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Starred Review on August 2, 2025 | Holidays - Picture Books
PreS-Gr 2—A bright, beautiful celebration of family and love on Diwali, this moving story centers one child's anticipation of the holiday as he waits for his big sister, Dida. Ronak desperately attempts to distract himself, drawing a rangoli, greeting his grandparents, eating rasgullas and chaklis, and watching fireworks burst across the sky. Each time he's anxious Dida isn't there, he thinks, "Arré, arré! No, no!/ Now what will I do?" He then ruminates and refrains with, "So I let my worry fly away." The text is clean and easy...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

