Comment

Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy by Tara Dairman, illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan
Format: Book
Who Its For: Kids

At first glance their lives couldn’t be more different. The nomad girl in the blistering dry desert fetches water and tends the camels, taking shelter from the howling sandstorms in her tent. The village boy in the green fields goes to school and tends the goats. He runs home as the monsoon rains begin, helping his family to seal the door and lift their belongings out of rising floodwaters. But as severe weather takes hold, as one family and their animals need water and the other needs dry safe ground, both families journey to the mountains, where they meet and celebrate their safety.
An eye-opening story of two branches of the Rabari people in India; the traditional nomadic herders of the desert and those settled in permanent villages who raise goats. Both groups struggle with weather extremes and climate change which threaten their livelihoods and lives . Author Archana Sreenivasan took special care to accurately portray the cultural distinctions between these two clans and her renderings are just beautiful. I love the illustrations in this story, especially the faces!

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Filed Under: Recommended for Kids Tagged With: Culture, Families, India, Rhyming, Weather

The Candle and the Flame

June 5, 2019 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

 

 

 


The Candle and the Flame
, by Nafiza Azad
May 14, 2019
Format: Book
Who it’s for: Teens

Fatima is a young woman living with her adopted family in the beautiful city of Noor.  In Noor, languages, cultures, religions, humans, and djinn blend together to create a unique and diverse city. Harmony is momentary, however, as humans clash with the evil djinn called Shayateen, and the city’s djinn protectors, the Ifrit. Timid Fatima finds her strength and independence in a new name as this story of magic and feminine strength unfolds.

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Filed Under: New for Teens Tagged With: Book, Culture, Fantasy, Magic, Strong Women

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