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Author: Karen English
Publisher: Boyds Mill Press
Year of publish: c1999
Audience: Aged 5-8
Subject: Social acceptance
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Karen English is a Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning author. This book is one of her books. The story is features a Pakistani American girl was invited to her aunties traditional wedding in Pakistan where her hands were decorated with hena (colouring). However, she was excited about traditional artwork, in another hand she worried to show art to her American schoolmates. It is an excellent book shows themes of Pakistani traditions and their family values. To help readers to understand the original words of Urdu used in the book, there is a glossary translating these words. The story was accomplished with oil pastel illustrations which give richness details to all the characters. The book teaches children how to honour their original cultures. It is targeted to children aged 5-8.
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