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Archie Celebrates an Indian Wedding by Mitali Banerjee Ruths

Sami's Special Gift by M O Yuksel

December 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I love getting good surprise emails about books. Recently Charlesbridge Publishing sent me a link with new titles. There were several that talked about cultures that are not usually ones we see or know about. I jumped on in, read the 17 that were in English (a few were in Spanish) and found  these below. I admit, I made some assumptions about Archie Celebrates an Indian Wedding. Which, actually, I’m glad I did. I was able to learn from that, and that one should not assume; […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Religion, Romance Tagged With: celebrations, Eid al-Adha, family, holidays, homelessness, Huseyin Sonmezay., Indian wedding, M.O. Yuksel, Marriage, Mitali Banerjee Ruths, Parwinder Singh, Social Theme, Türkiye, wedding

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:881 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Religion, Romance · Tags: celebrations, Eid al-Adha, family, holidays, homelessness, Huseyin Sonmezay., Indian wedding, M.O. Yuksel, Marriage, Mitali Banerjee Ruths, Parwinder Singh, Social Theme, Türkiye, wedding ·
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