Indian/Indian American

Fatima’s Great Outdoors

by Ambreen Tariq

Age 04 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Fauja Singh Keeps Going

by Simran Jeet Singh

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations

Festival of Colors

by Surishtha Sehgal

Age 02 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts

Flying The Dragon

by Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Age 09 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity

Forward Me Back to You

by Mitali Perkins

Age 14 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Girls on Wheels

by Srividhya Venkat

Age 04 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Welcoming by Community

Goodnight Ganesha

by Nadia Salomon

Age 03 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Religious Background: Hindu, Visiting Home Country

Grandpa’s Stories

by Joseph Coelho

Age 04 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Happy Diwali!

by Sanyukta Mathur

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations: Diwali, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Holi Hai!

by Chitra Soundar

Age 04 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts

Hollow Fires

by Samira Ahmed

Age 12 or older

Themes: Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Home is in Between

by Mitali Perkins

Age 03 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Education, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School

Home is In Between (Wonderbook Edition)

by Mitali Perkins

Age 03 or older

Themes: Audiobook, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Education, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School, Wonderbook

Home is in Between (Wonderbook Edition)

by Mitali Perkins

Age 03 or older

Themes: Audiobook, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Education, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School, Wonderbook

Hope in the Valley

by Mitali Perkins

Age 08 or older

Themes: Audiobook, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-Ji

by F. Zia

Age 07 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Generation: 2nd

How Maya Got Fierce

by Sona Charaipotra

Age 14 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts

How to Wear a Sari

by Darshana Khiani

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Own Voices/Lived Experience

How We Fall Apart

by Katie Zhao

Age 14 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Abilities, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Language Ability, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Thriller, Immigrant: Economic, Multilingual Character, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trigger Warning: Self-Harm

I Can Be All Three

by Salima Alikhan

Age 04 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School

I’ll Go and Come Back

by Rajani LaRocca

Age 03 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience

I’m an American

by Darshana Khiani

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, LGBTQIA+, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by School, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)

It’s Diwali!

by Kabir Sehgal

Age 00 or older

Themes: Celebrations: Diwali, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Hindu

Jukebox

by Nidhi Chanani

Age 10 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Karma Khullar’s Mustache

by Kristi Wientge

Age 08 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Multiracial Identity, Religious Background: Sikh

Karthik Delivers

by Sheela Chari

Age 10 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences, Human Rights Violation: Child Labor, The Arts

Kismat Connection

by Ananya Devarajan

Age 13 or older

Themes: Audiobook, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Romance, Own Voices/Lived Experience

La forma de un hogar

by Rashin Kheiriyeh

Age 04 or older

Themes: Audiobook, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Education & Literacy, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School

Laxmi’s Mooch

by Shelly Anand

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations

Lights for Gita

by Rachna Gilmore

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations: Diwali, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Living with Viola

by Rosena Fung

Age 09 or older

Themes: Canadian Connection, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Love, Hate and Other Filters

by Samira Ahmed

Age 15 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Multiracial Identity, Religious Background: Muslim