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  • Birds on the Brain by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Birds on the Brain

    The sequel to the award-winning Book Uncle and Me features bird lover Reeni and her quest to save her city's bird count event when the mayor tries to shut it down. Reeni is wild about birds! So when she and her best friend, Yasmin,...
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  • Book Uncle and Me by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Book Uncle and Me

    Winner of the International Literacy Association Social Justice Literature AwardAn award-winning middle-grade novel about the power of grassroots activism and how kids can make a difference.Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free...
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  • Book Uncle and Me by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Book Uncle and Me

    Winner of the International Literacy Association Social Justice Literature AwardAn award-winning middle-grade novel about the power of grassroots activism and how kids can make a difference.Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free...
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  • Bright Sky, Starry City by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Bright Sky, Starry City

    A little girl and her father have an opportunity to appreciate the wonders of the night sky. Phoebe helps her dad set up telescopes on the sidewalk outside his store. It's a special night -- Saturn and Mars are going to appear together in...
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  • Bringing ASHA Home by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Bringing ASHA Home

    Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)A biracial Asian Indian American boy finds his own special way to bond with his sister while the family awaits her adoption from India.It's Rakhi, the Hindu holiday special to brothers and sisters, and Arun wishes he had a...
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  • Chachaji's Cup by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Chachaji's Cup

    Neel loves listening to Chachaji's many stories over steaming cups of tea.Neel loves listening to Chachaji's many 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...
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  • Look! Look! by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Look! Look!

    A girl in India discovers an ancient step well in this companion book to the creators' much-loved Out of the Way! Out of the Way! When a girl discovers a slab of stone on a weedy patch of land, she calls to her friends,...
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  • Monsoon by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Monsoon

    Get out your umbrellas! Filled with stunning imagery and description, Monsoon by Uma Krishnaswami and Jamel Akib depicts a wonderful children's story of anticipation, seasonal changes, and the beauty of urban India. Children play, birds call, and grownups go about their business during the...
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  • Out of the Way! by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Out of the Way!

    Selected for the USBBY Outstanding International Book List A young boy spots a baby tree growing in the middle of a dusty path in his village. He carefully places rocks around it as the local mango seller rushes past shouting, Out of the way!...
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  • Out of the Way! by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Out of the Way!

    Selected for the USBBY Outstanding International Book List A young boy spots a baby tree growing in the middle of a dusty path in his village. He carefully places rocks around it as the local mango seller rushes past shouting, Out of the way!...
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  • Out of the Way! Out of the Way! by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Out of the Way! Out of the Way!

    * A lyrically told story that shows the simultaneous growth of a wide-spreading tree and a busy winding road making room for each other * Subverts commonly held views on the environment, initiating a conversation about sustainability * Embroidery-like pictures charmingly blend folk styles...
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  • Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh

    Amelia Bloomer Project - Feminist Task Force, American Library Association (ALA) Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Asian/Pacific American Library Association Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) South Asia Book Award Highly Commended Book, South Asia National Outreach Consortium (SANOC) United Methodist Women Reading Program,...
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  • The Closet Ghosts by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    The Closet Ghosts

    When a young girl named Anu has trouble adjusting to her new home and school, she calls upon Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god, for help vanquishing the ghosts in her closet.Moving to a new place is hard enough without finding a bunch of mean,...
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  • The Girl of the Wish Garden by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    The Girl of the Wish Garden

    This beautifully written story, loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "Thumbelina," was created in response to the gorgeous award-winning art of Nasrin Khosravi. Author Uma Krishnaswami's sensitive and poetic tale opens when Lina, a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb, is...
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  • The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    The Grand Plan to Fix Everything

    Rose petal milk shakes and a world of surprises awaits Dini when her family moves to India in this spirited novel with Bollywood flair. Eleven-year old Dini loves movies--watching them, reading about them, trying to write her own--especially those oh-so-fabulous Bollywood movies where you...
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  • The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story

    Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)Meena is excited about the class play, a new and improved version of Red Riding Hood.Meena is excited about the class play, a new and improved version of Red Riding Hood. But when she learns that she must play...
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  • The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic

    Dini is back from India--with Bollywood star Dolly in tow! But life in the States isn't all rose petal milk shakes... Dini and Maddie, very best friends, are back in the same country at the same time! Better still, Dolly Singh, the starriest star...
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  • The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic

    Dini is back from India--with Bollywood star Dolly in tow! But life in the States isn't all rose petal milk shakes... Dini and Maddie, very best friends, are back in the same country at the same time! Better still, Dolly Singh, the starriest star...
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  • Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World

    "Inviting and original." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Mohandas Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. both shook and changed the world in their quest for peace among all people, but what threads connected these great activists together in their shared goal of social revolution?...
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  • Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World

    "Inviting and original." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Mohandas Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. both shook and changed the world in their quest for peace among all people, but what threads connected these great activists together in their shared goal of social revolution?...
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  • Two at the Top: A Shared Dream of Everest by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Two at the Top: A Shared Dream of Everest

    Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. He has always dreamed of climbing to the...
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  • Two at the Top: A Shared Dream of Everest by Krishnaswami, Uma
    Uma Krishnaswami

    Two at the Top: A Shared Dream of Everest

    Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. He has always dreamed of climbing to the...
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