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Ganesha goes green

Concerned about the pollution the Ganesha statues cause when her town celebrates her favorite festival, Ganesha Chaturthi, young Prema comes up with an innovative plan to keep the river clean.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thamizhmani, Lakshmi (Author)
Other Authors:	Dasgupta, Debasmita (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Concord, Mass. : Barefoot Books, 2023.
Subjects:	Sustainable living > Juvenile fiction. Water > Pollution > Juvenile fiction. Gaṇeśa > (Hindu deity) > Rituals > Juvenile fiction. Hinduism > Customs and practices > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	Concerned about the pollution the Ganesha statues cause when her town celebrates her favorite festival, Ganesha Chaturthi, young Prema comes up with an innovative plan to keep the river clean.
Physical Description:	31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:	9781646869978 1646869974 9781646869985 1646869982
Author Notes:	CBA Grad, and SCBWI and 12×12 member, Lakshmi Thamizhmani divides her time between her corporate tech job, daydreaming and writing. After moving from India to the United States, she began writing for newspapers, but then discovered a passion for creative writing instead. Lakshmi now writes beautiful, lesser-known stories to bridge cultures and transport children to new worlds to learn and celebrate diversity. Debasmita Dasgupta is an internationally published, Kirkus Best Prize-nominated illustrator, graphic novelist and screenwriter. She was born in Kolkata and lived in Singapore for more than a decade. Debasmita enjoys drawing both fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. She has illustrated many picture books, comics and poems working with publishers in various parts of the world including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, the UK and the USA. As an art-for-change advocate, she tells stories of changemakers from around the world partnering with global non-profits. Debasmita also mentors aspiring and emerging visual storytellers in Asia. Today she lives in the United Kingdom.