In the timely yet timeless picture bookHome Is in Between, critically acclaimed author Mitali Perkins and illustrator Lavanya Naidu describe the experience of navigating multiple cultures and embracing the complex but beautiful home in between.
Shanti misses the warm monsoon rains in India. Now in America, she watches fall leaves fly past her feet.
Still, her familys apartment feels like a village: Mama cookingluchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Babas big laugh. But outside, everything is different trick-or-treating, ballet class, and English books.
Back and forth, Shanti trudges between her two worlds. She remembers her village and learns her new town. She watches Bollywood movies at home and Hollywood movies with her friends. She is Indian. She is also American. How should she define home?
From National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins comes a sweet and innovative picture book about a first-generation immigrant child living in America.
Mitali Perkinshas written several books for young readers, includingBetween Us and Abuela, Forward Me Back to You,You Bring the Distant Near(a National Book Award Nominee, a Walter Honor Book, a South Asia Book Award Winner, aPublishers WeeklyBest Book of the Year, and aShelf Awareness2017 Best Book of the Year),Rickshaw Girl(a NYPL Top 100 Book), andBamboo People(an ALA Top 10 YA novel). Mitali was born in India and currently resides in Northern California.
Lavanya Naiduis an animator and illustrator from Kolkata. A graduate of the National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad), she has worked with Google, Amazon, Cartoon Network, Godrej and several Indian publishing houses.
A Junior Library Guild Selection!
A 2022 Notable Book in the Language Arts!
Northern California Book Award Nominee!
Perkins explores a childs experience of immigration in a sweet and child-friendly story preselƒ
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