AMMAMA'S SARI
Author:
Niveditha SubramaniamPublisher:
Tulika PublishersLanguage:
EnglishCategory:
Picture-books2 Ratings
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Oh-oh! Ammama’s sari has a hole in it! So she gets down to some snipping and stitching. And the sari becomes a pretty curtain, a snug baby-sling, a perfect plaything for the cat... Niveditha Subramaniam’s stunningly textured cloth collages weave through the pages of this wordless picture book with the touch and feel of the sari. To her, they evoke comfortable sensory memories of her own Ammama — the grandmother for whom upcycling was as natural as being in a sari.
ISBN: 9789389203165
Pages: 24
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
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February 28, 2023, 5:15 pm
Ponsudana Muthuraj
A beautiful wordless picture book about reusing the torn sari of ammama. The pictures are so beautiful and it is illustrated in forms of fabric. The main theme of this book is reusing the sari as window curtains to baby sling to cat toy and dool dress was beautiful shown. As there are no words we can narrate the story in our desired launguage to our children. This book will help in improving the vocabulary of the children also. The story could be easily understood by seeing the pictures in the book. I got this for my 8 months old baby, he enjoyed the story and pictures. But he wants to grab and bite it. I wish Tulika could have made it as a board book instead of a paperback. Also a sensory element of the sari with real fabric will be ideal for babies.
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