Uma Krishnaswami
1) Holi
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the traditions and festivities of the Hindu festival called Holi.
2) Monsoon
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child describes waiting for the monsoon rains to arrive and the worry that they will not come.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eight-year-old Arun waits impatiently while international adoption paperwork is completed so that he can meet his new baby sister from India.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Dini loves movies, and so when she learns that her family is moving to India for two years, her devastation over leaving her best friend in Maryland is tempered by the possibility of meeting her favorite actress, Dolly Singh.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
When the mayor tries to shut down Book Uncle's free library on the street corner, Yasmin and her friends decide to take action, even though they are not old enough to vote in the upcoming local election.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Complications ensue when Bollywood star Dolly Singh premieres her new movie at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and super fan Dinni and her best friend Maddie present a dance at the grand opening.
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland"--
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 740L
Language
English
Description
When a boy spots a young tree in the middle of the path that runs through the village, he puts rocks around the base of the tree to protect the tree from being trampled.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With help from Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god, Anu finds a way to cope with going to a new school, living in a new home, and even dealing with the mischievous ghosts in her closet.