{Bandhan, pronounced ban-dh-an, means to connect}

Children should see themselves reflected in the books they read.

For those of you looking to enrich your libraries with authentic voices and images, consider these authors/artists/links for inspiration:

~ A comprehensive list of literary texts by and about Sikhs
[YA, Adult and Children’s titles are included]

~ http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com
[Multicultural Literature source; Mid-to-southwestern U.S. settings; Native American and Asian American resources; YA]

~ http://www.poojamakhijani.com
[South-Asian; picture book and YA]

~ http://www.papertigers.org/
[multicultural books from around the world, with a focus on the Pacific Rim and South Asia]

~ http://www.zettaelliott.com
[Black; Young Reader, Plays, YA]

~ http://www.yorku.ca/aconline/literature/children.html
[African-Canadian Literature resource]

~ http://www.umakrishnaswami.com
[South-Asian; picture books; YA]

~ http://anjalibanerjee.com
[South-Asian; YA]

~ http://www.mitaliperkins.com
[“Between cultures”; YA]

~ http://genderequalbooks.com/about-jyotsna-sreenivasan
[Gender equality bookstore]

~ http://www.booktrust.org.uk/Books/Bookmark
[Disability resources]

~ http://www.rukhsanakhan.com
[South-Asian; Muslim experience; picture books]

~ http://kashmirasheth.typepad.com/my_weblog
[South-Asian; picture books and YA]

~ http://www.shebakarim.com
[South-Asian; YA]

~ http://www.neeshameminger.com
[South-Asian; Sikh experience; YA]

~ http://www.marinabudhos.com
[South-Asian; Immigrant experience; Fiction and Non-Fiction; YA]

~ http://www.skippingstones.org
[Multicultural Children’s magazine]

~ http://www.debbimichikoflorence.com
[Japanese American; Non-Fiction and YA]

~ http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/
[Equitable resources for Educators]

~ http://www.lauraatkins.com/blog/tockla.html
[Diversity in Children’s Literature]

~ http://www.swatiavasthi.com/
[Pakistani-American experience; Author of Split]

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