FICTION

The Rumor

by Anushka RAVISHANKAR
illus. by Kanyika Kini. 32p. CIP. Tundra. May 2012. Tr $17.95. ISBN 978-1-77049-280-6. LC 2011923290.
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K-Gr 3—Grumpy Pandu has the unusual experience of coughing a feather out of his throat and makes the mistake of telling his wife about the incident. Their tiny Indian village is a rumor mill, and before long the story is greatly exaggerated. Soon it is reported (in verse) that he coughed out a whole forest of trees and its myriad animals, a flock of birds, and…the feather. When Pandu hears the tale, he does something even more unusual; he laughs. The stylized ink and colored-pencil illustrations are bright and cheerful and depict the village inhabitants and their vivid imaginations.—Lisa Egly Lehmuller, St. Patrick's Catholic School, Charlotte, NC
Old Pandurang is the grumpiest man in the village of Baddbaddpur. One day Pandurang inexplicably coughs up a feather; he tells his wife about it ("but don't tell anyone"), beginning the thread of increasingly wild and more exaggerated accounts passed among the gossipy Baddbaddpurians. Humorous text and lush illustrations reflecting the story's silliness create a unique and entertaining tall tale.
Reviewed by Lisa Egly Lehmuller , May 01, 2012

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