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Mama's Saris

Author : Pooja Makhijani

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 41 pages

File Size : 45,62 MB

Release : 2009-12-19

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0316090085

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When a young girl eyes her mother's suitcase full of gorgeous silk, cotton and embroidered saris, she decides that she, too, should wear one, even though she is too young for such clothing. When the mother finally realizes how important it is for her little girl to feel like a big girl on her seventh birthday, she dresses up her daughter in the folds of a blue sari. Feeling grown-up and very pretty, the daughter is thrilled to look just like her mother, even if only for a day. Mama's Saris captures an elegant snapshot of every girl's wish to play dress up.



My Mother's Sari

Author : Sandhya Rao

Publisher : Tulika Books

Page : 24 pages

File Size : 18,46 MB

Release : 2020-10-22

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9788181464644

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Mother's sari is sometimes a train, sometimes a river, or a swing, or a hiding place... Children have a way of seeing things differently! The spare text weaves and winds between a visual interplay of children, colours and textures, to create the mood-filled world of My Mother's Sari. * Dynamic interplay of text and visual that takes the reader on a sartorial journey with the graceful and everyday sari * Illustrated by an international award-winning filmmaker-artist, who breaks away from conventional depictions of both sari and children, combining photographs and acrylic in dramatic, original ways to create stunning visuals * Encourages the child to explore, dream and find new experiences at playtime * With a step by step guide to wearing a sari.



How to Wear a Sari

Author : Darshana Khiani

Publisher : Versify

Page : 37 pages

File Size : 36,31 MB

Release : 2021

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1328635201

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Tired of being treated like a child, a young girl sets out to prove herself capable to her multi-generational Indian-American family, but an ill-fated attempt at putting on a sari has an unexpected outcome.



Under Her Skin

Author : Pooja Makhijani

Publisher : Seal Press

Page : 302 pages

File Size : 24,42 MB

Release : 2004-11-02

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9781580051170

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A writer analyzes the diverse ways in which race shapes--and occasionally shatters--girls' lives, from the perspectives of women of all ethnic backgrounds, looking at such issues as racial injustice, racial awareness, family relationships, and more. Original.



American Betiya

Author : Anuradha D. Rajurkar

Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers

Page : 370 pages

File Size : 38,21 MB

Release : 2021-03-09

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1984897152

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A luminous story of a young artist grappling with first love, family boundaries and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. Perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon, Erika Sanchez and Jandy Nelson. Praise for American Betiya A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022 A YALSA Best Best Fiction for Young Adults A Cosmopolitan Best 100 Books of All Time A Book Riot best YA Book of 2021 A South Asia Book Award 2022 honoree A Children's Cooperative 2022 Best Book of the Year A 2022 Nerdy Book Club Best Novel Award Winner Rani Kelkar has never lied to her parents, until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in--his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art--make him her mother's worst nightmare. They begin dating in secret, but when Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give, desperately trying to fit into her world, no matter how high the cost. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning with herself--and what's really brewing beneath the surface of her first love. Winner of SCBWI's Emerging Voices award, Anuradha D. Rajurkar takes an honest look at the ways cultures can clash in an interracial relationship. Braiding together themes of sexuality, artistic expression, and appropriation, she gives voice to a girl claiming ownership of her identity, one shattered stereotype at a time. "A brave, beautiful exploration of identity--those thrust upon us, and those we forge for ourselves." --Elana K. Arnold, award-winning author of What Girls Are Made Of



Homeless Bird

Author : Gloria Whelan

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 16,46 MB

Release : 2009-10-06

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0061975826

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The National Book Award-winning novel about one remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate, perfect for readers who enjoyed A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park or Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled—her life has been sold for a dowry. Can she forge her own future, even in the face of time-worn tradition? Perfect for schools and classrooms, this universally acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning novel by master of historical fiction Gloria Whelan is a gripping tale of hope that will transport readers of all ages.



Please, Baby, Please

Author : Spike Lee

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 26,79 MB

Release : 2007-09-18

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1416949119

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Book Description

Go back to bed, baby, please, baby, please. Not on your HEAD, baby baby baby, please ... From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills, and unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby Vivid illustrations from celebrated artist Kadir Nelson evoke toddlerhood from sandbox to high chair to crib, and families everywhere will delight in sharing these exuberant moments again and again.



Tell it to the Trees

Author : Anita Rau Badami

Publisher : Knopf Canada

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 36,9 MB

Release : 2011

Category : City and town life

ISBN : 0676978932

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Anu Krishnan, seeking refuge from city life, becomes a tenant of the seemingly happy, tightly-knit Dharma family in a small northern town in B.C. But the Dharma family holds secrets which begin to spill out, brought on by Anu's presence, and leading to tragic consequences.!



You're Snug With Me

Author : Chitra Soundar

Publisher : Lantana Publishing

Page : 40 pages

File Size : 12,29 MB

Release : 2020-06-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1913747018

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At the start of winter, two bear cubs are born, deep in their den in the frozen north. "Mama, what lies beyond here?" they ask. "‘Above us is a land of ice and snow." "What lies beyond the ice and snow?" they ask. "The ocean, full of ice from long ago." And as they learn the secrets of the earth and their place in it, Mama Bear whispers, “You’re snug with me.”



A False Dawn

Author : Elena Lacková

Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press

Page : 246 pages

File Size : 42,75 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781902806006

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Ilona Lakova's darked skinned illiterate Gypsy father fell in love with her pale skinned Polish mother whilst a prisoner in Russia during the First World War. They returned to his mothers house in a Gypsy settlement on the edge of the village of Saris in Slovakia where their family of nine grew up, despised and mocked by the peasants on whom they depended for work. Ilona describes in simple unaffected language what it was like to be part of a tight knit community bound together by language, customs, music and a love of family, the spirit of Romipen.