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The spice box

Because his grandmother is arriving from India, Rishi wants to cook curry alongside his dad using the flavors from his family's special spice box, but when he drops the box that holds the family's heart and history, he draws courage and meaning from their treasured past to set things right...

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Main Author: Sriram, Meera (Author)
Other Authors: Prabhat, Sandhya (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf Books, 2024.
Subjects:
East Indian Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Cooking > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: Because his grandmother is arriving from India, Rishi wants to cook curry alongside his dad using the flavors from his family's special spice box, but when he drops the box that holds the family's heart and history, he draws courage and meaning from their treasured past to set things right.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged): color illustrations; 24 cm
Audience: Ages 4-8
Grades K-1
ISBN: 9780593427132
0593427130
9780593427149
0593427149
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 Garden in My Hands and 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.

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