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Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India
Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India Chitra Soundar and Frané Lessac have adapted a traditional Irula story to make it more accessible: turning the traditional churraka into a pumpkin and highlighting the story’s universal themes. The story does, not, however, abandon its cultural roots. It is authentic in its language, retaining the Indian names […]
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Posted in Ages 6-8, animals, chitra soundar, comparative religions, Fiction, flood, flood story, folklore, folktale, frane lessac, geography, Grades 3-6, Grades K-2, Humanity, India, Irula, kindness, Marvelous Picture Books, multicultural, plant, Pre-K, pumpkin, Religion, retelling, the environment, traditional
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