Divali rose
By: Vashanti Rahaman ; illustrated by Jamel Akib.
Contributors: Akib, Jamel, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Honesdale, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781590785249
Subjects: Honesty -- Fiction; Prejudices -- Fiction; Divali -- Fiction; Grandparents -- Fiction; East Indians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Fiction; Trinidad and Tobago -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: As the festival of Divali approaches, Ricki wants to confess that he accidentally broke a rosebud off the bush he and his grandfather planted, but grandfather is busy blaming the neighbors who are newly arrived in Trinidad from India. Includes facts about Divali and the people and language of Trinidad.