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On her way to visit her daughter on the other side of the jungle, Grandma encounters a hungry fox, bear, and tiger, and although she convinces them to wait for her return trip, she still must find a way to outwit them all.
First publish date: 2013
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Folklore, Bengali (South Asian people), Folklore, juvenile literature, India, juvenile literature
Authors: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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