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Sona Sharma’s house is full of three generations of people who joke often and sometimes argue. Relatives come over unannounced, the phone rings frequently, and friends drop by all the time. Then one day Amma tells Sona that she is going to have a baby. Is that good? Sona isn’t so sure. She doesn’t want to share her room or her things with a new baby, not to mention the attention of Amma, Appa, Thatha, and Paatti.
Can Sona be the best big sister ever when she’s not sure she even wants a baby sister or brother?
Says Preethi Chandrasekar, Founder of Toka Box, "This book felt like being fed comforting thair chadam (curd rice) by the loving hands of your paati."
This New York Times bestselling series kickstarts with 12-year-old Kiranmala celebrating her birthday in Parsippany, New Jersey...until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive.
Turns out there might be some truth to her parents' fantastical stories -- like how Kiranmala is a real Indian princess and how she comes from a secret place not of this world. To complicate matters, two crush-worthy princes ring her doorbell, insisting they've come to rescue her.
Suddenly, Kiran is swept into another dimension full of magic, winged horses, moving maps, and annoying, talking birds. There she must solve riddles and battle demons all while avoiding the Serpent King of the underworld and the Rakkhoshi Queen in order to find her parents and basically save New Jersey, her entire world, and everything beyond it!
Exhilarating and engrossing, the book is perfect for Rick Riordan fans and anyone who loves adventure and fantasy.
Saving the multiverse is no game in this New York Times bestseller!When the Demon Queen shows up in her bedroom, smelling of acid and surrounded by evil-looking bees, twelve-year-old Kiranmala is uninterested. After all, it's been weeks since she last heard from her friends in the Kingdom Beyond, the alternate dimension where she was born as an Indian princess.
But after a call to action over an interdimensional television station and a visit with some all-seeing birds, Kiran decides that she has to once again return to her homeland, where society is fraying, a terrible game show reigns supreme, and friends and foes alike are in danger. Everyone is running scared or imprisoned following the enactment of sudden and unfair rules of law.However, things are a lot less clear than the last time she was in the Kingdom Beyond. Kiran must once again solve riddles and battle her evil Serpent King father -- all while figuring out who her true friends are, and what it really means to be a hero.
Creating order out of chaos has frightening consequences in this New York Times bestselling series!
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 be that the Anti-Chaos Committee's efforts are causing a dangerous disruption in the multiverse? Kiran must grapple with the increasingly tangled threads that threaten to ensnare her. . . and everyone in the world and the Kingdom Beyond.
Set in 1942 in the fictitious town of Navrangpur, Ahimsa is a wonderfully written chapter book by Supriya Kelkar. It tells the story of a 10-year-old girl and her role in the Indian Independence movement. The book is set against the backdrop of the Indian Independence movement led by Mahatma Gandhi and it is impossible to put it down!
As parents, we want our children to know about the big, bad world but we also want them to retain their innocence. This book strikes that balance perfectly!
Diya has a vivid imagination, enjoys being naughty, loves playing with friends, dislikes homework, and thinks elders don't always understand children! She is also super curious about everything. When her head starts buzzing with doubts or confusion, Diya heads straight to Baba for answers. After all the whole town of Isapuram turns to him for advice. Baba, her neighbor, and a spiritual teacher, is the most loved man in town. This bundle contains 'The Chameleon Effect and Other Stories,' and 'Lights Camera Action and Other Stories by the author.
Neel, a young Bengali boy, lives with his parents and sister in an island village neighboring a dangerous tiger reserve. He gets to hear about a tiger cub which has been separated from its mother and sibling. Mr. Gupta, who has come into the village and has been involved in illegal activities, has promised a reward for whoever gives him the tiger cub. Neel knows that Gupta will not let the cub live. Neel wants to find and save the cub. Neel’s experience searching for the cub leads him to a change of heart. He comes to realize what is truly important in his life and what he must do to protect it. A lovely summer read,
In this acclaimed book by US-based writer Rajani LaRocca, math and baseball combine with savory snacks to cause confusion and calamity in the town of Comity.
The book hooked my daughter and nephew. They loved reading about baseball, about math, and the characters are lively and exciting. The book is inspired by Much Ado About. Nothing by William Shakespeare and combines summer reading, baseball, and school life with magic.
Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi's dream of proving she's not the least-talented member of her family seems possible when she discovers a contest at the new bakery in town. Plus, it'll start her on the path to becoming a celebrity chef like her culinary idol, Puffy Fay.
But when Mimi's dad returns from a business trip, he's mysteriously lost his highly honed sense of taste. Without his help, Mimi will never be able to bake something impressive enough to propel her to gastronomic fame.
Drawn into the woods behind her house by a strangely familiar song, Mimi meets Vik, a boy who brings her to parts of the forest she's never seen. Who knew there were banyan trees and wild boars in Massachusetts?
Avantika brushes and brushes, but there’s no keeping her curly hair down. How she wished her hair was straight and smooth like Amma’s and Appa’s and her brother Avnish’s. Their parents had adopted the two of them when she was three-and-a-half years old and Avnish a six-month-old baby. Avantika often wonders if their birth mother had curly hair.
This book beautifully deals with serious themes like identity and adoption but also does so with light-heartedness and generosity.
A fun adventure in the rainforests of Sri Lanka! Chaya usually has an answer for everything. But stealing the Queen's jewels, even for the best of reasons, is not something she can talk her way out of. So she makes her great escape on the back of a gorgeous, stolen elephant and leads her friends on a noisy, fraught, joyous adventure through the jungle where revolution is stirring and leeches lurk. Will stealing these jewels be the beginning or the end of everything for the intrepid gang?
As the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar feels like she has two versions of herself: Home Lekha, who loves watching Bollywood movies and eating Indian food, and School Lekha, who pins her hair over her bindi birthmark and avoids confrontation at all costs, especially when someone teases her for being Indian.
When a girl Lekha’s age moves in across the street, Lekha is excited to hear that her name is Avantika and she’s Desi, too! Finally, there will be someone else around who gets it. But as soon as Avantika speaks, Lekha realizes she has an accent. She’s new to this country, and not at all like Lekha.
To Lekha’s surprise, Avantika does not feel the same way as Lekha about having two separate lives or about the bullying at school. Avantika doesn’t take the bullying quietly. And she proudly displays her culture no matter where she is: at home or at school.
