India (Tintin's Travel Diaries)

By Anne Braquet

Book Overview

Answers questions about India's geography, peoples, religions, education, culture, food, clothing, climate, and transportation. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812018664
• ISBN13: 9780812018660
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A companion volume to Tintin's adventures in India

The conceit of Tintin's Travel Diaires is that they are "based" on notebooks that Tintin may have kept as he traveled on his adventures. Tintin first visited India in his first two-part adventure "Cigars of the Pharoah" and "The Blue Lotus," and this companion volume to those two Hergé stories asks thirty key questions designed for young readers. What teachers and parents will appreciate is that these are not just questions that young readers would have after reading Tintin's adventures in India, such as "Do people still ride elephants in India?" and "Why are cows sacred to Hindus?", but questions they should asks, such as "Should we say `Indian' or `Hindu'?" and "What is an `Untouchable'?" "Tintin's Travel Adventures: India" helps young readers explore the geography, culture, custom, and heritage of India and its people. Each two-page spread asks a question, such as "What are India's natural borders?" and answers it with three paragraphs of clear and concise text by Anne Braquet and Martine Noblet (translated by Maureen Walker). Hergé's original cartooning is used, juxtaposed with photographs showing what India is like today. One of the strengths of the Tintin Adventures has been the sense of detail Hergé brought to his work through his research. That is one of the primary reasons that Tintin became an international success and something that Tintin's Travel Adventures can build upon to add even more education into the mix along with the fun.