Minggu, November 28, 2010

Padi Merah Jambu




Reading level : Primary
Softcover : 24 pages
Publisher : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
ISBN : 118 0110 0007

When the sun sets, farmers at Dusun Kadiri do not know that fairies there paint the paddies which have grown tall and stoop golden yellow. But, suddenly Dewi Sri (the mother of the fairies) who also paints the paddies is sick and cannot work at all. That is why she asks frogs at the rice field help to the fairies painting the paddies, and they agree. On the next day, Dewi Sri is really shocked finding out the frogs has painted the paddies bright pink! The farmers there are confused with this strange phenomenon. What will Dewi Sri do? Do the frogs can finish their task? A flowing plot, a unique story, and cute pictures makes this book deserves to be categorized as “a must-have book for children”. Clara Ng and Herlina genuinely combine fairy tale and folklore and that is why this book is brilliant.