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Picture books set in India, or about kids in America whose families came from there. Good for a unit on India, or for a kid about to visit family.
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Monsoon
Uma Krishnaswami
A city in northern India waits through the hot summer for the monsoon rains, and a girl watches the sky.
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Monsoon Afternoon
Kashmira Sheth
Everyone is too busy to play in the rain, except the boy's grandfather.
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Lali's Feather
Farhana Zia
Lali finds a feather in a field and tries to figure out which bird lost it.
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Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship
Chitra Soundar
Prince Veera and his best friend help the king settle tricky cases. Short stories inspired by Indian folktales.
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Sona and the Wedding Game
Kashmira Sheth
Sona's big sister is getting married, and Sona's job is to steal the groom's shoes. She has never been to a wedding before.
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Chachaji's Cup
Uma Krishnaswami
Neel's great-uncle tells him the story of the teacup his mother carried across the new border during Partition.
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My Dadima Wears a Sari
Kashmira Sheth
Rupa asks why her grandmother wears a sari every day, and Dadima shows her the saris she has kept.
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Grandfather Gandhi
Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus
Gandhi's grandson tells how he went to live at his grandfather's ashram as a boy, angry, and what Gandhi taught him about anger.
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Gandhi: A March to the Sea
Alice B. McGinty
The Salt March of 1930, when Gandhi and more than 70 marchers walked to the sea to protest British rule.