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Author Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956- author.

Title Book Uncle and me / Uma Krishnaswami ; pictures by Julianna Swaney.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press, 2016.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  JF KRISHNASWAMI, U. (EARLY CHAPTER)    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J FICTION KRISHNASWAMI    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  J-F KRISHNASWAMI (EC)    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J-F KRISHNASWAMI (EC)    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Nutmeg Collection  J KRISHNASWAMI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Storage  J KRISHNASWAMI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Storage  J KRISHNASWAMI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Storage  J KRISHNASWAMI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Storage  J KRISHNASWAMI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  J KRISHNASWAMI    Check Shelf

Description 149 pages ; 20 cm.
Note "Original edition published by Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd. in 2012" -- copyright page
Summary 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.
Subject Reading -- Juvenile fiction.
Elections -- Juvenile fiction.
Girls -- Juvenile fiction.
Libraries -- Juvenile fiction.
Added Author Swaney, Julianna, illustrator.
Other Form: Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956-, author. Book Uncle and me. (CaOONL)20159084458
ISBN 9781554988082 (hardcover)
155498808X (hardcover)
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