Everywhere I Call Home

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Sandhya Acharya grew up in Mumbai, India, and now lives in Santa Clara, California. Her picture book Living Bridges: The Hidden World of India's Woven Trees was a Junior Library Guild Selection, and her articles and short stories have been featured in The Washington Post and on NPR (KQED), among other outlets. When she is not writing, you can find her training for marathons, learning a form of Indian classical dance, or hosting a podcast for a non-profit. She invites you to visit her online at sandhyaacharya.com.

Chaaya Prabhat is an illustrator and lettering artist from Chennai, India, currently based in Goa. She has illustrated many picture books, including Bracelets for Bina’s Brothers by Rajani LaRocca; Animal Tales from India: Ten Stories from the Panchatantra by Nikita Gill; and Anni Dreams of Biryani by Namita Moolani Mehra. When she's not illustrating children's books, she's baking bread, birdwatching, reading, or drawing for fun. She invites you to visit her online at chaayaprabhat.com.

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This lyrical picture book celebrates multicultural identity and the joys of being from more than one country.

An Indian American girl explores what "home" means to her as she travels between two worlds: In America, she collects pinecones, eats sweet honey sticks at the farmer's market, and rides her bike down rolling hills with her friends. In India, she savors jalebis from street hawkers, smells the scent of jasmine in the air, and plays tag in crisscross lanes with her cousins. For her family, "home" is both America and India at the same time, and she doesn't have to choose just one!

With poetic text and vibrant illustrations, this picture book offers an affirming message about being from more than one place and belonging to more than one culture. Home is so much more than just a place on a map: It's wherever your heart lives!