Leela and the Watermelon
Marilyn Hirsh and Maya Narayan
pictures by Marilyn Hirsh 1971
I'm like Leela and love watermelon! This cute story takes place in India where one of the authors, Maya Narayan, said that it happened to her! Leela loves watermelon and one day swallows a seed. Her teasing brother tells her that now she will grow a watermelon inside her. This makes Leela very worried. So worried that she even stops eating watermelon and becomes concerned for the very pregnant woman she sees at the marketplace. When she learns that the woman had a baby and wasn't round from swallowing a watermelon seed, Leela realizes her brother was teasing her. Her grandmother treats her to the biggest watermelon. We loved the pictures portraying life in India- the clothes, the cooking and the marketplace.
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