12th November Diwali

It is nearly time for Diwali, the Hindu festival of light that celebrates the victory of good over evil,  and as quite a number of the students at my school will be celebrating we always have a book display. 

Currently Kindergarten and I are reading folktales too, so yesterday we read an Indian folktale, The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin which was a 'big hit' with them. As a result of this my Diwali display grew to include Indian folktales and other stories.

There are many books about Diwali available, but look for these in the library as they will cover all aspects and enable you to answer any questions the children will have:

• Binny's Diwali by Thrity Umrigar

• Shubh  Diwali by Chitra Soundar

• Lighting a Lamp by Jonny Zucker

• It's Diwali by Kabir Sehgal

• Happy Diwali  by Sanyukta Mathur    

• All About Diwali: Things to Make and Do by Swapna Haddow

• Rama and Sita  by Malachy Doyle

• Rama and the Demon King by Jessica Souhami

• The Story of Divaali  by Nilesh Mistry

• Rama's Return  by Lisa Bruce

• Chook Doolan: Let's Do Diwali  by James Roy 

• Rangoli by Anuradha Anath     

Some Indian folktales to look for:

• The Elephant's Friend  by Marcia Williams

• The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin  by Betsy Bang

• No Dinner! by Jessica Souhami

• Grandma and the Great Gourd by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

• Monkey  by Gerald McDermott

• The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone

• Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

• Under the Great Plum Tree  by Sufiya Ahmed

• Once a Mouse... by Marcia Brown

• Pattan's Pumpkin  by Chitra Soundar

• The Elephant's Garden  by Jane Ray

• Jamil's Clever Cat  by Fiona French

• Manu and the Talking Fish  by Roberta Arenson

• The Tiger Child  by Joanna Troughton

Stories:

• The Tiger-Skin Rug  by Gerald Rose

• Stay for Dinner by  Sandy Parappukkaran

• Amma's Sari by Sandy Parappukkaran