My Lists
Featured Lists
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2017 | Picture Book
PreS-Gr 2—This traditional story introduces readers to Yokki and his Traveler family, who live a normal Romani lifestyle—moving along familiar routes throughout the year as they sell and trade their goods and services. "Yokki loved to sell the spoons he had made. It gave him the chance to talk to all sorts of people, Traveling Folki and settled folk, and to listen to their stories." Yokki, embodying the cultural value of oral storytelling, entertains the family with his tales. When the boy and his happy, industrious family hit a string of b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2018
A traditional tale portrays the resilience of the Romani, or Travelers, of England. Yokki is a storyteller (like the Roma...Log In or Sign Up to Read More