Nadia's Hands
Paperback – Picture Book, December 1, 2009
Astra Publishing House · Paperback · December 1, 2009
Saturday is Auntie Laila's wedding day and Nadia has been chosen as flower girl.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm picture-book reading experience about heritage, belonging, and sharing a tradition at school.
- Themes
- Pakistani heritage, Family traditions, Cultural pride
- Genres
- Diversity & Multicultural, US: Asian American Stories, Muslim Children's Stories
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Saturday is Auntie Laila's wedding day and Nadia has been chosen as flower girl. The morning of the ceremony, Auntie Amina prepares Nadia's hands in the traditional way. Using henna, a natural dye, she creates intricate designs, called mehndi, on Nadia's hands. But Nadia is worried. Mehndi lasts a long time and doesn't wash off right away. When she goes to school on Monday, what will her classmates think of her hands?
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Will they understand that mehndi is part of her Pakistani heritage? By the afternoon, Nadia is swept up in the excitement of the wedding. Now she can't wait till Monday, when she can "share her hands from Pakistan" with the kids at school. Karen English's loving story of a Pakistani-American girl, who comes to an understanding of the rich culture she has inherited, is vividly illustrated by Jonathan Weiner.
Culture Made Visible
A warm picture-book reading experience about heritage, belonging, and sharing a tradition at school.
Come here for
- Intricate mehndi designs and a Pakistani-American girl's changing feelings about them
- A wedding-day story that opens into questions of identity and belonging
Expect
- An accessible, classroom-friendly invitation to talk about cultural heritage
- Vivid illustrations accompanying a loving story
Where it sits
| Diversity & Multicultural | 54% |
|---|---|
| Muslim Children's Stories | 47% |
| US: Asian American Stories | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: Asian American Stories
- Stories About Divorce
- U.S. Stories
- Authors
- Karen English
- Publisher
- Astra Publishing House
- Published
- December 1, 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Pakistani heritage · Family traditions · Cultural pride
- Reading lane
- US: Asian American Stories