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Get ready to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights in this luminous picture book.
At last, it is the evening of Diwali and Ronak can't wait to celebrate with Mum, Dad, his best friend Jay and big sister Dida. . But, his rangoli smudges in the wind, he spills juice on his shiny new kurta and Dida is nowhere to be seen. However, when the light from the diyas and decorative candles shine bright and beautiful, Ronak soon appreciates the true spirit of Diwali. With words from prize-winning author Dev Kothari and warm, colourful art from rising star Aditi Anand, this is the perfect gift to celebrate Diwali.
About the author
Dev Kothari grew up in a sleepy hamlet near Mumbai, where she read obsessively, wrote furtively and daydreamed endlessly. She won the Commonword Diversity YA novel prize in 2018 and went on to study for an MA in Writing for Children at Bath Spa University, which is where she first conceived her debut novel, Bringing Back Kay-Kay, a contemporary middle-grade mystery set in India. Dev lives in north London.Aditi Anand is an illustrator, author, and printmaker from India. In 2024, she graduated with distinction from the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. She was the winner of the Emerging Illustrator category at the 2024 V&A Illustration Awards. She lives in India.
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I strongly recommend this heart warming picture book that will inspire lots of interesting art work after reading. Karen Argent The Letterpress Project
