Mauntie and Me
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
What grows when you share it? A tender story of extended family, jealousy pangs, and above all love, from the Newbery Honor–winning author of I’ll Go and Come Back. Every Saturday, when Priya’s aunties and uncles and cousins come over, the other kids run off to play together, leaving Priya behind. But she doesn’t mind, because she gets to have her favorite aunt, Mauntie—short for My Auntie—all to herself. Until, that is, her older cousin Aditi comes to visit and wants to share Mauntie’s attention. Priya doesn’t want to share—she wants things to go back to the way they were! With Mauntie’s help, can she find a way to ease her feelings of jealousy and make room in their family duo for one more? Nadia Alam’s artwork details a cozy home and a big, loving family in this sweet story by Rajani LaRocca of taming cousin rivalry that will appeal to anyone who has ever felt like the odd one out or struggled to share something precious.
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A South Asian child feels her closeness with a beloved aunt may be threatened in this insightful tale about shifting relationships. Each the youngest in their respective families, Priya and Mauntie (short for My Auntie) spend time together when their relatives gather each week: Mauntie "cooked the tastiest treats, fashioned the fanciest hairdos, and told the best riddles." A visit from cousin Aditi, who's only a year older than Priya, finds her staying behind with them when the older cousins head off to play. Priya struggles throughout the visit until a reveal from Aditi suggests that more of the new dynamic will follow. Promising a day together, "just the two of us," Mauntie also presents a riddle, leading Priya to ponder, "What grows when you share it?" Alam's appealing digital and pencil illustrations show Mauntie and the two cousins amid bustling household scenes, hinting at the way families, and relational dynamics, grow and change. Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 3–7.
