Baya, Baya, Lulla-by-a - Softcover
The baya bird of India weaves its nest of grasses and flowers. In this dramatic yet lulling lullaby of a book, such a bird also saves a baby girl's life.
Melodious words and artful pictures intertwine to cast a spell, as luminous as the nest the baya bird builds and encrusts with fireflies, as powerful as the love one Indian mother feels for the choti ladki she rocks in the cradle of her vermilion scarf.
Melodious words and artful pictures intertwine to cast a spell, as luminous as the nest the baya bird builds and encrusts with fireflies, as powerful as the love one Indian mother feels for the choti ladki she rocks in the cradle of her vermilion scarf.
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About the Author:
Megan McDonald, beloved author of the Judy Moody books, is also a gifted storyteller. She is the author of When the Library Lights Go Out, illustrated by Katherine Tillotson; The Hinky-Pink, illustrated by Brian Floca; and the now-classic Is This a House for Hermit Crab?, illustrated by S.D. Schindler. She lives in Sebastopol, California.
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PreS-Gr. 2. A mother (Mata) in rural India weaves and embroiders a safekeeping blanket for her baby girl "thread / by thread / by whispering thread," while in a nearby tree a mother baya bird weaves grasses and petals "up down around / its vining, twining nest." As Mata knots her chadr scarf in the tree and her baby swings in the tiny hammock, Baya Bird calls a warning "mother to mother" of a slithering cobra close by, and the baby is saved. Weaving in Hindi words, the poetry is rhythmic and beautiful, and the richly detailed watercolors are filled with the movement, warmth, and patterns of cloth and quilt. It's not clear who the audience is here; the story is certainly too complex to be a lullaby. But older children, especially those interested in Hindi culture, will enjoy the music of the words, the connections with nature, and, above all, the physical evocation in words and art of how a baby feels wrapped in a mother's loving embrace. Hazel Rochman
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- PublisherAtheneum Books for Young Readers
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1481425331
- ISBN 13 9781481425339
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorRosenberry Vera
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