Mama's Roti |
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| Author:
| Mirchandani, Raakhee |
| Illustrator:
| Gupta, Shreya |
| ISBN: | 978-0-316-33946-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2024 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $18.99 |
Book Description:
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A powerful story about the life-giving force of roti--a round Indian flatbread--and where it comes from, the people who grow it, and what it symbolizes within two families, inspired by the farmers' protests in India. A roti isn't just a roti. It's a day in the hot sun tending to the wheat fields. It's little grains of truth about where we come from. It's a snack in the car for the perfect road trip lunch. It's hundreds of hands over...
More Description A powerful story about the life-giving force of roti--a round Indian flatbread--and where it comes from, the people who grow it, and what it symbolizes within two families, inspired by the farmers' protests in India.
A roti isn't just a roti. It's a day in the hot sun tending to the wheat fields. It's little grains of truth about where we come from. It's a snack in the car for the perfect road trip lunch. It's hundreds of hands over thousands of years, kneading together our story.
Told through alternating perspectives of a family in America and a family in India, this powerful cross-continental, intergenerational story proves that something as small as a grain of wheat can create a powerful sense of community.