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Quiet Time With My Seeya

by Dinalie Dabarera

CCBC Review:

Sona and her Sri Lankan grandpa don’t speak the same language. Her mum says that’s why their time together is “quiet.” But Sona and Seeya are far more rambunctious than the title of this picture book suggests, something readers and listeners will delight in discovering as the story unfolds. Seeya and Sona play together, garden together, and play video games together. “He’s not very good. But he tries his best.” When he reads to her, “I don’t know all the words, but I get what he means.” They cook together, eat together, and go on adventures. When she reads to him, “I can tell … he knows what I mean.” Sona’s straightforward, childlike voice shines in a narrative paired with soft colored pencil illustrations showing scenes brimming with warmth, love, and humor, Seeya being a grandpa whose playful spirit is clearly a match for his granddaughter’s. ©2023 Cooperative Children’s Book Center

Illustrated by Dinalie Dabarera

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7
Age Range: Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3) PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format: Picture book
Subjects: Communication Families Grandfathers Sri Lankans and Sri Lankan Americans
Diversity subject: Asian
On CCBC Booklist: Asian in America: Selected Books for PreK-Grade 12 to Support Hmong and Asian American Studies in Wisconsin

Publisher: Roaring Brook
Publish Year: 2023
Pages: 30
ISBN: 9781250824271
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Dabarera

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