Title: The boy & the bindi
Description: "A playful story ... about a young boy's fascination with the dot on his mother's forehead"--Back cover.

A young boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, and asks her to explain what it is and why she wears it. She tells him that the red dot is commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. When he wishes to have one of his own, she agrees to it, and teaches him about its cultural significance, allowing the boy to discover the magic of the bindi, which in turn gives him permission to be more fully himself.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Tilaks, Mothers and sons, Hindu children, Children's fiction, Picture books, JUVENILE FICTION / LGBT, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance