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Book Uncle and me

Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956- author, Swaney, Julianna, illustrator

2016

Overview

Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something. But what can she do? The local elections are coming up but she's just a kid. She can't even vote! Still, Yasmin has friends -- her best friend, Reeni, and Anil, who even has a black belt in karate. And she has grownup family and neighbors who, no matter how preoccupied they are, care about what goes on in their community. Then Yasmin remembers a story that Book Uncle selected for her. It's an old folktale about a flock of doves trapped in a hunter's net. The birds realize that if they all flap their wings at the same time, they can lift the net and fly to safety, where they seek the help of a friendly mole who chews a hole in the net and sets them free. And so the children get to work, launching a campaign to make sure the voices of the community are heard.

• Publisher: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
• Subject: Reading Juvenile fiction. / Elections Juvenile fiction. / Girls Juvenile fiction. / Libraries Juvenile fiction. / Community life Fiction. / Books and reading Fiction. / Friendship Fiction. / Books and reading Juvenile fiction. / Friendship Juvenile fiction. / Libraries India Juvenile fiction. / Libraries India Fiction. / JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia. / JUVENILE FICTION / Politics & Government. / Elections. / Girls. / Libraries. / Reading. / India Juvenile fiction. / India Fiction.
• ISBN: 9781554988082, 155498808X, 9781554988105, 1554988101

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PZ7.K8975 BO 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE