Indigo Hands
$43.95
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2026
Summary
Here is a heartwarming picture book about family, tradition… and indigo!
An Indian girl accompanies her grandfather to his indigo studio, where she learns, step-by-step, how to dye cloth—and her hands!—the color of the midnight sky.
Neela can’t wait to go to her Dadu’s indigo studio, where he’ll teach her to dye white cloth a brilliant indigo blue. On the way, Dadu and Neela stop at the indigo farm, so she can see how this special dye is made. They watch as women collect indig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593569740 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593569741 |
| Author: | Sita Singh, Maithili Joshi |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 254mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“In both artwork and text, the love between grandfather and grandchild is palpable; dyeing truly is a family affair….Visually vibrant and illuminating.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Twining step-by-step plotting with themes of heritage and preservation, this is simply and sweetly told.” —Publishers Weekly
Sita Singh
Sita Singh writes heart-warming stories with a South Asian backdrop. She is the author of Birds of a Feather, illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman, which was a Dolly Parton Imagination Library selection. Her picture book Mango Memories was published by Anne Schwartz Books in Spring 2024. Born and raised in Ahmedabad, India, Sita now lives in South Florida with her family.
Maithili Joshi is an illustrator and cover designer from India, now based in New York. She began her career in children’s publishing after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2022. Her recent picture book, My Best Friend’s Bangles, written by Thushanthi Ponweera, was a JLG Gold Standard selection and was exhibited at the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show in New York. She is also the illustrator of Tiny Jumper by Candy Dahl, which received two starred reviews, and You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai by Dean Robbins.
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