The Homework

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Pub Date 24 May 2022 | Archive Date 10 Jul 2022
Publisher Spotlight | Karadi Tales Picturebooks

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Description

Bhattu and Kittu completely forgot that they had homework to do! Faced with the task of researching a big mammal, they decide to take a shortcut and pester their studious sister for information. In this uproariously funny story by Ashwin Guha, accompanied by Vaibhav Kumaresh's cheeky art, you soon learn that when you mix distracted tutoring with an overactive imagination, the result is a homework assignment that is very hard to grade.

Bhattu and Kittu completely forgot that they had homework to do! Faced with the task of researching a big mammal, they decide to take a shortcut and pester their studious sister for information. In...


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ISBN 9788194407126
PRICE $11.95 (USD)
PAGES 32

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Wow!! Those are some illustrations. Are they even illustrations or actual artwork?! The varied textures and mediums used made this an adventure to read.

Super fun and if you reader are a fan of Charlie and Lola (we are!!) then they are sure to love The Homework. This is a super silly tale, perhaps a warning, about what happens when you forget to do your homework. This is a great story for young and beginning readers.

Grateful to have received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley & Karadi Tales Picturebooks.

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I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a cool paper, and showed my daughter different materials and mediums art can be made from. She said she never seen a book that looked like the author cut out the characters out of white paper and taped onto lined papers. Some pages look smudged, some look like there's paper glued on top of paper. This book inspired her to use similar techniques to create art.

We loved this book.

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Lazy brothers Bhattu and Kittu try to get big sister Meena to do their homework for them. (The assignment was on a big mammal, and their mom had nixed doing it on Uncle Gopi.) The result is pretty much hilarious. I can’t say which I like more: Ashwin Gupta’s funny lines or Valibhav Kumaresh’s delightful illustrations. Please, please, please say there will be future adventures for these procrastinating brothers!

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley Publisher Spotlight and Karadi Tales Picturebooks in exchange for an honest review.

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Two young boys need to do a last-minute school report. Their sister could save the day if she wants to. She's busy, but she will answer a few questions...

The report in front of the class went well, to a certain point, except the brother doing the artwork misunderstood the description of the large animal, for a funny result! (In just a few words, could you do better?)

This is a clever, amusing, and educational book that comments on multiple issues. Written for school children in India, it contains names we (Americans) may be unfamiliar with, but the subjects and situations are universal. The illustrations are drawn then cut out, giving them an eye-catching, playful appearance. I was entertained and laughed even though I guessed the outcome. Then I read it again!

5/5

Thanks to Karadi Tales Picturebooks and NetGalley for the preview of this ebook pdf; the review is voluntary.

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Ok this book was just adorable. It’s a book about 2 school aged boys that basically trick the older sister of one into doing their homework assignment for them. Disgusting their questions in a way that makes them sound curious, the boys come out of the conversation with a nice essay on a large mammal. I love the way it is written showing teacher corrections so it looks like you are reading the report. Cute kids book!

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This book tells the story of Bhattu and Kittu who ask their sister Meena which animal they should write about for their homework about large mammals. Meena describes a Rhinoceros, an animal both boys are not familiar with. As she explains what a Rhinoceros is using terms like as large as a van or a horn on it's nose, the boys begin to imagine an animal. Near the end of the story they present their report on rhinos including a very strange picture of an animal that is shaped like a truck and has a bicycle horn on it's nose. The other students in the class laugh but they seem to do ok on the written portion of their homework!

The story appears to be set in India and despite the characters not really having a skin colour, it is nice that the characters are Indian, giving more children around the world opportunities to see themselves reflected in the books they are reading. It is a funny story and the ending is a bit of a surprise so I'm sure kids will find that hilarious. Additionally, the facts about rhinos are also great and help teach a little bit as kids are reading.

One thing that I don't love about the book is that quite a bit of the fonts are in handwriting (cursive). While I get that it is meant to reflect a child's writing since the point of the story is that the boys are completing their homework, at the same time, I think that it will be hard for most children to read. Sadly, today there are fewer and fewer children writing in cursive around the world and I think it is actually a disadvantage to use cursive, especially the loopy cursive that is included in this story as it is becoming so uncommon that many children will not be able to decipher it.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book!

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