Lights for Gita

by Rachna Gilmore

Book Overview

Gita has recently moved to America from India, and she is looking forward to celebrating Divali-her favorite holiday-with her family. She has invited some of her new friends from school to join in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929005619
• ISBN13: 9780929005614
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Second Story Press
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Dispelling our Darkness: Lights For Gita

This carefully crafted tale of homesickness and hope combines the universal experience of long-awaited plans foiled by weather with the grief of a young girl pining for her far off home. This book leaves us with the powerful insight that its up to each of us to fill our darkness with light.

Good to read to school. Nice introduction.

A nice story with illustrations although it does not give the kind of detail that my children & I crave. I paraphrased it, using the pictures, for a group of 3 - 6 year olds at school and they liked it. An easy introduction to Diwali for them. Then I showed them a few things, including a clay oil lamp and we had Indian sweets. For pictures of a more traditional celebration and those details, use the 2 page spread in "Children Just Like Me: Celebrations!".