Home Is in Between

Home Is in Between - Hardcover

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Home Is in Between - Hardcover

Home Is in Between - Hardcover

by Mitali Perkins
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by Mitali Perkins (Author), Lavanya Naidu (Illustrator)

In the timely yet timeless picture book Home Is in Between, critically acclaimed author Mitali Perkins and illustrator Lavanya Naidu describe the experience of navigating multiple cultures and embracing the complex but beautiful home in between.

Shanti misses the warm monsoon rains in India. Now in America, she watches fall leaves fly past her feet.

Still, her family's apartment feels like a village: Mama cooking luchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Baba's big laugh. But outside, everything is different - trick-or-treating, ballet class, and English books.

Back and forth, Shanti trudges between her two worlds. She remembers her village and learns her new town. She watches Bollywood movies at home and Hollywood movies with her friends. She is Indian. She is also American. How should she define home?

Author Biography

Mitali Perkins has written several books for young readers, including Between Us and Abuela, Forward Me Back to You, You Bring the Distant Near (a National Book Award Nominee, a Walter Honor Book, a South Asia Book Award Winner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and a Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Book of the Year), Rickshaw Girl (a NYPL Top 100 Book), and Bamboo People (an ALA Top 10 YA novel). Mitali was born in India and currently resides in Northern California.

Lavanya Naidu is an animator and illustrator from Kolkata. A graduate of the National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad), she has worked with Google, Amazon, Cartoon Network, Godrej and several Indian publishing houses.
Number of Pages: 40
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.6 x 11.3 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: February 23, 2021
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Home Is in Between
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 2
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN9780374303679
Author Mitali Perkins
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
GenreChildren and Society & culture
FormatHardcover
PublishedFebruary 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages40
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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