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Maya / Mahak Jain ; illustrated by Elly MacKay.
The electricity in Maya's house has gone out again. Worse, she is afraid of the dark -- and her fear has been even worse since her father died. Now it feels as if the darkness will never go away. Maya<U+2019>s mother distracts her with a legend about the banyan tree, which saved the world from the first monsoon by drinking up the floodwaters, and growing tall and strong. Later that night, unsettled by the noises around her, Maya revisits the story in her imagination. She ventures deep into the banyan tree, where she discovers not darkness but life: snakes slither, monkeys laugh, and elephants dance. Maya pushes her imagination even further to call up memories of her father, helping to soothe her fear and grief.
Record details
- ISBN: 177147100X
- ISBN: 9781771471008
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Owlkids Books Inc., 2016.
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.95 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Fear > Juvenile fiction. Fear of the dark > Juvenile fiction. Imagination > Juvenile fiction. Storytelling > Juvenile fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | STO JP Jain | 31681020034385 | PICTURE | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
After the lights go out in her house, Maya's mother distracts her from her fear of the dark with a retelling of the legend of the banyan tree. - Baker & Taylor
When the lights go out in her house, young Maya, whose fear of the dark has gotten worse since her father died, is given inspiration for her imagination by her mother's retelling of the legend of the banyan tree and how it saved the world from a monsoon. - Baker & Taylor
"The electricity in Maya's house has gone out again. Worse, she is afraid of the dark -- and her fear has been even worse since her father died. Now it feels as if the darkness will never go away. Maya's mother distracts her with a legend about the banyan tree, which saved the world from the first monsoon by drinking up the floodwaters, and growing tall and strong. Later that night, unsettled by the noises around her, Maya revisits the story in her imagination. She ventures deep into the banyan tree, where she discovers not darkness but life: snakes slither, monkeys laugh, and elephants dance. Maya pushes her imagination even further to call up memories of her father, helping to soothe her fear and grief"-- - Perseus Publishing
<div>The electricity in Maya’s house has gone out again. Worse, she is afraid of the dark — and her fear has been even worse since her father died. Now it feels as if the darkness will never go away.<br><br>Maya’s mother distracts her with a legend about the banyan tree, which saved the world from the first monsoon by drinking up the floodwaters, and growing tall and strong. Later that night, unsettled by the noises around her, Maya revisits the story in her imagination. She ventures deep into the banyan tree, where she discovers not darkness but life: snakes slither, monkeys laugh, and elephants dance. Maya pushes her imagination even further to call up memories of her father, helping to soothe her fear and grief.<br><br>Elly MacKay mixes miniature-paper-theater art with spellbinding shadow puppetry to play with darkness and light, giving <i>Maya</i>’s real, fantasy, and story-within-a-story worlds unique treatment—and making Maya’s world come alive on the page.</div> - Perseus PublishingThe electricity in Maya's house has gone out again. Worse, she is afraid of the dark â and her fear has been even worse since her father died. Now it feels as if the darkness will never go away.
Maya's mother distracts her with a legend about the banyan tree, which saved the world from the first monsoon by drinking up the floodwaters, and growing tall and strong. Later that night, unsettled by the noises around her, Maya revisits the story in her imagination. She ventures deep into the banyan tree, where she discovers not darkness but life: snakes slither, monkeys laugh, and elephants dance. Maya pushes her imagination even further to call up memories of her father, helping to soothe her fear and grief.
Elly MacKay mixes miniature-paper-theater art with spellbinding shadow puppetry to play with darkness and light, giving Maya's real, fantasy, and story-within-a-story worlds unique treatmentâand making Maya's world come alive on the page.
