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Umrigar, Thrity N.
Subjects
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Homesickness -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction.
Aunts -- Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Iranian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Iranians -- India -- Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Umrigar, Thrity N.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Homesickness -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction.
Aunts -- Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Iranian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Iranians -- India -- Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Sugar
in
milk
/ by Thrity Umrigar ; illustrated by Khoa Le.
by
Umrigar, Thrity N.
RP Kids, c2020.
Call #:
FICTION UMR
Subjects
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Homesickness -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction.
Aunts -- Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Iranian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Iranians -- India -- Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
9780762495191
0762495197
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Summary:
A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins. A long time ago, a group of refugees arrived on a foreign shore. The local king met them, determined to refuse their request for refuge. But there was a language barrier, so the king filled a glass with
milk
and pointed to it as a way of saying that the land was full and couldn't accommodate the strangers. Then, the leader of the refugees dissolved
sugar
in the glass of
milk
. His message was clear: Like
sugar
in
milk
, our presence in your country will sweeten your lives. The king embraced the refugee, welcoming him and his people. The folktale depicted in this book was a part of author Thrity Umrigar's Zoroastrian upbringing as a Parsi child in India, but resonates for children of all backgrounds, especially those coming to a new homeland.
Genre:
School age picture book.
Other authors:
Le, Khoa, 1982-
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