Celebrate India, Age 0 - 5

Updated November 12, 2025
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Tomatoes for Neela
Lakshmi, Padma
Paper Book
Padma Lakshmi, bestselling author and host of Bravo's Top Chef and Hulu's Taste the Nation, and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal team up in this celebration of food and family. "Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of cooking with the...
Bracelets for Bina's brothers
LaRocca, Rajani
Paper Book
Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling! For the Hindu holiday of Raksha Bandhan, Bina is determined to make beaded bracelets for her brothers all by herself. She finds out which colors her brothers like and dislike and sets to work. Working with her every-other...
I'll go and come back
LaRocca, Rajani
Paper Book
A tender, beautifully illustrated story about a girl in America and her grandmother in India, whose love stretches between languages and cultures--and across the world. When Jyoti visits her grandmother halfway around the world, she is overwhelmed by the differences between India...
Anni dreams of biryani
Mehra, Namita Moolani
Paper Book
Anni's on a mission to YUM! The café across the street from Anni's home in Little India makes the best biryani in the world. Fluffy and fragrant, spicy and succulent--Anni could eat it every day. In fact, Anni loves that biryani so much that she's determined to uncover the secret to the...
Priya dreams of marigolds & masala
Patel, Meenal
Paper Book
Priya lives in the United States and her family is from India. She feels the magic of the place her family comes from through her Babi Ba's colorful descriptions of India--from the warm smell of spices to the swish-swish sound of a rustling sari. Together, Priya and Babi Ba make their heritage live...

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