I see the Sun in Indian By Dedie King

Citation: King, D., & Inglese, J. (2014). I See the Sun in India. Hardwick: Satya House.

Lexile Score: n/a

Summary:

                This story follows the daily schedule of a girl who lives in India. The story talks about what life is like in India as well common tourist attractions. The book is also written in Hindu and has a Hindu glossary in the back.

Evaluation:

                 Overall I feel this book is not of high quality. I felt like the story was trying to incorporate too many things at once that would confuse children. The storyline itself was filled with many stereotypes from how people live to what people look like. Everything in the book is exactly how most stereotypes are for India.

                The illustrations in the book were even worse than the storyline. The pictures looked a bit hazy and were did not look pleasing. Half the picture looked like a basic drawing while the other half looked also realistic. All the pictures did was accommodate the horrible writing and plot of the story.

Literary Elements:

Setting: India- in a hotel, school, the streets, and the movie theater.

Character: Mila-India girl

Mini Lesson:

                The only lesson I would teach with this book is the importance to incorporate more than one language when writing stories and to always show the importance of every language. I would show how this book had the same words written in both English and Hindu and explain why that is important.  

Age: 5+