Many Things At Once
$41.67
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
25 February 2025
Summary
In this poignant picture book about family and belonging, the child of a Jewish mother and a South Asian father hears stories about her family history. Sometimes she doesn’t feel Jewish enough or South Asian enough, but comes to realize you can feel—and be—many things at once.
AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD WINNER
Based on the author’s own family history, here is a moving story about a young girl from two different backgrounds. The girl’s mother tells her stories about her mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593643907 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593643909 |
| Author: | Veera Hiranandani, Nadia Alam |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 25 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“This thoughtful portrait explores the doubt that many interfaith and biracial children feel about not fully belonging….A quiet reflection on belonging and acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A tender personal story with universal themes of plurality that young readers will enjoy.” —Booklist
“This picture book is a gentle, age-appropriate acknowledgement of how feeling “many things at once” is part of belonging to multiple cultures while still celebrating the rich histories and traditions of each.” —The Bulletin
About The Author
Veera Hiranandani
Veera Hiranandani, author of the Newbery Honor-winning The Night Diary, earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award finalist, and How to Find What You’re Not Looking For, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the New York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize. A former editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA Program at The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Nadia Alam is a second-generation Bangladeshi Canadian illustrator. She is the illustrator of Awake, Asleep by Kyle Lukoff, which received three starred reviews, and The Wishing Machine by Jonathan Hillman, called “beautifully heartbreaking and heartening” in a starred review from Booklist. She lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter, son, and dog named Momo.
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