By:Mitali Banerjee Ruths / Illustrated by:Parwinder Singh

Archie’s Poppy Uncle is getting married in a big Indian weddinga great time to make new friends, practice old traditions, and celebrate the universal joy of love and fun.

In this cross-cultural friendship story, Archie helps Emma, who isnt Indian, learn everything she needs to know when Archies Poppy Uncle and Emmas Auntie Julie get married. The girls go to the mehendi party and sangeet together. They help Julie at the wedding, steal Poppys shoes, and eat ladoos at the reception. Now Archie and Emma are friendsand cousins!

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Author & Illustrator

Mitali Banerjee Ruths, author

Mitali Banerjee Ruths is the author of The Party Diaries series and Archie Celebrates Diwali. She grew up in a big Indian family. She is an American living in Canada who sometimes still dreams about being an astronaut.

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Parwinder Singh,illustrator

Parwinder Singh has been drawing since childhood. He worked in animation before creating children’s books. He loves exploring art styles and traveling to different places.He is the illustrator of Archie Celebrates Diwali, Let’s Eat! Mealtime Around the World, and other books for children.

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Awards & Honors

• The Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens, Spring 2025

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This is the second Archie book in which the protagonist Archana (aka Archie) teaches readers about an Indian tradition. The story finds Archie excited about her Poppy Uncles wedding; it is, after all, an Indian wedding . . . a lot of things happen. Youre supposed to have fun and be happy. The book reads like a primer for cultural outsiders, represented by the blonde bride and her white family. It falls to Archie to explain the traditions and rituals to young Emma and even to Miss Julie, the bride herself. If readers can suspend disbelief in the credibility of the plotline, they can enjoy learning about, or recognizing, many of the ceremonies involved in and around the wedding. Meanwhile, Archie and Emma become friends and family. Detailed and colorful illustrations bring the wedding to life, and back matter reiterates the significance of the customs. This could be part of a text set about Indian weddings, along with Zain Bandali’s Mehndi Boy (2023), Meera Sriram’s A Garden in My Hands (2023), and Ameya Narvankar’s Ritu Weds Chandni (2020).

Details

Hardcover
ISBN:978-1-62354-418-8

Ages:48
Page count: 32
8 x 10

Publication date: April 30, 2024

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