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Title: Here Comes Diwali : The Festival of Lights by Meenal Pandya, Laxmi Jain, Meenal Atul Pandya ISBN: 0-9635539-3-3 Publisher: Meera Publications Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: There are better books available.
Comment: 'Here Comes Diwali' was a huge disappointment.
The illustrations, which are mono-chromatic and poorly executed take up 6 entire pages of the 21 pages allotted to narration.
The text is written unevenly, shifts between first and third person and provides only minimal information about the traditions of Diwali. For example, "The kitchen smells so..o..o. good. Mom is making lots of sweets and snacks."(sic)
The four-page 'crafts' section consists of very vague instructions for making rangoli, wicks and diyas--with no illustrations. These are the diya instructions: "Using clay have each child make a small container or a bowl by using his or her hand as a base."(sic)
There are also a glossary, word-search and four recipes included which I will not test as I am returning this book.
Instead of this title I would recommend:
Diwali by Chris Deshpande (bright photographs and informative text)
Lights for Gita by Rachna Gilmore (a fictional story)
Ravi's Diwali Surprise (a fictional story with a few photographs and, again, weak illustration)
Rama and the Demon King by Jessica Souhami (lushly illustrated children's version of the Ramayana)
The bright, cheerful jacket of "Here Comes Diwali" belies a dull and uninspiring interior.
Rating: 5
Summary: Explore customs & traditions associated with this festival
Comment: Diwali, the festival of lights, is probably the most celebrated ethnic Hindu festival around the world. In Meenal Pandya's Here Comes Diwali: The Festival Of Lights, young readers explore the customs and traditions associated with this festival beginning when the family begins cleaning the house, through a five day journey. Now in a completely revised and expanded second edition, Meenal Pandya's colorfully illustrated picturebook story is enhanced with easy recipes and fun crafts and activities designed for children. Here Comes Diwali is a welcome and unique contribution to any personal, school, and community library multicultural collection.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent job!
Comment: This style of writing is so easy for a young child to enjoy. Books like these make it a bit easier to keep our culture alive thru our children.
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Title: Diwali (Celebrations) by Chris Deshpande, Prodeepta Das ISBN: 0713640820 Publisher: A&C Black Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Story of Divaali by Nilesh Mistry, Valmiki Ramayana, Jatinder Nath Verma ISBN: 1841489360 Publisher: Barefoot Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Lights For Gita by Rachna Gilmore, Alice Priestley ISBN: 0884481514 Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Little Krishna by Harish Johari, Sapna Johari, Suresh Johari, Pieter Weltevrede, Eliza Thomas ISBN: 1591430011 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 30 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Colors of India (Colors of the World) by Holly Littlefield, Janice Lee Porter ISBN: 1575053683 Publisher: Lerner Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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