Mango Memories
Mango Memories
Hardcover – Picture Book, April 9, 2024
by Sita Singh (Author), Nabi H. Ali (Illustrator)
Here is a completely captivating picture book that celebrates family, tradition...and mangoes!
Every summer, the branches of a little girl's favorite tree droops heavy with mangoes. And this year, she is finally old enough to help her family harvest them.
Her brother shares a memory about his first-time mango picking: his father holding him steady as he reached high above for the fruit. But when the girl climbs the tree, she becomes too dizzy. Then her grandma shares a mango memory: learning, many years ago, to toss a stone that knocked the fruit from the branches. But when the girl throws her stone, she keeps missing.
How can this little heroine create her own mango memory if she can't even pick a mango?
Narrated by a determined young Indian child, and set in a lush mango grove, here is a picture book that honors generational traditions and beautifully introduces young readers to a culture with which they may not be familiar.
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books (April 9, 2024)
Language: English
Hardcover: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0593486250
ISBN-13: 978-0593486252
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years
Lexile Measure: AD560L
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Item Weight: 1.11 pounds
Dimensions: 8.81 x 0.44 x 11.25 inches
