My Diwali Book Author: Rakhee Iyer Illustrators: Gayathri Manikandan, Priya Kuriyan, Taposhi Ghoshal It is November. I am dreaming of Diwali.

2 Amma says it is the Festival Of Lights.

3 My Grandma read me a book about Diwali.

T​ he book said Diwali is celebrated because Goodness won over Evil.

4 My Grandma says if I do good things, I win too.

So I always share my things with my friends.

5 Amma, Appa and I went to buy new clothes for Diwali

I bought a few dresses in my favorite colors.

6 Amma and Appa made a lot of yummy food!

Mixture, chakli, ladoo, barfi and even chocolate cake. My favorite is the ribbon pakoda and Peda.

7 8 Make the Diwali Peda Recipe! Ingredients: Sweet condensed milk – 1 can (14 oz) Milk powder – 3 cups Ghee or clarified butter – 1/4 cup Saffron – 2-3 strands Luke warm water – 3 tbsps Luke warm milk – 3 tbsps Food color - few drops (colors of your choice)

Steps: Soak the saffron in luke warm water for 5 minutes Mix the sweet condensed milk, milk powder and the soaked saffron with water in microwave safe bowl. Mix well and microwave for a minute. Now add the ghee and milk and mix well. Let it microwave for 3 minutes and keep stirring it for every one minute. Don’t leave it without stirring for more than 1.5 minutes. Let it cool down for about 20 minutes. Now makes balls out of the cooked mixture and make your desired shapes.

9 Tomorrow is Diwali! We decorate our house with Torans.

10 We then decided to make a big kolam.

11 12 On Diwali day, I woke up first.

13 Appa and Amma were surprised. I even washed my hair without crying.

14 I wore my new dress. Amma wore a saree. Appa and I helped her with the pleats.

15 Appa said Amma looked like a queen. I thought she looked like a Princess!

16 17 We ate all the yummy food.

I also helped Amma take some goodies to my friend's house.

18 19 In the evening, we took out the decorated diyas and lit them.

Amma Appa asked me to be careful.

20 Then we went to light some sparklers. Our house looked so beautiful.

21 It was the best Diwali we celebrated!

22 23 24 Story Attribution: This story: My Diwali Book is written by Rakhee Iyer . © Rakhee Iyer , 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

Illustration Attributions: Cover page: Family and friends lighting lamps and bursting crackers for festiva,l by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Girl looking out of a window, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Diya, by Gayathri Manikandan © Gayathri Manikandan, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Girl sitting on grandmother's lap and reading while a black cat sleeps, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: Girl sitting with grandmother in winter near bonfire, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Girl looking at shawls, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Girl and boy sniffing aroma from kitchen, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Diwali Peda , by Gayathri Manikandan © Gayathri Manikandan, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Boy standing on a stool to hang leaves on the door frame while girl and mother observe, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 11: Kolam designs, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 12: Diwali kolam, by Gayathri Manikandan © Gayathri Manikandan, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Some rights reserved. This book is CC-​ BY-​ 4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Illustration Attributions: Page 13: Girl waking up in bed in the morning and a smiling sun, by Taposhi Ghoshal © Pratham Books, 2008. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 14: Girl sitting on bed with winter clothes around her and lady bringing mug,s by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 15: Girl playing with lady's saree, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 16: Girl playing with lady's saree, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 17: Two girls and a boy holding sweets during a festiva,l by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 19: Family and friends lighting lamps and bursting crackers for festiva,l by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 20: Family and friends lighting lamps and bursting crackers for festiva,l by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 21: Family and friends lighting lamps and bursting crackers for festival, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 22: CountTheFireworks, by Gayathri Manikandan © Gayathri Manikandan, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 23: Family and friends lighting lamps and bursting crackers for festival, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 24: Photo, by Gayathri Manikandan © Gayathri Manikandan, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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(English) A little girl celebrates Diwali.

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