Book Uncle and me / Uma Krishnaswami ; illustrations by Julianna Swaney.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781554988099
- ISBN: 1554988098
- ISBN: 9781554988099 : PAP
- ISBN: 1554988098 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781554988099
- ISBN: 1554988098
- Physical Description: 149 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
- Edition: First paperback edition.
- Publisher: Toronto ; Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Original edition published by Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd. in 2012" -- T.p. verso. |
Summary, etc.: | "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."-- Provided by publisher. |
Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Nominee, Elementary, 2020. |
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- 17 of 17 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beacon Falls Public Library | J FIC KRI (Text) | 33120000391620 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | J KRISHNASWAMI (Text) | 34030142858841 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | J KRISHNASWAMI (Nutmeg Nominee 2020) (Text) | 34000090057159 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | J FIC KRISHNASWAMI (Text) | 36937000628165 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | J CHAP KRISHNASWAMI (Text) | 34000090056037 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | J CHAP KRISHNASWAMI (Text) | 34000090056045 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library - North Canaan | JF KRI (Text) | 33490002538985 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
East Side Branch - Bridgeport | J KRISHNASWAMI (Text) | 34000090057217 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | J FIC KRI (Text) | 34026141119797 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | J FIC KRI (Text) | 34026141119847 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
BookList Review
Book Uncle and Me
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Yasmin, nine, lives in India, and she loves to read. Book Uncle, with his stand of books he lends for free, is her main source for new reading material. Every day, Yasmin trades in the book she just read for a new one, usually one recommended by Book Uncle. Meanwhile, in school, she is learning about elections and how she can participate in issues, even if she can't vote. Then the mayor issues an order to shut down Book Uncle's corner stand, and Yasmin finds that even if she can't vote in the upcoming election, she and her friends and the adults in their lives can pool their resources, help Book Uncle, and create change. Yasmin's first-person narrative is lively and lilting, and the novel is packed with interesting characters and plenty of humor. Most important, the message that is conveyed without bludgeoning the reader over the head is that anyone, no matter their age or size, can make a positive difference in their community.--Scanlon, Donna Copyright 2016 Booklist
Publishers Weekly Review
Book Uncle and Me
Publishers Weekly
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Nine-year-old Yasmin loves to read. Luckily, a man known as Book Uncle has set up a free lending library on a nearby corner in her Indian city. Yasmin loves his book stall, but the mayor thinks it's unseemly and needs to go. However, it's election time, and Yasmin becomes determined to get Book Uncle and his stall back. Cooperation and progress are central themes in this thoughtful look on the power of words and grassroots activism, which emphasizes that even a child can make a difference. Augmented by newcomer Swaney's delicately detailed spot illustrations, Krishnaswami's (The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic) story immerses readers in Yasmin's daily life and the people in it. "They all want votes," a fruit vendor tells Yasmin as the election heats up. "Then when they get elected, they don't do anything." Politicos who fall short and people eager for change are just a couple of the cross-cultural similarities readers may recognize in this brisk chapter book, originally published in India. Ages 7-10. Author's agent: Ginger Knowlton, Curtis Brown. Illustrator's agent: Anne Moore Armstrong, Bright Agency. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
The Horn Book Review
Book Uncle and Me
The Horn Book
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Nine-year-old avid reader Yasmin is horrified when her friend Book Uncle, who runs a free lending library on a street corner in her neighborhood, is told he must shut it down. She enlists the help of her friends, her teachers, members of the community, and the media (her best friend Reenis mom works at the TV station) to fight the ban by influencing the outcome of her citys mayoral election. When she is ultimately successful, she finally understands the meaning of a story Book Uncle had insisted she read: a story about how doves, caught in a net, escape from a hunter when they all fly up into the air together, carrying the net with them. The election plot is contrived, but it is appropriately child-sized, and young readers may be inspired by the books message of community activism and the power of participation. They will surely be charmed by Yasmins upbeat personality and determination. The book, first published in India in 2012, takes place in an unnamed modern Indian city; Krishnaswami effortlessly evokes everyday life there, naturally incorporating details of food (I help Umma to put out rice and egg curry and crunchy fried yams and grated carrots with mustard seeds on top), transportation (The traffic is so busy now that the bus can only go very, very slowly. The driver is not happy this afternoonHe yells at cars, scooters, autorickshaws, other buses and even a man driving a herd of goats across the road), family relationships, local commerce, and more to paint a vibrant and immediate picture of Yasmins world. martha v. parravano(c) Copyright 2016. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.