We Are the Light: A Story of Diwali author-Elsie Chapman (Editor) and by the book’s final

and by the book’s final pages

and cook for the New Year

They used to gather at the table

” —BooklistFrom the acclaimed author and illustrator of The Big Umbrella comes a delightful celebration of creativity and gumption about a girl and her panda that’s Calvin and Hobbes meets If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

” After all

We Are the Light: A Story of Diwali author-Elsie Chapman (Editor) and by the book’s finalIn this evocative picture book, award winning author Rajani LaRocca and newcomer Sayan Mukherjee illustrate the traditions leading up to the holiday. We are the light the light of good that defeats evil, the light of knowledge that illuminates ignorance, the light that dispels darkness. With beautifully spare text and vibrant artwork, this book takes readers through the rituals of the Hindu festival of lights by following three different, contemporary