Thursday is library day, Joseph's favorite day at school. Joseph loves books, and Thursday the librarian lets him take two books home: an easy book that he can read by himself and a harder book that someone can read for him. Joseph would love nothing...
On Good Friday, Aaji would like to get his grandmother a piece of smoked salmon to complete the meal she cannot afford to buy for herself, so he finds work at Teacher Omar's house, does his job well, and is rewarded with a piece of salmon that he pro...
The meaning of the Hindu "festival of lights" becomes clear to a young boy. Ricki is looking forward to Divali, the Hindu "festival of lights." He's also waiting for two special rosebuds to bloom -- buds on the bush his grandfather had planted in the...