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Uma Krishnaswami

Uma Krishnaswami
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Uma Krishnaswami

Uma Krishnaswami is the author of several books for children. She was born in New Delhi, India, and now lives in Aztec, New Mexico.

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The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic will be released on August 13, 2013 in eBook Reflowable, eBook
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The Grand Plan to Fix Everything will be released on May 24, 2011 in eBook
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The Grand Plan to Fix Everything is now available in eBook
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Reflector.com, March 10, 2013
...Sunday, March 10, 2013 0 Comments | A lot of new books have arrived in the Children?s Library recently. Several of these focus on a particular theme that children of all ages need to understand: sequencing, or chain of events, how one thing can lead to...
Broadway World, March 8, 2013
...to table-a change that is about politics, not just personal choice. Saturday, April 27 at 10:30 am: Uma Krishnaswami, The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story. New Mexico authorKrishnaswami reads from her latest children's book. For more...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 26, 2013
...the IBBY Fund for Children in Crisis. Ages 5 to 8. The Girl of the Wish Garden by Uma Krishnaswami, illus. by Nasrin Khosravi (Mar. 12, hardcover, $17.95, ISBN 978-1554983247) is loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersens Thumbelina. Ages 6-up. Danny,...
Examiner.com, December 18, 2012
...books: 1. The Quiet Place by Sarah Stewart. 2. Out of the Way! Out of the Way! by Uma Krishnaswami. 3. The Schmutzy Family by Madelyn Rosenberg. Funny Kids’ books and more: 1. Skippyjon Jones Cirque de OLE by Judith Byron Schachner. 2....
PublishersWeekly.com, September 13, 2012
...That’s My Shoe! Alison Murray. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (9781423143291) Out of the Way! Out of the Way! Uma Krishnaswami. Groundwood, $17.95 (9781554981304) Paiute Princess: The Story of Sarah Winnemucca. Deborah Kogan Ray. FSG/Foster, $17.99...
PublishersWeekly.com, June 28, 2012
...Otto the Book Bear. Katie Cleminson. Hyperion, $16.99. 9781423145622 Out of the Way! Out of the Way! Uma Krishnaswami. Groundwood, $17.95. 9781554981304 Out on the Prairie. Donna M. Bateman, illus. by Susan Swan. Charlesbridge, $15.95. 9781580893770 pb....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 25, 2012
..."Out of the Way! Out of the Way!" by Uma Krishnaswami and Uma Krishnaswamy (Groundwood Books, ages 4-6) This book uses charming illustrations and poetic language to tell the unlikely story of how a tree grows in a sprawling city...
School Library Journal, April 21, 2013
...impressed by this one.� It?s for the lovely fairy tale The Girl of the Wish Garden by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Nasrin Khosravi, and based on Hans Christian Andersen?s Thumbelina.� A prettier book, you could not hope to find. Who is the...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 26, 2013
...the IBBY Fund for Children in Crisis. Ages 5 to 8. The Girl of the Wish Garden by Uma Krishnaswami, illus. by Nasrin Khosravi (Mar. 12, hardcover, $17.95, ISBN 978-1554983247) is loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersens Thumbelina. Ages 6-up. Danny,...
Examiner.com, December 18, 2012
...books: 1. The Quiet Place by Sarah Stewart. 2. Out of the Way! Out of the Way! by Uma Krishnaswami. 3. The Schmutzy Family by Madelyn Rosenberg. Funny Kids’ books and more: 1. Skippyjon Jones Cirque de OLE by Judith Byron Schachner. 2....
PublishersWeekly.com, June 28, 2012
...Otto the Book Bear. Katie Cleminson. Hyperion, $16.99. 9781423145622 Out of the Way! Out of the Way! Uma Krishnaswami. Groundwood, $17.95. 9781554981304 Out on the Prairie. Donna M. Bateman, illus. by Susan Swan. Charlesbridge, $15.95. 9781580893770 pb....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 25, 2012
..."Out of the Way! Out of the Way!" by Uma Krishnaswami and Uma Krishnaswamy (Groundwood Books, ages 4-6) This book uses charming illustrations and poetic language to tell the unlikely story of how a tree grows in a sprawling city...
Journal-Gazette, June 19, 2012
...world as well as being fun to read. •“Out of the Way! Out of the Way!” by Uma Krishnaswami and Uma Krishnaswamy (Groundwood Books, ages 4 to 6). This book uses charming illustrations and poetic language to tell the unlikely story of how a tree...