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Publisher
Mascot Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Idu (Ee-doo) and Adu (Aa-doo) are very excited. Guests are coming over for dinner and their Mamma has already cooked a lot. Next, she is cooking Gulab jamuns, but Idu and Adu don't know what Gulab jamuns are. Before long, they discover just how good these wonderful golden, sugary syrup-soaked balls are and how quickly they melt in their mouths. But Mamma has only made 10 Gulab jamuns. Will they last until their guests come?"--Back cover.
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Series
Publisher
Polis Agora
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
For fans of Knives Out, a book that embodies all the things we love about Agatha Christie -- a haunted manor house, estranged relatives a will, and a murder -- set in modern-day India, and the first in a series from author RV Raman. Aging and wheelchair-bound patriarch Bhaskar Fernandez has finally reclaimed his family property after a bitter legal battle, and now wants to reunite his aggrieved relatives. So, he invites them to remote Greybrooke Manor...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Asha’s papa makes and sells wooden toys to pay for her to go to school. But Papa struggles to find buyers. And this makes him worry. He worries Asha’s life will also be a struggle unless she focuses on her schoolwork, which he never had the chance to do. Can Asha’s art help Papa? Will he let her try?" --publisher's website
5) It is a tree
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the fable from India, blindfolded children at a party play a guessing game.
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Language
English
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Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
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Language
English
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Description
Dylan, an aspiring photographer, is spending a month in Mumbai with his friend Rohit Lal and his family, but knowing nothing of Indian culture, he cannot seem to do anything right (do not hit cows!)--and the situation is made worse by the tensions within the Lal family over whether Rohit should be raised in India, which Mr. Lal's wealthy sister is pushing for.
Author
Series
Boxcar children.Endangered animals volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Aldens head to Ladakh, a territory in northern India, to help save the elusive and critically endangered snow leopard.
Author
Series
Kalamata's kitchen volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Tomorrow is Kalamata's first day at a new school, and she's nervous! If only Kalamata and Al Dente could go to back to the Indian spice market they visited this summer, then maybe she'd remember how to feel brave when new experiences seem scary. Luckilyfor Kalamata, all the magic required for her journey is right in her own kitchen! As Kalamata and her alligator friend, Al Dente, transport themselves to a magical land filled with tasty ingredients,...
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Diya is excited to be going to India for Diwali, the Festival of Lights. That means she'll get to spend time with Nani, her beloved grandma, who she hasn't seen since her family moved from India . . . Once Diya arrives in India, she immediately feels at home with Nani. Together they go shopping at the bazaar and prepare for the festival. As Diya and Nani celebrate Diwali together, Diya's heart soars. But all too soon, her trip will come to an end....
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Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Bina has three older brothers and this year she wants to make them bracelets for Raksha Bandhan, an Indian holiday that celebrates brothers and sisters--but first she must come up with patterns that include only their favorite colors, plus one unique bead that celebrates their special interests.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Bina has three older brothers and this year she wants to make them bracelets for Raksha Bandhan, an Indian holiday that celebrates brothers and sisters--but first she must come up with patterns that include only their favorite colors, plus one unique beadthat celebrates their special interests.
13) Chaiwala!
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
c2021.
Language
English
Description
"When their train makes a ten-minute stop at the station in Jaipur, a young girl and her mother hurry to get in line for a cup of chai. The girl orders two cups, and then delights in watching the chaiwala at work - grinding the spices, adding scoops of tea leaves and sugar to the bubbling, boiling milk, then cooling the chai by pouring it from high, back and forth, back and forth - the girl is mesmerized. With a biscuit and a rusk added to their order,...
14) Burying the moon
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully illustrated novel in verse about a young Indian girl who tackles the taboos around sanitation in her village. In Latika's village in rural India, there are no toilets. No toilets mean that the women have to wait until night to do their business in a field. There are scorpions and snakes in the field, and germs that make people sick. For the girls in the village, no toilets mean leaving school when they reach puberty. No one in the village...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 19
Publisher
Distributed by Paw Prints/Baker & Taylor
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals
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