Grandma and the Great Gourd - A Bengali Folktale

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni; Susy Pilgrim Waters (Illustrator)

Once upon a time, in a little village in India, there lived an old woman whom everyone called Grandma. She loved gardening and had the best vegetable patch in the village. One day, Grandma received a letter from her daughter, who lived on the other side of the jungle. "Please come and visit me," said t...