Book Uncle and Me
Scholastic India, 2012; Groundwood 2016
South Asia Book Award Honor Book
International Literacy Association Social Justice Literature Award 2017
Top Ten title picked by the Ontario Library Association’s Best Bets committee
NPR Book Concierge’s Guide to 2016’s Great Reads.
Little Free Library Action Book Club pick
2017 Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year pick
“Yasmin’s campaign should help inspire young readers to believe in their own potential to make a difference and teach the valuable lesson that sometimes it takes several small actions to make big moves.” Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“There are valuable lessons for activists of all ages in this lovely upper elementary chapter book.” Social Justice Books
“The book joyfully celebrates diversity and pluralism simply by presenting a situation where a motley bunch of warm-hearted, fiercely individualistic people come together for a cause. And, while the book is rooted in “the corner of St Mary’s Road and 1st Cross Street”, it succeeds in transcending cultural boundaries by giving us characters whom we care about in a story with universal appeal.” Asha Nehemiah/Scholastic Asia