A Journey to Paradise

by Anne Siberell

When a magical elephant agrees to take Guba the gardener to Paradise, Guba and his friends discover where Paradise really is. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805012125
• ISBN13: 9780805012125
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 30 Pages
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

a delightful, fanciful journey

This simple tale from India is a funny tale of expectations. One night a gardener and his monkey encounter a white elephant who volunteers to take them to paradise on the night of the next full moon. The gardener expects perfect gardens; the monkey expects perfect food. The gardener cannot help but spread his good luck - the potter expects perfect clay, the spice merchant expects new spices, the weaver expects perfect dyes ... in the end, they learn to see earth as a paradise. A delightful story, well told. The illustrations are satisfactory but not exceptional.