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One long stretch of cloth is what Mother always wears—"elegant yet so graceful. The mystery of the sari can be magic for a child, winding and weaving, just like the connection between a child and its mother. The style, the motifs, the interplay of children, colors, and textures, create the rich, mood-filled, and dreamy world of
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Chad Olson
reviewed My Mother's Sari on July 23, 2017 My Mother's Sari
Sandhya Rao gives us a lovely picture book that can be read over and over. The unnamed main character loves her mother's saris and demonstrate the many ways a child could use a sari, whether practically or in play. The simple declarative sentences carry the reader through the simple story, but the variety and depth of the illustrations are as deep as this girl's love of her mother's saris.
Despite the title's suggestion of a singular sari, the many saris shown in this book show a broad sample of saris, both in color and in design. Nina Sabnani's illustrations demonstrate the many uses of a sari (following the text), but fills the background with the richness of typical Indian motifs and designs. To take the reader over the top, the end papers give numbered illustrations that show how to wear a sari, using the main character as a model.
When read slowly, taking time to let the whole of the page to sink in, this book is a feast worth tasting more than once.
I have two thoughts after reading Rao and Sabnani's book. First, we never see the mother's face, even where her presence is implied. Her saris seem to stand for motherlove, which is never mentioned in words. Yet these sari are so important to meeting the child's needs the saris provide decoration, safety, security. For her, they are an extra way to experience this love.
The second question is, what does her mother think about the uses her saris are put to? The mother may be there, but she never shows her face, from which feelings might be derived by a reader. I don't think anything about the book should be different; but I surely would like to know whether these uses-for-a-sari are just typical play by some Indian children, or if at the end of the day, Mom says, "Who has been playing with my saris?" Just an observation that left me curious. What Mom wouldn't want to know?
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