Lights for Gita
Illustrator
Alice Priestley
Publisher
Tilbury House
Publication Year
1994
ISBN
9780884481508
Pages
24 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Gita's family has only recently emigrated from India. Although she misses her relatives and friends, she has already made some friends in her new home. Today, she is looking forward to her favorite holiday: Divali, a festival of lights with fireworks, laughter, and exchanges of sweets. But Gita's plans soon fall apart and she becomes homesick and sad.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
600L
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Immigrants and refugees; immigrant family, immigrant children, immigrant parents, resettlement, relocation
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Indian)
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
White Ravens Award, 1996, Winner, Canada
Keywords
Divali; Diwali; snow; ice; lights; fireworks; friends; celebration; homesick; hopeful; new home; rain; holiday; grandparents; Lakshmi; happiness; prosperity
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Gilmore, Rachna, "Lights for Gita" (1994). Diverse Families. 1758.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1758