Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Monsoon
    Monsoon
    Monsoon
    Ebook27 pages6 minutes

    Monsoon

    By Uma Krishnaswami and Jamel Akib

    4/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    "An expressive story about seasons, extremes, and waiting." - Kirkus Reviews

    Children play, birds call, and grownups go about their business during the hot days of summer in northern India. But in the bustle of street and marketplace, everyone is watching, waiting for those magical clouds to bring their gift of rain to the land. Through the observations of one young girl, the scents and sounds, the dazzling colors and the breathless anticipation of a parched cityscape are vividly evoked during the final days before the welcome arrival of the monsoon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateDec 20, 2016
    ISBN9781466896703
    Monsoon
    Author

    Uma Krishnaswami

    UMA KRISHNASWAMI was born in India and now lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Her other publications include Two at the Top, illustrated by Christopher Corr; Book Uncle and Me, illustrated by Julianna Swaney, winner of the ILA Social Justice Literature Award; and The Girl of the Wish Garden, illustrated by Nasrin Khosravi. She has been nominated twice for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Uma is faculty emerita in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

    Read more from Uma Krishnaswami

    Related to Monsoon

    Related ebooks

    Children's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Picnic Guests

      May 1, 2022

      Picnic Guests
      2 min read

    • Article

      Planting The Seeds

      Mar 2, 2022

      Planting The Seeds
      2 min read

    • Article

      Home

      Mar 1, 2021

      Home
      1 min read

    • Article

      New Dawn

      Aug 16, 2023

      New Dawn
      2 min read

    • Article

      New Dawn

      Aug 16, 2023

      New Dawn
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Best Rain in Literature

      Apr 14, 2020

      The Best Rain in Literature
      11 min read

    • Article

      More Poetry, Please

      Oct 6, 2021

      I’LL never forget the first time I read Edward Thomas’s As the Team’s Head-Brass. I had been familiar with Adlestrop from school and, later, had been introduced to Old Man and The Manor Farm (all three beautiful, rural vignettes), but the gentle pace

      5 min read

    • Article

      In The Slow Lane

      Oct 7, 2020

      In The Slow Lane
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Daintree

      Jul 9, 2021

      The Daintree
      6 min read

    • Article

      Drifting Thoughts

      Nov 26, 2019

      Drifting Thoughts
      5 min read

    • Article

      Table Talk

      Mar 1, 2023

      Table Talk
      9 min read

    • Article

      Lay Of The Land

      Aug 27, 2021

      TARA K. SHEPERSKY YOU WOULDN’T know how to get down here without someone to point out the path. You wouldn’t know there was a public beach at all. From the road, signs are few. An eclectic scatter of homes, distorted wave-speak rumbling from thick ra

      17 min read

    • Article

      Chasing Waterfalls

      Mar 2, 2022

      Chasing Waterfalls
      2 min read

    • Article

      All Is Safely Gathered In

      Jul 20, 2022

      All Is Safely Gathered In
      3 min read

    • Article

      In Search Of Nice Words

      Apr 10, 2024

      I DON’T know why we are here,’ admitted Wittgenstein, ‘but I’m pretty sure it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.’ Our twins, if their social-media posts since their arrival at university last September are anything to go by, think otherwise. Indeed,

      2 min read

    • Article

      June

      May 21, 2020

      June
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Language Of A Hunt

      Sep 3, 2020

      The Language Of A Hunt
      20 min read

    • Article

      Once Upon A Time…

      Dec 16, 2021

      Once Upon A Time…
      8 min read

    • Article

      Three Poems

      Jul 1, 2020

      Who decides where a river starts? When are there enoughsources, strong currents and water wide enough for its name? In Colorado, the Chama begins in smaller creeks and streams,flows into New Mexico to form the Rio Grande, splitting Texas and Mexico (

      2 min read

    • Article

      Death’s Footsteps

      Nov 29, 2017

      Death’s Footsteps
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Miracle Of Rain

      May 27, 2022

      The Miracle Of Rain
      8 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Monsoon

    4/5

    19 ratings4 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      There are several reasons why I enjoyed reading this story. The first reason why is because of the illustrations. Without even turning the first page, I am able to visualize a powerful monsoon from the title, though to my surprise the illustrations depicted many other happenings. For example, the commotion within the city streets, the marketplace, and the different weather patterns were all beautifully illustrated before the monsoon arrival was illustrated. Through the vivid watercolors, I was able to see just how chaotic urban India becomes, when expecting the arrival of a monsoon. The second reason why I enjoyed this story is because of the informational plot. Although this book was written for children, I found myself learning new information about monsoons on every page. For example, at the end of the book the author explains that monsoons come at different times of the year and in different directions depending on which part of India a person lives. I also always thought that monsoons where an event that was dreaded, though in this story I learned that they are very much needed for survival and economical growth in certain parts of the world. The main idea to this story is patience. The entire city was anxiously awaiting the arrival of the monsoon, though they all knew it would come when it was ready to. The children and adults remained patient for its arrival.
    • 4/5
      This is a story about an Indian family who is preparing for the monsoon season to arrive. The beauty in this book comes from the pictures that vividly help the reader experience the culture of India. The text includes a glossary of Hindi words at the beginning of the book and an explanation about monsoons at the end.
    • 3/5
      It is a hot day in India and everyone is watching and waiting for the monsoon rains. It is a good glimpse inro the culture and weather in India.
    • 4/5
      A young girl and her family wait for the monsoon to reach their city in northern India in this lovely picture-book from author Uma Krishnaswami and illustrator Jamel Akib. "All summer we have worn the scent of dust - gravelly, grainy, gritty dust - blowing on the winds and sprinkling through our clothes and hair" the girl narrator begins, going on to describe in rich and expressive detail the experiences of a hot Indian summer. The simmering tension that slowly builds, the simultaneous longing for the cool release of the coming rains, and fear of what those rains might bring, in the form of flooding and destruction, are all brilliantly captured, until finally, in a moment of stillness and then release, it comes!Krishnaswami's poetic narrative in Monsoon is pitch-perfect, evoking that sense of expectancy that accompanies the advent of so dramatic a weather shift as a monsoon, and confirming my impression - gained from another of her picture-books, the immensely poignant Chachaji's Cup - that here is a children's author of great skill! The accompanying artwork by Jamel Akib is simply beautiful, and, with all of its hot red and yellow tones, transports the reader into the sweltering cityscape being depicted. All in all, this an immensely effective book, one I would recommend to anyone looking for children's stories set in India, or who has longed (like the narrator) for the coming of the rains.

    Book preview

    Monsoon - Uma Krishnaswami

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1