![]() ![]() ![]() The back matter notes Sreenivasan’s research, including community members’ input into making the book.įrom the July/August 2020 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. This book not only examines climate change through the eyes of communities whose lives and livelihoods depend on the weather, but also provides a starting point for conversations on gendered roles as well as about migration as a form of survival - and how our lives are interconnected. Intersecting panels highlight their parallel stories, while the spare rhyming text complements the arresting visuals. As the weather brings about sandstorms (for the girl) and floods (for the boy), both families are forced to move to higher ground - where the children finally meet. ![]() As heavy monsoon clouds threaten to burst, he attends to his day - going to school, herding goats with his grandfather, and splashing in muddy puddles. The yellows of the girl’s dusty surroundings contrast with the lush greens and blues of the boy’s village environment. ![]() Split pages portray the girl going about her day collecting firewood with her family, embroidering patterns with her grandmother, and eating family meals under the desert sky (the back matter indicates that the community is the Rabari nomadic tribe). Her next book for children will be DESERT GIRL, MONSOON BOY, illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan, due in May 2020. In this beautifully rendered study of contrasts and commonalities, Dairman imagines a girl and boy from two different biomes in India. Then came Taras latest novel for middle-grade readers, THE GREAT HIBERNATION, about a town where all of the adults fall asleep, leaving the kids in charge. ![]()
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