Pattan's pumpkin : a traditional flood story from southern India
(2017, original release: 2016)
By:
Soundar, Chitra
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/FOLKTALES/ASIA/SOU
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017
©2016
©2016
EDITION
First U.S. edition
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780763692742, 0763692743 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Pattan has an amazing pumpkin. It grows bigger than the goats, bigger than the elephants... so BIG that it is as TALL as the mountains. Then one day, the storm clouds burst and the waters rise. Pattan, his family, and all the animals are in danger from the momentous flood. Can Pattan and his giant pumpkin save the day? Based on a traditional tale told by the Irula people of southern India -- From dust jacket