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Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Two young sisters raised in America learn about the beauty and art of wearing a sari from their wise Indian grandmother. Includes instructions on wrapping a sari.
Two young sisters raised in America learn about the beauty and art of wearing a sari from their wise Indian grandmother.
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Series
Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Kiranmala must leave the Kingdom Beyond and travel to her hometown of Parsippany to save Prince Lal, who has been spirited to the unlikeliest of places -- a tree in the yard of her best-enemy-for-life. She also faces evil serpents (of course!), plus a frightening prophecy about her role in the coming conflict between good and evil. Most troubling of all, though, is the way reality all around her seems to waver and flicker at odd moments. Could it...
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Series
Party diaries volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Priya Chakraborty plans a birthday party for her first client, Layla Aunty, personalizing everything from the invitations to the menu in Aunty's favorite color, but as party-time finally arrives, Priya is nervous something will go wrong.
Author
Series
Party diaries volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When eight-year-old Priya is hired to do a henna night for a teenage party, she and her friend Melissa are worried their ideas might be too babyish for the older girls.
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Series
Magic ponies volume 5
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"Preeti Namesh is snowed in, so she thinks it's going to be the most boring vacation ever, until magical pony Comet shows up"--
Author
Series
Sejal Sinha volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When a storm threatens Diwali celebrations, eight-year-old Sejal Sinha, a spunky Indian-American girl with an active imagination, tries to use science to save her family's beloved holiday.
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Series
Girl of the year volume 2023
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Kavi Sharma loves singing and dancing, so when her middle school announces a musical revue, she and her friends Sophie and Pari decide to perform a dance together. If only they could agree on what dance style to do! Soon, all Kavi can think about is the revue, and her schoolwork starts to slip, which has never happened to her before. Kavi's little brother Rishi says she has a bad case of "Broadwayitis." Can she find a way to stay on top of on her...
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Series
Sejal Sinha volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Sejal and the gang set off on an imaginative adventure through outer space.
13) Laxmi's mooch
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance.
14) My saree
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A sweet and joyful story of self-discovery and identity from the same celebrated creative team who brought us My Bindi, and the co-author of the bestselling middle grade story Save Me a Seat. I look in the mirror, I see me in my saree. And my heart is full... In my beautiful peacock blue saree. I bring my palms together and smile. "Namaste, I am Divya, and this is my saree." Divya loves her mother's sarees. Each one is unique; some are soft and silky,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-olds Tripti Kapoor, a feisty "word nerd" from Massachusetts, and Sam Cohen, a shy, imaginative, budding geologist from California, are both miserable at Camp Dilloway, a summer camp in upstate New York. On the last night of camp, they follow a shooting star to a quiet creek. There they find two silvery rocks glowing in the night. They each take one home, and their long-distance friendship begins. It's soon clear that these are no ordinary...
Author
Series
Nina Soni volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Organized but sometimes forgetful Nina has a lot to keep track of as she rushes to complete a school project, help with little sister Kavita's birthday party, and make up with best friend Jay.
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