In the timely yet timeless picture book Home Is in Between,
critically acclaimed author Mitali Perkins and illustrator Lavanya Naidu
describe the experience of navigating multiple cultures and embracing
the complex but beautiful home in between.
Shanti misses the warm monsoon rains in India. Now in America, she
watches fall leaves fly past her feet.
Still, her family's apartment feels like a village: Mama cooking
luchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Baba's big laugh. But outside,
everything is different - trick-or-treating, ballet class, and English
books.
Back and forth, Shanti trudges between her two worlds. She remembers her
village and learns her new town. She watches Bollywood movies at home
and Hollywood movies with her friends. She is Indian. She is also
American. How should she define home?