The Boy & the Bindi by Vivek Shraya, illustrated by Rajini Perara [in School Library Journal]
28 Dec, by in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American
A young boy, curious about his “Ammi’s dot … a bright and pretty spot,” innocently asks, “Why do you wear that dot?/What’s so special about that spot?” His mother crouches to eye level so he can touch her forehead as she explains, “It’s not a...