"Did Amma really steal a bicycle, and is it even possible to wrestle
your shadow?" Did you ever wonder how your parents were as kids? Were
they up to mischief? Did they get into trouble a lot? Then read these
stories about a mother who tells her child about her strange and
exciting adventures growing up in a village in South India. Look
carefully at the beautiful illustrations... and imagine yourself in this
fantastic world of midnight feasts, roving hyenas, shrieking peacocks,
buzzing insects and stolen bicycles...does it sound unbelievable? And
yet...could it all be true?