Ranga plays Australia : a journey / Ian B.G. Burns.
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TextSeries: Burns, Ian, Niamong ; 4.Publisher: [Briar Hill, Vic.] : Twevven, 2010Copyright date: ©2007Edition: Fourth edtionDescription: 234 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781291349870Subject(s): Teachers -- Juvenile fiction | Boys -- Juvenile fiction | Cricket stories | Bangalore Rural (India) -- Juvenile fiction | Bangalore Rural (India) -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: A823.3 Summary: It's only four years after the end of WW2, when there were no great cricket matches. But now things are getting back to normal. In a small Bangalore village young Ranganathan Rao is musing about life in general and cricket in particular. Ranga's, spinning fingers begin to itch. Kumar, Ranga’s teacher, as part of a discourse on the strangeness of the English language, introduces his pupils to an especially strange word, one he heard an Australian say during the war, and invites them to try to pronounce it and identify its meaning. After many unsuccessful attempts Kumar reveals both the word’s pronunciation and meaning, and suggests that everyone might remember this, as one day they might go to Australia.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Junior Fiction | JF BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111069800959 |
Originally published: 2008.
It's only four years after the end of WW2, when there were no great cricket matches. But now things are getting back to normal. In a small Bangalore village young Ranganathan Rao is musing about life in general and cricket in particular. Ranga's, spinning fingers begin to itch. Kumar, Ranga’s teacher, as part of a discourse on the strangeness of the English language, introduces his pupils to an especially strange word, one he heard an Australian say during the war, and invites them to try to pronounce it and identify its meaning. After many unsuccessful attempts Kumar reveals both the word’s pronunciation and meaning, and suggests that everyone might remember this, as one day they might go to Australia.
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