Many Things at Once

Title: Many Things at Once

Author: Veera Hiranandani
Narrators: Veera Hiranandani
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Genre: Culture & Diversity, Animals
Release Date: 03/01/25
Audience: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Grade Level: Pre-K to 3

Language: English
Binding Type: Prebound
Page Count: 40



Description: Based on the author's own family history, here is a moving story about a young girl from two different backgrounds. The girlís mother tells her stories about her mother, a Jewish seamstress in Brooklyn, New York. She lived in a tiny two-bedroom apartment and sewed wedding dresses shimmering in satin and lace. Her father tells stories of his mother, the girlís other grandmother, who liked to cook bubbling dal on a coal stove in Pakistan. They tell stories about how both sides came to America, and how, eventually, her parents met on a warm summer evening in Poughkeepsie. The girl sometimes feels as if she's the ìonly one like me.î One day, when she spots a butterfly in her yard, she realizes itís okay to be differentóno two butterflies are alike, after all. Itís okay to feel alone sometimes, but also happy and proud. Itís okay to feel-- and be-- many things at once.