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Uma Krishnaswami was born in 1956 in New Delhi, India.
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Bringing Asha Home
(It's Rakhi, the Hindu holiday special to brothers and sis...)
It's Rakhi, the Hindu holiday special to brothers and sisters, and Arun wishes he had a sister with whom to celebrate. Soon it looks as if his wish will come true. His parents are going to adopt a baby girl named Asha. She is coming all the way from India, where Arun's dad was born.The family prepares for Asha's arrival, not knowing it will be almost a year until they receive governmental approval to bring Asha home. Arun is impatient and struggles to accept the long delay, but as time passes he finds his own special ways to build a bond with his sister, who is still halfway around the world.With warmth and honesty, this tender story taps into the feelings of longing, love and joy that adoption brings to many families. Readers will find reassurance knowing there is more than one way to become part of a loving family.
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Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami (2015-04-01)
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BY Krishnaswami, Uma ( Author ) { The Grand Plan to Fix Everything By Krishnaswami, Uma ( Author ) Feb - 19- 2013 ( Paperback ) }
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Remembering Grandpa
( Daysha's grandma has come down with a bad case of sadne...)
Daysha's grandma has come down with a bad case of sadness over the loss of Grandpa, but said isn't how Daysha remembers him. Grandpa has been gone for more than a year. Daysha sets out to cheer up Grandma by collecting things that can bring happy memories: a button that fell off Grandpa's coat, flowers from the field where she and Grandpa chased butterflies, Grandpa's old guitar. She places all of the objects near the back porch of Grandma's house. As Daysha had hoped, they bring back happy memories. Grandma agrees that this is the best way to remember Grandpa. Uma Krishnaswami's simple and heartfelt story is illustrated with loving care by Layne Johnson.
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(The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story ) Author: Uma Krishnaswami May-2009
(Meena is excited about the class play, a new and improved...)
Meena is excited about the class play, a new and improved version of Red Riding Hood. But when she learns that she must play one of the trees in the forest, Meena's excitement vanishes. She is just too clumsy to be a quiet, steady tree.One day at the Indian grocery store, Meena sees a yoga class in progress, and the store owner convinces her to try the children's class. Little does Meena know she is about to find a way to grow from the inside out, just like a tree, and move beyond her feelings of clumsiness and frustration.The Happiest Tree is a gentle and empowering story of a young girl's road to self-confidence. It is sure to spark interest in yoga, and provide comfort to all children as they struggle to overcome the everyday obstacles to growing up.
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The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami (2013-02-19)
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(Bringing Asha Home ) Author: Uma Krishnaswami Jul-2007
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Remembering Grandpa by Uma Krishnaswami (2007-03-01)
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BY Krishnaswami, Uma ( Author ) { The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story By Krishnaswami, Uma ( Author ) Oct - 01- 2008 ( Paperback ) }
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The Happiest Tree by Uma Krishnaswami (2002-05-01)
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The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami (2013-02-19)
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Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami (2015-04-01)
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Bringing Asha Home Paperback April 1, 2015
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Naming Maya
( West meets East Although Maya has done her best to avo...)
West meets East Although Maya has done her best to avoid it, she is spending part of her summer in Chennai, India, with her mother, who is trying to sell her grandfather's old house. Soon Maya is drawn into a complicated friendship with eccentric Kamala Mami, who has been a housekeeper and cook for years in Maya's extended family. At the same time, Maya is thrust into an ocean of memories, all coming at her too quickly for her to understand. In particular, she is forced to examine the history of her parents' divorce -- all the more painful because she believes the trouble began with the choosing of her name. For years the tension has simmered in a cauldron of anxiety, secrets, and misunderstandings. It is only with the help of Kamala Mami and Maya's cousin Sumati that Maya is able to see what happened to her parents. In this compelling first novel, a young Indian American girl finally learns that she can choose which memories to keep and which to let go.
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The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
(Rose petal milk shakes and a world of surprises awaits Di...)
Rose petal milk shakes and a world of surprises awaits Dini when her family moves to India in this spirited novel with Bollywood flair. Eleven-year old Dini loves movies—watching them, reading about them, trying to write her own—especially those oh-so-fabulous Bollywood movies where you don’t need to know the language to get what’s going on. But when her mother reveals some big news, it does not at all jibe with the script Dini had in mind. Her family is moving to India. And not even to Bombay, which is the “center of the filmi universe” (and home to Dini’s all-time most favorite star, Dolly Singh). No, they’re moving to a teeny, tiny town that she can’t even find on a map: Swapnagiri. It means Dream Mountain, a sleepy little place where nothing interesting can happen.... But wait a movie minute! Swapnagiri is full of surprises like rose petal milk shakes, mischievous monkeys, a girl who chirps like a bird, and...could it be…Dolly herself?
