Book Signing:
February 6 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Free
Join us for a special book signing event with local, Newbery Honor award-winning author Veera Hiranandani as she celebrates the release of her new picture book, Many Things at Once.
Picture Book will also have other books by Veera Hiranandani for children of all ages, available to purchase.
About the Book:
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.
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 mother, a Jewish seamstress in Brooklyn, New York. She lived in a tiny two-bedroom apartment and sewed wedding dresses shimmering in satin and lace.
Her father tells stories of his mother, the girl’s other grandmother, who liked to cook bubbling dal on a coal stove in Pakistan. They tell stories about how both sides came to America, and how, eventually, her parents met on a warm summer evening in Poughkeepsie.
The girl sometimes feels as if she’s the “only one like me.” One day, when she spots a butterfly in her yard, she realizes it’s okay to be different–no two butterflies are alike, after all. It’s okay to feel alone sometimes, but also happy and proud. It’s okay to feel– and be– many things at once.
About Veera Hiranandan:
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.
Event Details:
Meet Veera Hiranandani, get your book signed, and chat about her latest release.
Copies of Many Things at Once will be available for purchase at the event, or ahead of time on Picture Book’s website to ensure we have enough copies
There will be a little Valentine-themed market with local vendors at HudCo at the same time, so it’s the perfect time to come down and enjoy this great space.
We can’t wait to see you there!
