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Nita Berry
MANNU AND THE JAMUN THIEF by Radhika Chadha Tulika Books, Chennai, 2021, 24 pp., 165.00
November 2022, volume 46, No 11

All summer long, Mannu the monkey has been dreaming of jamun. How he loves the ‘Juicy-shoocy jamun! Pulpy-shulpy jamun!’ When will they ever ripen on his favourite tree? He can remember how they tingle on his tongue with their sweet-sour taste. And best of all, how they make his tongue turn so purple-black!

It’s Jamun Day at last! The jamun tree must be loaded with ripe jamun! Mannu swings excitedly from branch to branch. But he’s in for a great big shock. There isn’t a single jamun on the tree! The forest floor is only carpeted with broken branches and fallen leaves. No, not a single jamun in sight!

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