{"id":41066,"date":"2022-09-03T23:26:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T03:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=41066"},"modified":"2022-09-03T23:26:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T03:26:42","slug":"review-of-ill-go-and-come-back-by-rajani-larocca-illustrated-by-sara-palacios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=41066","title":{"rendered":"Review of I’ll Go and Come Back, by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Sara Palacios"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ll Go and Come Back<\/em><\/p>\n

by Rajani LaRocca
\nillustrated by Sara Palacios<\/p>\n

Candlewick Press, 2022. 36 pages.
\nReview written April 23, 2022, from a library book
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

I’ll Go and Come Back<\/em> is a lovely picture book telling two parallel stories. First, a girl and her parents fly across the world to India “to see aunties and uncles, cousin-brothers and cousin-sisters, and Sita Pati.”<\/p>\n

At first, she feels lonely when her cousins are in school. It’s all so different. She wants to go home.<\/p>\n

But even though they don’t speak the same language, she and her Sita Pati do fun things together, filling the time with love and joy.<\/p>\n

When it was time to go home, I didn’t want to. I held Pati’s hand with its soft, soft skin. Her sari rustled and smelled of silk. “Goodbye,” I said.<\/p>\n

“Poitu variya?” asked Sita Pati. “Will you go and come?”<\/p>\n

And I remembered that no one in India just said “goodbye.” “I’ll go and come back,” I said. “Poitu varen.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then it’s Sita Pati’s turn to visit. The next summer, she visits the family in America. She, too, seems lonely at first.<\/p>\n

But the girl and her Sita Pati find parallel things to do together. As before, they spend their days playing and reading and cooking.<\/p>\n

And when it’s time for Sita Pati to go back to India the words of farewell are again, “I’ll go and come back.”<\/p>\n

This picture book will resonate with anyone who has loved ones who live far away.<\/p>\n

rajanilarocca.com<\/a>
\ncandlewick.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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