First in a series, Nidhi Chanani’s Super Boba Café is a sweet and magical middle-grade, full-color graphic novel about a secret teashop, an earthquake-causing monster, and an unforgettable summer.In the fog-laden hills of San Francisco sits a sleepy independent boba café. Run by Jing Li and guarded by her kitty, Bao, it comfortably fades into the background. But inside the boba café, there’s a secret. Jing is the keeper of...

Aria and Nainai are back in this sweet and magical middle-grade, full-color graphic novel about a mysterious ancient monster and the quest to set it freeAria thought her life would go back to normal when she left her nainai’s boba shop—and the monster living below it—behind in San Francisco.But while Aria and Nainai may have stopped the Big One, the aftershocks from her summer adventure are far from over. Each night, the monster visits Aria...

A Junior Library Guild Selection 2017Amazon Top Twenty Children’s Book of the Year 2017Amazon Best Book of the month December 2017Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017Texas Maverick Graphic Novel 2017Northern California Indie Bookseller Association Long-List TitleA heartfelt coming-of-age story about identity, heritage, and the search for belonging between two worldsPriyanka Das has so many unanswered q...

What happens when an innocent prank goes horribly wrong? Natasha, Riya, Anjali and Katherine were best friends in college - each different from the other yet inseparable - until that night. It was the night that began with a bottle of whisky and a game of Ouija but ended with the death of Sania, their unlikeable hostel mate. The friends vowed never to discuss that fateful night, a pact that had kept their friendship and guilt dormant for the last twenty years. But now, som...

Becoming an Expert Teacher equips educators with the attitudes, skills, and practices they need to reach their full potential and profoundly impact students’ lives. A wealth of research has confirmed the powerful influence high-quality teaching has on student learning and achievement. But what does expert teaching actually look like? How do we begin to define and measure it let alone develop it? This informative and inspirational book distills evidence-informed principles of effec...

In this collection, Nidhi Agrawal cohabits the distinctive landscapes: her observations, stories, the anatomy of the human race, the complex structure of the human mind, philosophy and she confronts the considerable predicament between the reality and illusion. There are poems of wild questions about psychological factors that shape a certain set of behaviours and reactions, as there are poems mourning the loss of the season and nature. This is also a book of coming together with the self ...

Grab some coins for the jukebox, and get ready for a colorful, time-traveling, musical tale about family and courage.A mysterious jukebox, old vinyl records, and cryptic notes on music history, are Shaheen's only clues to her father's abrupt disappearance. She looks to her cousin, Tannaz, who seems just as perplexed, before they both turn to the jukebox which starts…glowing?Suddenly, the girls are pulled from their era and transported to another time! Keyed...

Using her background in Cognitive Science, Nidhi examines guilt as a defining but rarely interrogated force in women’s lives. Blending research with personal narrative and the lived experiences of other women, the book traces how guilt becomes entwined with care and identity.It invites readers to recognize guilt, question its authority, and learn when to unburden themselves from what was never fully theirs. What emerges is a more conscious, lighter relationship with a feeling that ...

Shattered by the loss of her twins, software engineer Viji becomes the prime suspect in a chilling crime—the drowning of her best friend Neha’s baby. ASP Kanika, haunted by her own personal loss, is pulled into an investigation that quickly spirals into a nightmarish descent. Viji's eerie silence only deepens the enigma, and as Kanika digs further, her instincts sense something far more sinister lurking beneath the surface. The evidence hints at Viji’s involvement in black magic to resurre...

A new early reader graphic novel series from the critically acclaimed creator of Pashmina, perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly.Meet Kitana—a Shark Princess and the first of her kind. Her allergy-ridden, best friend, Mack, wants to be one too, but he worries that his sharp teeth and big sneezes make him too dangerous to be a princess.With Kitana's help, Mack realizes his unique shine. When Mack puts on his crown for the first time, these Shark Pri...

Most expectant mothers talk to their unborn. But what if the unborn starts to respond? Mahika is hoping that a baby will breathe new life into her dead marriage. But all her pregnancies meet the same fate, because no baby is perfect for Shivam, her genius geneticist husband. Until there is one. Rudra, the world's first genetically altered foetus, is Shivam's perfect creation and Mahika's last hope. The six-week-pregnant Mahika has just walked into her fertility clinic when...

A forward-thinking, practical guide to thriving at work through the next evolution of emotional intelligence—attunement—deepening connections and making others feel seen, heard, and valued in a healthier workplaceCompartmentalization. Work-life separation. Work boundaries. This was traditionally the advice given to those who wanted to survive in the work world. But what happens when this arbitrary boundary is crossed, and your personal life begins to seep ...