Authors: Mala
Kumar & Manisha Chaudhry
Illustrator: Niloufer
Wadia
Grandmothers are extremely sweet and caring. I am sure you
will agree that each granny is unique in her own way. All of us have sweet memories
with our respective grandmothers and all vacations spent with her.
Meet this lovely grandma who has a strange fetish or hobby.
She loves juggling anything and everything wherever she is – be it the kitchen,
office, market or grandpa’s things! Everyone around are exasperated and
frazzled with her strange fetish.
Inside the kitchen, she juggles pots, pans, vegetables,
fruits etc. Once she even tossed grandpa’s watch, pen, spectacles, cap and even
his umbrella in the air and juggled. Poor grandpa had a fit seeing his things
tossed up in the air. He threw up his hands and became angry.
One day, she went to the market and to the fruit seller’s
dismay, she tossed his mangoes in the air and one went flying to the ground and
became pulp. Onlookers were scared as she kept tossing one thing after another
and they dared not stop her. Grandpa looked flustered and embarrassed. In an
office, one day, granny started tossing pens, books and stationary in the air,
much to the dismay of the employees working there.
Finally, one day, grandpa gifted her a whole basket of colourful
balls. Grandma was really happy with them and grandpa watched her in delight as
she started juggling them in the air gleefully. That night he slept fitfully as
granny kept juggling the balls the whole night!
This book is a lovely read-it-aloud for toddlers aged 3+.
Kids will love to imagine the juggling granny and probably try juggling
themselves too!
A Level 2 book from Pratham Publications, the authors have
asked questions about juggling which makes children think and comprehend the
story well.
Comments
Post a Comment