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A garden in my hands

A mother shares family memories and stories with her daughter as she applies henna to the young girl's hands.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sriram, Meera (Author)
Other Authors:	Prabhat, Sandhya (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Children, [2023]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Mehndi (Body painting) > Juvenile fiction. Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction. East Indian Americans > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	A mother shares family memories and stories with her daughter as she applies henna to the young girl's hands.
Item Description:	"This is a Borzoi Book."
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Audience:	Ages 3-7. Grades K-1.
ISBN:	9780593427101 0593427106 9780593427118 0593427114
Author Notes:	Meera Sriram grew up in India and moved to the U.S. at the turn of the millennium. She is the author of several picture books, including A Gift for Amma, which School Library Journal called an "excellent story for young readers to enhance their understanding of color and an aspect of traditional Indian culture" in a starred review. An electrical engineer in her past life, she now enjoys writing for children and advocating for early and multicultural literacy. Meera loves yoga and chai, and lives with her husband and two children in Berkeley, California. Sandhya Prabhat is an independent animator and illustrator based in the Bay Area, California, who hails from Chennai, India. She holds an MFA degree in animation and digital arts from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia and a bachelor's degree in literature from Stella Maris College. She has illustrated several picture books for independent publishers, including I Am Brown and Today I Am.