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The boy & the bindi / written by Vivek Shraya ; illustrated by Rajni Perera.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver, BC, Canada : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781551526683
  • 1551526689
Other title:
  • Boy and the bindi
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "A playful story...about a young boy's fascination with the dot on his mother's forehead"--Back cover.Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: LGBTQIA+ Books for Kids | Recent Rainbow Reads for Kids
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook My Body Shraya Vivek Available 33111008514313
Total holds: 0

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.

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