The Boy & the Bindi

by Vivek Shraya

Book Overview

In this beautiful children's picture book by Vivek Shraya, author of the acclaimed God Loves Hair , a five-year-old boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, the red dot commonly worn by South Asian women to indicate the point at which creation begins, and wishes to have one of his own. Rather than chastise her son, she agrees to it, and teaches him about its cultural significance, allowing the boy to discover the magic of the bindi, which in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551526689
• ISBN13: 9781551526683
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.2" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3