My Diwali BookAuthor: Rakhee IyerIllustrators: Gayathri Manikandan, Priya Kuriyan, TaposhiGhoshal

It is November. I am dreaming of Diwali.

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Amma says it is the Festival Of Lights.

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My Grandma read me a book about Diwali.

The book said Diwali is celebrated because Goodnesswon over Evil.

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My Grandma says if I do good things, I win too.

So I always share my things with my friends.

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Amma, Appa and I went to buy new clothes for Diwali

I bought a few dresses in my favorite colors.

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Amma and Appa made a lot of yummyfood!

Mixture, chakli, ladoo, barfi and evenchocolate cake. My favorite is the

ribbon pakoda and Peda.

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Make the Diwali Peda Recipe!Ingredients:Sweet condensed milk – 1 can (14 oz)Milk powder – 3 cupsGhee or clarified butter – 1/4 cupSaffron – 2-3 strandsLuke warm water – 3 tbspsLuke warm milk – 3 tbspsFood color - few drops (colors of your choice)

Steps:Soak the saffron in luke warm water for 5 minutesMix the sweet condensed milk, milk powder and thesoaked saffron with water in microwave safe bowl.Mix well and microwave for a minute.Now add the ghee and milk and mix well.Let it microwave for 3 minutes and keep stirring it forevery one minute.Don’t leave it without stirring for more than 1.5 minutes.Let it cool down for about 20 minutes.Now makes balls out of the cooked mixture and makeyour desired shapes.

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Tomorrow is Diwali! We decorate ourhouse with Torans.

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We then decided to make a big kolam.

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On Diwali day, I woke up first.

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Appa and Amma were surprised.I even washed my hair without crying.

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I wore my new dress.Amma wore a saree.

Appa and I helped her with the pleats.

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Appa said Amma looked like a queen. I thought shelooked like a Princess!

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We ate all the yummy food.

I also helped Amma take some goodiesto my friend's house.

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In the evening, we took out the decorated diyas andlit them.

Amma Appa asked me to be careful.

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Then we went to light some sparklers. Our house looked so beautiful.

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It was the best Diwali we celebrated!

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Story Attribution:This story: My Diwali Book is written by Rakhee Iyer . © Rakhee Iyer , 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

Illustration Attributions:Cover page: Family and friends lighting lamps and bursting crackers for festival, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Releasedunder CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Girl looking out of a window, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0license. Page 3: Diya, by Gayathri Manikandan © Gayathri Manikandan, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Girl sittingon grandmother's lap and reading while a black cat sleeps, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0license. Page 5: Girl sitting with grandmother in winter near bonfire, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CCBY 4.0 license. Page 6: Girl looking at shawls, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7:Girl and boy sniffing aroma from kitchen, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: DiwaliPeda , by Gayathri Manikandan © Gayathri Manikandan, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Boy standing on a stool tohang leaves on the door frame while girl and mother observe, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0license. Page 11: Kolam designs, by Priya Kuriyan © Pratham Books, 2012. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 12: Diwali kolam,by Gayathri Manikandan © Gayathri Manikandan, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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(English)My Diwali Book

A little girl celebrates Diwali.

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