Congrats on your new releases Natasha THE BLUE PICKUP (HarperCollins 2024) and Avani 🌸! So fun to see these beautiful stories out in the world. #kidlit WeNeedDiverseBooks

877. My Bollywood Dream
Avani Dwivedi
Avani 🌸

Congratulations to everyone longlisted for the #KlausFluggePrize ! We love to celebrate the talent of new artists, and feel so proud to see Avani 🌸's MY BOLLYWOOD DREAM and Emily Kapff's THE CROWN both included in this list🎨

We love to see this glowing review for MY BOLLYWOOD DREAM by Avani 🌸 🕺💃 'Told through beautiful imagery and lyrical prose, this book soars in language, illustration and cultural importance. A colourful rendering of one young girl’s ­connection to her culture.' SchoolLibraryJournal

So awesome to see MY BOLLYWOOD DREAM by Avani 🌸 and MY INCREDIBLE INDIA by Jasbinder Bilan - I'm meant to be writing... on this list!

I’m so excited to be at two wonderful book festivals in the coming weeks, the Maplewood South Orange Book Festival (10/1) and Princeton Book Festivals (10/7) where I’ll be signing books. See you there!✨

Come join me tomorrow for a storytime and a drawing session! 🎬 🍿

Looking forward to be at the MAPSO Book Festivals!

It's #WorldBollywoodDay on Sunday & we have the perfect book by Avani 🌸 to celebrate! My Bollywood Dream brings the spirit of Bollywood to life - The Guardian praised it as 'bold, bright & imaginative [&] conjures the excitement of a Friday family trip to a Mumbai cinema.'

So exciting to be spotted by your author friend at their local library! 💕✨

Happy Wednesday! Meet Picture Book Parade 2024 creator Avani 🌸, whose ONCE UPON A SARI /illus. Zenia Wadhwani / Tundra releases May 2024.

A picture book about a little girl who gets into her mom’s saris and makes a glorious, colorful mess and discovers the memories attached to each sari.

Looking Through a Storyteller's Lens by Avani Dwivedi nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2023/08/09/loo… via nerdybookclub

✨MY BOLLYWOOD DREAM is out now!✨

Attended yesterday’s book launch of Avani 🌸 author/illustrator’s debut picture book MY BOLLYWOOD DREAMS - go get your signed copy from Books of Wonder ! A gorgeous book and so much fun to read - it’s like a Bollywood movie in a book! #bombaytalkies #desibooks #Bollywood

My Bollywood Dream comes out tomorrow!! 🥳🎬🍿

I made a substack post discussing the inspirations behind the story and the writing process. Check it out here!

open.substack.com/pub/avanidwive…

🎬 Join me for My Bollywood Dream’s book launch party at the wonderful Books of Wonder on Aug 8th at 6pm!! 🍿

At the event, There will be a reading and Ojee Sharma will be giving a bollywood dance demo. There will also be stickers!!🥰

RSVP here: eventbrite.com/e/pic…

Introducing our amazing Picture Book Parade 2024 team: #picturebook creators bringing wonderful stories to you in 2024.