Once Upon a Watermelon...
Did You Know There’s a Place in the World Where Watermelon Was Forbidden?
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More About This Title Once Upon a Watermelon...
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Everything happened on an ordinary day. When Li Li was having breakfast and Dad was singing. "Four-color flag... red and black... green and white are forbidden! Just blue and white flags are allowed." But Li Li wanted their own four-color flag, their perennial poem under the flag and the labels on their belongings. So, she ran to Dad's watermelon garden, the red and black, green and white watermelon. Where everything was supposed to change... Maybe the watermelon could be a secret between them... Everything happens on ordinary days. When Tina sticks the watermelon label on the car window and when Dad rushes into the car... This time "From now on, watermelon is forbidden!" But the path ahead is never closed. Maybe Tina's four-color bag or...? This time, you tell the clue! This story is based on a true event. In 1967, in the land of Palestine, watermelon was banned!
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Kimberly Ann Vonderwel, Editor of Once Upon a Watermelon, shares her thoughts.
"Once Upon a Watermelon's themes of happiness, innocence, and loss are universal, transcending geographical and cultural differences.
When I read the scene in ‘Once Upon a Watermelon’ where the children were gleefully waving their watermelon paintings, I was deeply moved. As an educator, I often see children celebrating academic achievements, but these children were celebrating their cultural identity and their homeland. It was a powerful and heartwarming moment.
"Once Upon a Watermelon's themes of happiness, innocence, and loss are universal, transcending geographical and cultural differences.
When I read the scene in ‘Once Upon a Watermelon’ where the children were gleefully waving their watermelon paintings, I was deeply moved. As an educator, I often see children celebrating academic achievements, but these children were celebrating their cultural identity and their homeland. It was a powerful and heartwarming moment.
