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In this encouraging, reassuring picture book, National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins invokes the Indian custom of namaste, meaning "I bow to you," to show how little hands are capable of great love. . What's between your handswhen you namaste the world?. Maya is only three days into summer vacation and already bored. Outside her window, the street is full of neighbors. Coming and going. Earning and spending. Fixing and mending. Everyone has something to do -- everyone's hands are busy.. Except Maya's. When she opens her palms, they are empty. They are small.. What in the world can her hands do?. As Maya longs to do something useful alongside her neighbors -- proclaim truth, stand for justice, or show mercy -- she discovers that children like her can give the greatest gift of all: love.
About the Author
Mitali Perkins writes novels for young people, including You Bring the Distant Near (nominated for the National Book Award) Rickshaw Girl (NYPL best 100 Book for children in the past 100 years; film in 2021) , Bamboo People (ALA Top 10 YA novel) , and Tiger Boy (South Asia Book Award winner.) Her newest are Home Is In Between, a picture book published by Macmillan FSG, and a nonfiction book for adults, Steeped in Stories: Timeless Children's Novels to Refresh our Tired Souls, published by Broadleaf. She currently writes and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
