Bhagya Madanasinghe – illustratör

This warm and joyful picture book blends family tradition and creativity as Noor puts an awesome spin on her Dadijaan's yummy but ingredient-specific samosa recipe.It’s Noor’s first time making her Dadijaan’s Special Samosa recipe. When she can’t get in touch with her Dadijaan because it’s nighttime in Pakistan, Noor must improvise to make her family’s recipe without all of the correct ingredients.Noor uses her creativity and problem-solving skills to create something new and exciting for her friends: flaky, super-crispy Awe-samosas!Marzieh Abbas weaves Urdu words into her narrative of creativity, problem-solving, and love of food and cooking. Includes Dadijaan’s traditional potato and pea samosas recipe in backmatter.

Join the Earth Patrol! Written to help parents begin conversations with their children about a challenging and important topic, Something Happened to Our Planet describes the narrator amp rsquo s efforts to help the planet with her friends, by advocating for re-usable plates at her school.  This book will inspire kids to make a difference in their own schools and communities. Includes a Reader's Note with more information about the impact of climate change, child-friendly definitions, sample dialogues, and guidance for discussing climate change with children. This book is printed with vegetable-based inks on responsibly sourced paper.

Career Day is looming, and Lina has no idea what she wants to do when she grows up. Should she become a nurse? An engineer? A journalist? A professional athlete? There are too many options! When her mom suggests she ask herself a few key questions, Lina begins to realize who she grows up to be is more important than what she ends up doing. In a world that places so much emphasis on what we do, Paula Faris-who stepped out of her own role as an award-winning journalist-is passionate about encouraging kids to consider instead who they want to be. In this beautifully illustrated book, Paula shares this empowering message with young readers and gives parents tools to foster their child's unique gifts and interests and focus them on the things that matter.Join Lina on her journey as she discovers that character counts and who you are is more important than what you do.

From the bestselling author of What If Everybody Did That? comes a story about looking for the AWESOME in every day.For Andrew, it seems like everything is going wrong. From trouble at school to skinned knees at the park, there are AWFUL things happening everywhere! But then his big sister gives him a challenge: instead of focusing on the bad things, try to find something AWESOME in every day. At first, it seems like an impossible task. But slowly, the world begins to look a little different to Andrew, even when some things don’t go as planned. Are you up for the challenge, too? Join Andrew and his loving family as he searches for the AWESOME in every day.

In Xavier''s neighborhood, tattoos represent gang membership. After Xavier catches an unexpected glimpse of his new teacher''s tattoos, he learns that there''s more than meets the eye when it comes to the cultural significance of tattoos.Based on real events that took place during author Darren Lopez''s first year teaching in Washington DC, My Teacher Has Tattoos is an impactful conversation starter that brings to life the pitfalls of stereotyping in the classroom and beyond.

In Xavier''s neighborhood, tattoos represent gang membership. After Xavier catches an unexpected glimpse of his new teacher''s tattoos, he learns that there''s more than meets the eye when it comes to the cultural significance of tattoos.Based on real events that took place during author Darren Lopez''s first year teaching in Washington DC, My Teacher Has Tattoos is an impactful conversation starter that brings to life the pitfalls of stereotyping in the classroom and beyond.

En el barrio de Javier, los tatuajes identifican a miembros de una pandilla. Cuando Javier ve los tatuajes del maestro, aprende que no todo es como parece y descubre el significado cultural de los tatuajes.Esta historia está basada en lo que sucedió cuando Darren López cursaba el primer año como maestro en Washington DC sin conocer la cultura centroamericana. Es un buen punto de partida para hablar con los niños sobre formas de autoexpresión, como los tatuajes, y cómo pueden mostrar positivamente una cultura o el recorrido personal de alguien en vez de tener una conexión con algo peligroso.In Javier''s neighborhood, tattoos represent gang membership. After Javier catches an unexpected glimpse of his new teacher''s tattoos, he learns that there''s more than meets the eye when it comes to the cultural significance of tattoos.Based on real events that took place during author Darren Lopez''s first year teaching in Washington DC, My Teacher Has Tattoos is an impactful conversation starter that brings to life the pitfalls of stereotyping in the classroom and beyond. This Spanish-language translation brings an important story of overcoming bias to a new audience.