Idu (Ee-doo) and Adu (Aa-doo) want to eat the Gulab Jamuns Mama has made, but Mama has asked them to wait for the guests. But how does one stay away from soft, sticky, melt-in-your-mouth Gulab Jamuns? Before long….1,2,3…. slurp! How many Gulab Jamuns do you think are left?
This sweet story combines STEM elements, sibling love and fun characters.
10 Gulab Jamuns has positive reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist Online, American Pacific Asian Librarians Association (APALA), Midwest Book Review, and many more. It is part of the curriculum of Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI www.cli.org), U.S. Department of Education grantee and also on several lists and catalogs including SouthAsianKidLit Indie Catalog, Product of Culture Diwali Guide and Socialjusticebooks.org
Sandhya Acharya is a children’s book author and writer. She grew up in Mumbai, India, and now lives in Santa Clara, California. She enjoys writing for children and sometimes grown-ups too. Her articles and short stories have been featured in Washington Post, NPR(KQED), India Currents, Lost Balloon, Peacock Journal, and Aaduna among others. When she is not writing, she is busy training for marathons, learning a form of Indian classical dance, hosting a podcast for a non-profit, and enjoying the childhood of her young sons. Her future children’s literature work is represented by Kathleen Rushall from ABLA (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)
P.S: Sometimes she steals candy from her kids’ stash
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