India:

Picture book list (True Stories):

• The Forest Keeper: The True Story of Jadav Payeng

• 111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl

• The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan

• Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon

• Manjhi Moves a Mountain

• Ashoka the Fierce: How an Angry Prince Became India’s Emperor of Peace

• The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng

• The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

• Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story

• Grandfather Gandhi

• Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor

• Mahavira: The Hero of Nonviolence

• My Mother’s Tongues: A Weaving of Languages

Picture book list (Fiction):

• The Forest Keeper: The True Story of Jadav Payeng

• Farmer Falgu Goes on a Trip

• Farmer Falgu Goes to the Market

• Farmer Falgu Goes Kite Flying

• Farmer Falgu Goes to the Kumbh Mela

• Farmer Falgu Goes to the Market

• Girls on Wheels

• A Kurta to Remember

• Mango Memories

• Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps

• Tomatoes for Neela

• American Desi

• Bindu’s Bindis

• A Sari for Ammi

• Birds of a Feather

• Papa’s Butter Chicken: A Celebration of Family and Community

• My Name is Long as a River

• Ganesha Goes Green

• My Paati’s Saris

• Paati’s Rasam

• The Runaway Dosa

• The Wheels on the Tuk-Tuk

• The Spice Box

• A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India

• A Garden in My Hands

• A Bindi Can Be

• Anni Dreams of Biryani

• Desert Queen

• The Light Within You

• Where Three Oceans Meet

• I’ll Go and Come Back

• Masala Chai: Fast and Slow

• Bilal Cooks Daal

• Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji

• 10 Gulab Jamuns: Counting With an Indian Sweet Treat

• P is for Poppadoms: An Indian Alphabet Book

• The Knowing

• Dadaji’s Paintbrush

• The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition

• Chachaji’s Cup

• Monsoon

• Bindiya in India

• Hair Twins

• Shubh Diwali

• Binny’s Diwali

• The Best Diwali Ever

• Feast of Peas

• Grandmother School

• Lali’s Feather

• Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math

• Sugar in Milk

• The Life of the Buddha

• The Mountains of Mumbai

• My Mother’s Sari

• Get Off That Camel

• Priya Dreams of Marigolds and Masala

• The Yellow Suitcase

• Thukpa for All

• A Tangle of Brungles

• Holi Hai

• Bracelets of Bina’s Brothers

• Usha and the Big Dipper

• Mina vs. the Monsoon

• Sadiq Wants to Stitch

• Thread of Love

• Under the Bodhi Tree: A Story of the Buddha

• Nabeel’s New Pants: An Eid Tale

• Chaiwala!

• The Leaping Laddoo

• Laxmi’s Mooch

• Always Anjali

• Monsoon Afternoon

• Sona and the Wedding Game

• My Dadima Wears a Sari

Picture book list (Folktales):

• Pattan’s Pumpkin: An Indian Flood Story

• One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

• Ganesha’s Great Race

• Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth

• Cloud Tea Monkeys

• The Sweeper: A Buddhist Tale

• Bharatnatyam in Ballet Shoes

• Elephant in the Dark

• The Clever Tailor

• A Pair of Twins

• Finders Keepers?: A Bus Trip in India

• Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale

• Same, Same, But Different

• Balarama: A Royal Elephant

• The Rumor

• The Ghost Catcher

• Indian Tales: A Barefoot Collection

• Selvakumar Knew Better

• Look! Look!

• The Katha Chest

• Leila in Saffron

• The Story of Little Babaji

• Kadooboo: A Silly South Indian Folktale

• Dancing Devi

• Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps

• The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh

• Usha and the Stolen Sun

Picture book list (Factual):

• My Incredible India