Rakhi Sisters
How can Arya celebrate Raksha Bandhan if she's not in India with her cousins?
Every summer, Arya visits her cousins in India. After long days of playing cricket and picking mangoes, she and her cousins celebrate Raksha Bandhan, a Hindu festival when siblings and cousins show their love for one another by exchanging special bracelets called rakhis. But this year, Arya's family will not be visiting India. Instead, she spends all summer with her friend, Mia. When the date for the festival approaches, Arya thinks that she may have found the perfect solution to celebrate Raksha Bandhan even when she's far away.
From the author of the award-winning picture book Chaiwala comes this story about family, friendship, and finding new ways to honor old traditions. Accompanied by a glossary of Hindi words and author's note about Raksha Bandhan.
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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
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