When I had my first child, an aunt gifted a collection of various books inspired by or speaking to Indian culture. This early exposure makes culture and language so much more tenable and memorable to kids.
Many of the following books have been a hi...
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Books for Toddlers (0-3 years old)
Books for Preschoolers (3-6yo) and Beyond
Books for Toddlers (0-3 years old)
The board book version of this makes such a good gift for new or expecting parents. It looks beautiful on a baby bookshelf.
Ganesha's Sweet Tooth a book by Sanjay Patel and Emily Haynes
A playful remake of Wheels on the Bus :)
The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk a book by Kabir Sehgal ...
I was really surprised how much my kids loved this book. It reinforces basic counting and subtraction with a story about 2 kids who eat all their gulab jamun their mom makes for a party one by one.
10 Gulab Jamuns a book by Sandhya Acharya and Vanessa Alexandre
A cultural interpretation of the classic nursery rhyme :)
Mother Goose Goes to India
The Bindi Baby book series makes a great gift for baby showers or early birthdays. Each page displays one beautifully illustrated thing with its hindi word underneath.
There is a book for colors (rang), animals (jaanvar) and things that go (vehicle...
Bindi Baby Animals (Punjabi) Beginner Book
Books for Preschoolers (3-6yo) and Beyond
This is an inspirational book about a man from India who took up running in his old age and became the oldest person to run (multiple) marathons!
Note, this book makes mention of racism and the adversity Fauja Singh had to overcome being a Sikh man ...
Fauja Singh Keeps Going a book by Simran Jeet Singh and Baljinder Kaur
Cute book about a girl who works hard to figure out the recipe to her favorite dish
Anni Dreams of Biryani - Namita Moolani Mehra
This is the story of a girl who travels to India for her uncle and aunt’s Indian wedding. This book uses the story to teach some basic words in Hindi such as names for people in the family, and names for things you would see in experience at a weddin...
Bindiya in India
I’m so excited to get this new book and see Kathak, a classical Indian dance form, represented in it