Meet Simran Jeet Singh

Join us in-store to meet SIMRAN JEET SINGH, author of ! Celebrate an early Vaisakhi, the Sikh spring harvest festival, with this touching picture book celebrating community and heritage as a young girl looks for connection in a new country through Vaisakhi.

When a Sikh family moves from their village in India to a faraway city on the other side of the world, a girl yearns for her grandmother's hugs, her goat Ramu, and the lush fields filled with yellow flowers and wheat. How will they celebrate Vaisakhi in her new and unfamiliar surroundings? But the girl soon discovers soothing touchstones—a special outfit, a trip to gurdwara, delicious food, and new friends—that make gathering for Vaisakhi still the best day of all. With gorgeous, intricate illustrations by debut children’s book illustrator Japneet Kaur, this touching story from SIMRAN JEET SINGH shows us that while life changes, home is where we build community and carry traditions forward.
SIMRAN JEET SINGH is the executive director of the Aspen Institute's Religion & Society Program and the author of the national bestseller The Light We Give (Riverhead, 2022). He is also the author of the award-winning picture book Fauja Singh Keeps Going (Kokila, 2020), which was named a Best Book of 2020 by National Public Radio and the New York Public Library, and has been featured on numerous outlets, including CNN, BBC, Runner's World, and TODAY.com.

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