I'll Go and Come Back
by
Rajani LaRocca & Sara Palacios
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USA
Can
Candlewick, 2022 (2022)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
R
ajani LaRocca's
I'll Go and Come Back
(richly illustrated by Sara Palacios and aimed at ages three to seven) is about the bond between a girl (Jyoti) in America and the grandmother (Sita Pati) she visits in India.
T
hey spend days '
playing and reading and cooking
', making Jyoti less lonely for her own home. When it is time to go home again, she promises Sita Pati, '
I'll go and come back.
' Then, when her grandmother visits them in America, it's Jyoti who helps Sita Pati feel less lonely.
I
loved this picture book's depiction of the strong bond that so often forms between grandparent and grandchild, and the strong memories forged of times spent together.
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