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Join Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore on Saturday, February 21 at 4:00 PM when picture book author Monisha Bajaj comes to the store to share her new book A Year Of Kites: Traditions Around The World. Monisha will be joined in conversation by Robert Liu-Trujillo and will sign copies of her book after the presentation.
Travel the globe to see how kites are flown to honor gods and ancestors, bring good fortune, celebrate milestones, and unite communities.
Kites fly high across the sky, around the world, all through the year.
Kites have been flown for nearly 3,000 years by people all over the world. In A Year of Kites, take a journey through kite-flying festivals in places from Greece to New Zealand, from South Africa to Japan. Meet kids celebrating twelve unique kite festivals and traditions and be inspired by the soaring, beautiful kites that have captivated people across cultures and throughout history.
With a warm and well-researched text from debut author Monisha Bajaj and vivid, sweeping art from New York Times bestselling illustrator Amber Ren, this colorful and inviting picture book celebrates the diversity of our world and the commonalities we share.
MONISHA BAJAJ is a South Asian American author and a Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. A Year of Kites (2026) is her debut picture book and was inspired by her lifelong love of kites. She is the editor and author of eight academic books and numerous articles on issues of peace, human rights, migration, and education. Dr. Bajaj has contributed widely-read guest blogs for educational sites such as Learning for Justice and Edutopia, and her TedX talk can be found at: http://bit.ly/bajajtedx .
ROBERT LIU-TRUJILLO is an author, illustrator, and organizer from Oakland California with experience in murals, public art, arts education, merchandise making, illustration, event organizing, and kid book publishing. His most recent books are Fresh Juice/ Jugo Fresco which he wrote and illustrated, Art of Rob a 130 page book of sketches, drawings, etc, and We Are Yoga/ Somos Yoga written by Jill Guerra and illustrated by him. He is a member of the Trust Your Struggle Collective and a cofounder of the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair.
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