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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Soundar, Chitra

Pattan's Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India

32 pp. | Candlewick | August, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-9274-2 $17.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Lessac Frané. In this traditional tale of the Irula people of Kerala, Pattan and his wife (considered ancestors of the people) and all their animals escape a mountaintop threatened by flooding in a hollowed-out pumpkin and settle in the foothills below. Lessac's richly colored, naive-style gouache paintings beautifully depict the lush South Indian landscape, and the text is just right for reading aloud. An author's note is included.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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