Jalal and the Lake: A Meranaw Tale by Hanna Usman Under Literature

Jalal and the Lake: A Meranaw Tale by Hanna Usman Under LiteratureIn Usmans picture book debut, a boy trades the sanctity of the local lake for a chance to own the clouds. Jalal, who has black hair and light brown skin, lives in a village beside Lake Lanao in the Philippines. The lake provides fish for the village, and its waters are essential for drinking, bathing and irrigation. Every week, all the villagers but one celebrate the lake; the exception is Jalal, the only son of community leader Sulutan Abdul, who

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