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Grandma and the Great Gourd
retold by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Illustrator: Susy Pilgrim Waters
Ages: 6+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Neal Porter/Roaring Brook/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-59643-378-6
Keywords: India, Animals
On the way to visit her daughter, Grandma meets a hungry fox, a bear, and a tiger who want to eat her. Can she outwit them? Vibrant collage illustrations.