The boy & the bindi / written by Vivek Shraya ; illustrated by Rajni Perera.
Material type: TextPublisher: Vancouver, BC, Canada : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781551526683
- 1551526689
- Boy and the bindi
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | My Body | Shraya Vivek | Available | 33111008514313 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this beautiful children's picture book by Vivek Shraya, author of the acclaimed God Loves Hair, a five-year-old South Asian boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, the red dot commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins, and wishes to have one of his own. Rather than chastise her son, she agrees to it, and teaches him about its cultural significance, allowing the boy to discover the magic of the bindi, which in turn gives him permission to be more fully himself.
"A playful story...about a young boy's fascination with the dot on his mother's forehead"--Back cover.
A young boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, and asks her to explain what it is and why she wears it. She tells him that the red dot is commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. When he wishes to have one of his own, she agrees to it, and teaches him about its cultural significance, allowing the boy to discover the magic of the bindi, which in turn gives him permission to be more fully himself.