Elephant Dance: A Journey to India
By Theresa Heine
Barefoot Books, 2006

Review by Pooja Makhijani
From Kahani Winter 2007

A Delightful Journey
“ Is it hot in India, Grandfather?” asks Ravi of his grandfather who is visiting from India. “Yes, indeed,” he answers. “At dawn, [the sun] rolls into the sky like a fiery ball, then he uncurls and he is a ferocious tiger!” So begins Ravi’s questions and his grandfather’s answers in Elephant Dance: A Journey to India (Barefoot Books, 2006) by Theresa Heine and illustrated by Sheila Moxley. Grandfather’s story-like responses to every one of Ravi’s questions—“What is the wind like in India?” “Is there snow in India?” “Have you ever seen an elephant, Grandfather?” —are a wonderful introduction to India’s sights, sounds, tastes, and rhythms.