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Uma Krishnaswami
Edit ProfileEducation
University of Delhi.
Career
She received a degree in Political Science, and a master"s degree in Social Work from the University of Delhi in India. They have one son and live in Aztec, New Mexico. Her first published story appeared in Children"s World, a magazine published in India, when she was thirteen.
Her stories and poems have been published in Cricket, Highlights and Cicada.
Her books, which include picture books, collections of stories of India, non-fiction books and novels, are published in English, Spanish, Hindi, Tamil and six other languages. Chachaji"s Cup, one of Krishnaswami"s picture books, was adapted into a musical and performed in several theaters in both New York City and California in 2010.
Krishnaswami was a founding co-director of the Bisti Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project in New Mexico. During that time she also taught writing classes online through Writers on the Net.
She currently teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Appelt, Kathi. "Uma Krishnaswami- " " " Calloo Callay. August 1, 2010. Courtot, Marilyn.
“Meet Authors and Illustrators Q&A with Uma Krishnaswami.” Children’s Literature, Independent Information and Reviews.
2009. Blevis, Mark. "Interview with Uma Krishnaswami." Just One More Book. January 1, 2007. Aldama, Frederick Luis.
"Uma Krishnaswami and International Imaginings." Journal of Children"s Literature.
Fall 2006. Volume 32, issue 2. p 60-65. Pereira, Aline. “Interview with Uma Krishnaswami.” PaperTigers.org, A Pacific Rim Voices Project.
May 2006. Leitich Smith, Cynthia.
“Author Update: Uma Krishnaswami.” Cynsations. September 18 2005. Leitich Smith, Cynthia. “Interview with Children’s Book Author, Uma Krishnaswami.” Children’s and YA Literature Resources.
Courtot, Marilyn.
Meet Authors and Illustrators: Uma Krishnaswami. Children’s Literature, Independent Information and Reviews.
Achievements
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1997 Scientific American Young Readers Award for The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha 2005 Notable Book Foreign a Global Society (International Reading Association) for Naming Maya 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children"s Literature) for Book Uncle and Maine 2011 Scholastic Asian Book Award for Book Uncle and Maine.
Works
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Naming Maya
( West meets East Although Maya has done her best to avo...)
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The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
(Rose petal milk shakes and a world of surprises awaits Di...)
- BY Krishnaswami, Uma ( Author ) { The Grand Plan to Fix Everything By Krishnaswami, Uma ( Author ) Feb - 19- 2013 ( Paperback ) }
- BY Krishnaswami, Uma ( Author ) { The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story By Krishnaswami, Uma ( Author ) Oct - 01- 2008 ( Paperback ) }
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Remembering Grandpa
( Daysha's grandma has come down with a bad case of sadne...)
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Bringing Asha Home
(It's Rakhi, the Hindu holiday special to brothers and sis...)
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(The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story ) Author: Uma Krishnaswami May-2009
(Meena is excited about the class play, a new and improved...)
- Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami (2015-04-01)
- The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami (2013-02-19)
- (Bringing Asha Home ) Author: Uma Krishnaswami Jul-2007
- Remembering Grandpa by Uma Krishnaswami (2007-03-01)
- The Happiest Tree by Uma Krishnaswami (2002-05-01)
- The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami (2013-02-19)
- Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami (2015-04-01)
- Bringing Asha Home Paperback April 1, 2015
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Naming Maya
Membership
She is a member of the Society of Children"s Book Writers and Illustrators and a nonresident member of The Children"s Book Guild of Washington District of Columbia.
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India
Education
Awards
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1997 Scientific American Young Readers Award for The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha 2005 Notable Book For a Global Society (International Reading Association) for Naming Maya 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Book Uncle and Me 2011 Scholastic Asian Book Award for Book Uncle and Me1997 Scientific American Young Readers Award for The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha 2005 Notable Book For a Global Society (International Reading Association) for Naming Maya 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Book Uncle and Me 2011 Scholastic Asian Book Award for Book Uncle and Me
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1997 Scientific American Young Readers Award for The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha 2005 Notable Book For a Global Society (International Reading Association) for Naming Maya 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Book Uncle and Me 2011 Scholastic Asian Book Award for Book Uncle and Me1997 Scientific American Young Readers Award for The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha 2005 Notable Book For a Global Society (International Reading Association) for Naming Maya 2013 Crossword Book Award (Children's Literature) for Book Uncle and Me 2011 Scholastic Asian Book Award for Book Uncle and Me