West meets East Although Maya has done her best to avoid it, she is spending part of her summer in Chennai, India, with her mother, who is trying to sell her grandfather's old house. Soon Maya is drawn into a complicated friendship with eccentric Kamala Mami, who has been a housekeeper and cook for years in Maya's extended family. At the same ...
A collection of stories about the pantheon of Hindu gods, centering on the sometimes greedy, sometimes impulsive, but always generous, elephant-headed Ganesha.
A young girl observes the scents and sounds, dazzling colors, and breathless anticipation of a parched cityscape in northern India that are evoked before the welcome arrival of a monsoon. Full color. Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 3.4, 0.5 Points.
A young Asian-Indian-American girl grows in self-confidence when she learns to practice yoga and apply the underlying principles to her performance in a school play. Full color.
Chachaji's Cup is a gentle tale of family love and the power of memory, brought to life with richly hued paintings. Neel loves listening to Chachaji's stories over steaming cups of tea. Chachaji's tales of great Hindu gods and demons, and of his adventures in the Indian Army, leave Neel openmouthed. But it is the tale of his great-uncle's favorite ...
Moving to a new place is hard enough without finding a bunch of mean, nasty ghosts in the closet. This looks like a job for Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god who can change shape in the blink of an eye and chase goblins and demons away with his thundering voice. When Hanuman answers Anu's plea for help, she rejoices -- until she realizes those pesky ...
Following the well-known and much-loved Rookie Books format, these fun and informative books introduce early elementary-school children to the basic facts about major holidays. Each book explains the development of the holiday and how it is celebrated today, and includes holiday games, traditions, crafts, and foods. Holi Hai! It's Holi in northern ...
Flood stories from around the world share many elements with the biblical story of Noah and the Ark. Assembled in an easy-to-read format for children, these stories illustrate the startling similarities among "flood myth" stories from ancient Europe, Asia, and North America. Full-color illustrations throughout.
In a country rich in parks, museums, historic sites, and scenic areas, on the national, state, and local levels, the school "field trip" can mean so much more to students and teachers than the "nose-counting" exercise it often is. This resource shows ways to maximize the potential of site-based learning: teaching across the curriculum; writing ...
A collection of stories featuring strong female figures from Hindu mythology, Buddhist tales, and others from the history and folklore of the Indian subcontinent. Each piece is accompanied by background information.
This is a collection of seven stories about six children who are in the same class at school, two white boys, a black girl, a Chinese girl, an Indian girl, and a Pakistani boy. They are not friends, but they all come together in one community at the end of the stories. Each story in the collection centres on a different celebration within the ...
A tale of the tragedy of war: the story of a twelve-year-old orphaned beggar in occupied Italy, his daily search for food and for meaning in the life he witnesses, and the development of compassion and understanding that will help him survive.
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