Many Things At Once by Veera Hiranandani - ISBN: 9780593643907
Hardcover
Embrace your many sides: a story of heritage, belonging, and being you.

Many Things At Once

$51.56

  • Hardcover

    40 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2025

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Summary

In this poignant picture book about family and belonging, the child of a Jewish mother and a South Asian father hears stories about her family history. Sometimes she doesn’t feel Jewish enough or South Asian enough, but comes to realize you can feel—and be—many things at once.

AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD WINNER

Based on the author’s own family history, here is a moving story about a young girl from two different backgrounds. The girl’s mother tells her stories about her mo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593643907
ISBN-10:0593643909
Author:Veera Hiranandani, Nadia Alam
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:40
Release Date:25 February 2025
Weight:567g
Dimensions:279mm x 229mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“This thoughtful portrait explores the doubt that many interfaith and biracial children feel about not fully belonging….A quiet reflection on belonging and acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews

A tender personal story with universal themes of plurality that young readers will enjoy.” —Booklist

“This picture book is a gentle, age-appropriate acknowledgement of how feeling “many things at once” is part of belonging to multiple cultures while still celebrating the rich histories and traditions of each.” —The Bulletin

About The Author

Veera Hiranandani

Veera Hiranandani, author of the Newbery Honor-winning The Night Diary, earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award finalist, and How to Find What You’re Not Looking For, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the New York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize. A former editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA Program at The Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Nadia Alam is a second-generation Bangladeshi Canadian illustrator. She is the illustrator of Awake, Asleep by Kyle Lukoff, which received three starred reviews, and The Wishing Machine by Jonathan Hillman, called “beautifully heartbreaking and heartening” in a starred review from Booklist. She lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter, son, and dog named Momo.

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