Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Harry N. Abrams (2021), 40 pages
Description
Traveling to the southern tip of India, Sejal, Mommy, and Pati find their way to Kanyakumari, where three oceans meet, and delight in making it to the end of the earth together.
Local notes
Booklist, 06/30/2021
Grades K-3 - "Pati (grandma), Mommy, and Sejal may be part of the same family, but they have very different ideas about everything. Rather than this posing a problem, however, their simultaneous collaboration and independence makes their experiences together all the more exciting. They have three different reasons for wanting to travel to the same place: the southernmost tip of India. They go by car, train, and boat; they eat three different types of dosas; and they dress in three different generational styles. Vibrantly colored illustrations decorated with floral motifs and rich with contextual details bring to life their trip, their close relationships, and their glimpses of contemporary urban and rural southern India. A map in the back matter helps, too, showing where the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean meet. The metaphor of the intertwining of cross-cultural and cross-generational similarities and differences is sustained from start to finish, offering points of connection for readers from all backgrounds."
Grades K-3 - "Pati (grandma), Mommy, and Sejal may be part of the same family, but they have very different ideas about everything. Rather than this posing a problem, however, their simultaneous collaboration and independence makes their experiences together all the more exciting. They have three different reasons for wanting to travel to the same place: the southernmost tip of India. They go by car, train, and boat; they eat three different types of dosas; and they dress in three different generational styles. Vibrantly colored illustrations decorated with floral motifs and rich with contextual details bring to life their trip, their close relationships, and their glimpses of contemporary urban and rural southern India. A map in the back matter helps, too, showing where the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean meet. The metaphor of the intertwining of cross-cultural and cross-generational similarities and differences is sustained from start to finish, offering points of connection for readers from all backgrounds."
Awards
Charlotte Zolotow Award (Highly Commended Title — 2022)
South Asia Book Award (Honorable Mention — Young Readers — 2022)
CCBC Choices (2022)
Nerdy Book Award (2021)