This vibrantly colored and beautifully illustrated picture book, combining photographs of real sari fabric with simple drawings of children, captures the sweet warmth and tenderness of a child’s playful imagination. Each double page illustration shows a young child’s attachment to and delight in the saris and the many ways they can be seen and used, from a child’s sailing down a river of blue to her being wrapped to sleep in the fabric’s warmth and soft ness. The endpapers show step-by-step instructions for how to wear this tra ditional Indian garment. 2007 USBBY Outstanding International Books List. ae

Originally published by Tulika India, in 2006.

Mother's sari is sometimes a train, sometimes a river, or a swing, or a hiding place... Children have a way of seeing things differently! The spare text weaves and winds between a visual interplay of children, colours and textures, to create the mood-filled world of My Mother's Sari. * Dynamic interplay of text and visual that takes the reader on a sartorial journey with the graceful and everyday sari * Illustrated by an international award-winning filmmaker-artist, who breaks away from conventional depictions of both sari and children, combining photographs and acrylic in dramatic, original ways to create stunning visuals * Encourages the child to explore, dream and find new experiences at playtime * With a step by step guide to wearing a sari.