Mama's Saris
by Pooja Makhijani and Elena Gomez
When a young girl eyes her mother's suitcase full of gorgeous silk, cotton and embroidered... read more
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
- Asian American
Year Published 2007
Word Count 972
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 115520, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Saris--Fiction
- East Indian Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Clothing & Dress
- Saris
- Mothers and daughters
- Clothing and dress
- East Indian Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Clothing and dress--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- East Indian Americans--Fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- South Asian Voices
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Interview with Pooja Makhijani
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
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