Where Shall We Go?

by Nandini Nayar, Francesco Manetti (Illustrator)

Overview

Book 4 in the Curious Sameer Series.

Sameer has plans for the summer holidays—big plans. And he has the perfect place in mind. Can Amma guess where he wants to go? Be transported by Nandini Nayar's nimble little vignettes and Francesco Manetti's joyous locales in this quirky, fanciful tale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788181902870
Publisher:	Moon Over Mountain
Publication date:	07/15/2014
Series:	Curious Sameer , #4
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 Years

About the Author

Nandini Nayar: Nandini Nayar is a Hyderabad-based children’s writer. She has published several picture books with various publishers. Her work is widely published in India, the USA, and the UK, and has been featured on the lists of the US Board on Books for Young People. She also writes for young adults.
Francesco Manetti: Francesco Manetti spent his childhood in the countryside, surrounded by the colors and fragrances of flowering fields. He has a Masters degree in Graphic Design from the Institute IFOTER. He has also studied Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara.

Editorial Reviews

"Children will delight in guessing along with her, and all will be satisfied with the final answer. Ideal for storytimes and for one-on-one sharing (especially with grandparents)" - School Library Journal

"This otherwise successful series stumbles a bit in this outing." - Kirkus

From the Publisher

11/01/2014
PreS-K—In this Indian import, Sameer's mother tries to guess where her son is going on vacation. He tells her: "It is a special place," where he can stay up late, play all day, take his stuffed animal friends, have people cook his favorite things, and hear a new story every day. His mother makes several guesses and finally gives up, so Sameer tells her, "Grandma and Grandpa's house, of course!" Bold, brightly colored illustrations fill the oversize spreads, depicting each suggestion Sameer's mother makes: a playground, a hotel, a zoo, a summer camp. Children will delight in guessing along with her, and all will be satisfied with the final answer. Ideal for storytimes and for one-on-one sharing (especially with grandparents).—Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA

School Library Journal

2014-06-04
The third offering in the Curious Sameer series from India invites readers to consider all the fun to be had during school vacations.Sameer delights in giving Amma clues about the “special place” where he plans to spend his school vacation. From page to page, he constructs a childhood idyll, and his mother guesses various places that might embody the joys he describes. Finally, Amma repeats all of the wonderful things he mentions and asks him to tell her where this special place is. He reveals it to be “Grandma and Grandpa’s house, of course!” This lovely resolution is somewhat undermined by how out of place the English monikers feel in a story partially defined by its cultural specificity and seamless use of the term Amma and the name Sameer. Another, arguably more egregious, misstep occurs when Sameer describes a place where he can bring “puzzles, paint box, and drawing book.” Amma guesses that he is describing a summer camp, and the accompanying art shows children making art outside amid what seem like generic Plains Indian teepees. How these structures relate to a vision of summer camp is unclear—except perhaps through an unfortunate, tired reiteration of a stereotype of American Indians.This otherwise successful series stumbles a bit in this outing. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews