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Rajani LaRocca

    Rajani LaRocca crea letteratura che unisce mondi e culture diverse. I suoi romanzi per ragazzi e libri illustrati esplorano spesso temi di identità ed eredità, intrecciando ricchi elementi culturali con riferimenti contemporanei. LaRocca combina abilmente narrazioni classiche con colpi di scena inaspettati, offrendo ai lettori un'esperienza fresca e accattivante. La sua voce distintiva arricchisce il panorama della letteratura per l'infanzia.

    Much Ado About Baseball
    Bracelets for Bina's Brothers
    I'll Go and Come Back
    Red, White, and Whole
    • I'll Go and Come Back

      • 40pagine
      • 2 ore di lettura

      When Jyoti visits her grandmother halfway around the world, she is overwhelmed by the differences between India and home. At first she feels lonely and out of place, but soon, despite a language barrier, she and Sita Pati are able to understand each other. They form a bond - looking at books together, making designs with coloured sand, shopping at the market, playing games, eating chapatis and sipping warm milk with saffron to bring sweet dreams. When it's time to part, Jyoti doesn't want to leave, but then she remembers that in Tamil, people don't say goodbye, they say "I'll go and come back." Sure enough, the two reunite the next summer when Pati visits Jyoti in America, and it's Jyoti's turn to make her grandmother feel welcome. Can they create some special memories that will last until the next time they see each other?

      I'll Go and Come Back2022
      4,0
    • Bracelets for Bina's Brothers

      • 32pagine
      • 2 ore di lettura

      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-one beading pattern causes Bina to discover something new about patterns--and her brothers. Storytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together. Developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM education nonprofit TERC, under a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.

      Bracelets for Bina's Brothers2021
      4,1
    • Much Ado About Baseball

      • 336pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Seventh grader and math wiz Trish plans to play on the baseball team, but fellow math wiz Ben thinks baseball is a torture he would like to avoid--but now the two, who competed against each other in a math tournament, find themselves on the same baseball team. Includes recipes and math facts

      Much Ado About Baseball2021
      4,0
    • Red, White, and Whole

      • 224pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      A heartbreakingly hopeful #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia. Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she’s the only Indian American student, and home, with her family’s traditions and holidays. But Reha’s parents don’t understand why she’s conflicted—they only notice when Reha doesn’t meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked—Reha means “star” and Punam means “moon”—but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her Amma is sick. Really sick. Reha, who dreams of becoming a doctor even though she can’t stomach the sight of blood, is determined to make her Amma well again. She’ll be the perfect daughter, if it means saving her Amma’s life. From Indies Introduce author Rajani LaRocca comes a radiant story about the ties that bind and how to go on in the face of unthinkable loss. This is the perfect next read for fans of Jasmine Warga and Thanhhà Lại.

      Red, White, and Whole2021
      4,4