SuitabookBook Uncle and me
Uma Krishnaswami
- Reading
- Read together in short stretches, pausing to notice how the folktale informs Yasmin’s idea and how different people contribute. This can help keep the focus on her choices and the group’s effort.
- Themes
- Community action: Yasmin and her friends organise a campaign around the threatened library during a local election, drawing in the wider neighbourhood. The story presents children’s efforts to make community voices heard as purposeful and capable of contributing to change.
- Family and friendship: Yasmin works with friends, and her family and friendships are caring even when moments are imperfect. The relationships are presented warmly without suggesting that caring relationships are always flawless.
- Worth knowing
- The library’s threatened closure and Yasmin’s disappointment and confusion are part of the conflict. Her campaign’s progress is not entirely smooth.