Uma Krishnaswami

Eight-year-old Arun waits impatiently while international adoption paperwork is completed so that he can meet his new baby sister from India.

"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 top. He becomes a guide, leading treks through the Himalayas, and finally attempts the highest mountain himself, but doesn't make it. Across the ocean, in New Zealand, Edmund Hillary grew...

When Maria Singh's family is on the brink of losing their farm due to prejudice and discriminatory laws of the land, Maria must decide if she has what it takes to find her voice in an unfair world.

Phoebe draws the planets on the sidewalk outside her father's store. She can hardly wait. The telescopes are ready. Soon Saturn and Mars are going to appear together in the sky. But will Phoebe be able to see them with all the city lights?

"A look at the lives of Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. and how they were led to seek revolution through peace"--

Embarrassed by her clumsiness, eight-year-old Meena, an Asian Indian American girl, is reluctant to appear in the school play until she gains self-confidence by practicing yoga.

A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale about a girl who is only one inch tall.

A child describes waiting for the monsoon rains to arrive and the worry that they will not come.

Introduces young readers to Holi, a Hindu festival that celebrates the arrival of spring.

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.