A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India
Author
Meera Sriram
Illustrator
Mariona Cabassa
Published
8/14/2020
Age Groups
Pre-K / Kindergarten (3-5)
Early Elementary (5-8)
Author
Meera Sriram
Illustrator
Mariona Cabassa
Published
8/14/2020
Age Groups
Pre-K / Kindergarten (3-5)
Early Elementary (5-8)
Author
Meera Sriram
Illustrator
Mariona Cabassa
Published
8/14/2020
Age Groups
Pre-K / Kindergarten (3-5)
Early Elementary (5-8)
Summary of Book
A young girl explores the vibrant rainbow of items for sale in a southern Indian street market as she searches for a gift for her mother. Includes facts about the items mentioned and markets around the world, as well as photographs taken by the author in her hometown of Chennai, India.
Author Biography
Meera Sriram was from Chennai, India and moved to the United States in 2000. She has a master’s degree in electrical engineering, but later decided to write for children.
Quite ironically, she started out writing for adults by blogging about multicultural children's books. Then in 2010, she co-authored a children's book that was published in India.
Illustrator Biography
Mariona was born in beautiful Barcelona where she currently lives with her loving husband and son. Growing up, she was always drawn to drawing and painting. Mariona studied illustration at the Massana Art School. Shortly thereafter, she completed her postgraduate degree at the School of Fine Arts in Strasbourg where she also learned how to speak French.