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In the mountains of Meghalaya, India, a living bridge stands tall, connecting the land and its people with the interwoven roots of tall, wide ficus trees. The bridge is called Jingkieng Jri, and it’s alive. A little boy can’t wait to learn to weave the roots together just like the generations before him.

 

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MATH  meets FUN in this heartwarming story. Idu (Ee-doo) and Adu (Aa-doo) want to eat the Gulab Jamuns Mama has made, but Mama has asked them to wait for the guests. But how does one stay away from soft, sticky, melt-in-your-mouth Gulab Jamuns?

Positive reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist Online, American Pacific Asian Librarians Association (APALA), and many more. In Curriculum of Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI www.cli.org)

Sandhya Acharya is part children’s book author, part Bharat Natyam dancer, mountain hiker, amateur skier, wanna-be podcaster, candy stealer, mom – in no particular order. She has many places she called home including Mumbai, Mangalore, Indiana, Kansas, and now Santa Clara, California. Besides children’s literature, her work has been featured in Washington Post, NPR(KQED), India Currents, Lost Balloon, Peacock Journal, Aaduna among others.  Represented by Kathleen Rushall from ABLA (Andrea Brown Literary Agency).

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