Amazing Mallika 
Jami Parkison, Illustrated by Itoko Maeno
A tiger cub who lives in India's Ranthambhore Park wildlife preserve learns some ways to control her quick temper. 

Ashok by Any other Name
Sandra S. Yamate, Illustrated by Janice Tohinaka
Ashok is an Indian American boy who wishes he had a more "American" name. In a series of mishaps, he searches for the perfect name for himself. 

Audrey and Barbara
Janet Lawson
Audrey and her cat Barbara plan an adventure that will take them across the ocean to India.

Baya, Baya, Lulla-by-a 
Megan McDonald, Illustrated by Vera Rosenberry 
As a mother in rural India sings to her baby, a weaverbird builds a nest for its young.

Binya's Blue Umbrella 
Ruskin Bond, Illustrated by Vera Rosenberry
Binya, a young girl living in rural India, trades her leopard-claw necklace for a dainty blue umbrella, but the local tea shop proprietor wants the umbrella for his own.

Bringing Asha Home
Uma Krishnaswami, Illustrated by Jamel Akib
A biracial Asian Indian American boy finds his own special way to bond with his sister while the family awaits her adoption from India.

Chachaji’s Cup
Uma Krishnaswami, Illustrated by Soumya Sitaraman
A boy learns about his family history and the Partition of India from his great uncle, through stories told over a beloved old teacup.

Cherry Tree 
Ruskin Bond, Illustrated by Allan Eitzen 
A young girl nurses a cherry tree from sprig to seedling and is rewared one year by the sight of small miracle--its first pink blossoms.

The Closet Ghosts
Uma Krishnaswami, Illustrated by Shiraaz Bhabha
Moving to a new place is hard enough without finding a bunch of mean, nasty ghosts in the closet. When Hanuman answers Anu's plea for help, she rejoices — until she realizes those pesky ghosts don't seem to be going anywhere.

Elephant Dance: Remembering India
Theresa Heine, Illustrated by Sheila Moxley
Grandfather tells many stories about his native India in answer to Ravi and Anjali's questions, such as the tale of a procession of elephants on the feast of Divaali when he was a boy.

Fine Feathered Friend 
Jamila Gavin, Illustrated by Dan Williams 
In India, Raju is angry about spending two months on his aunt and uncle's farm while his family attends a wedding in England, but things looks much brighter after he becomes mother to a newly-hatched chick.

Lights for Gita
Rachna Gilmore, Illustrated by Alice Priestley
Recently immigrated fromndia, Gita is looking forward to celebrating her favorite holiday, Divali, a festival of lights, but things are so different in her new home that she wonders if she will ever adjust.

Gifts for Gita
Rachna Gilmore, Illustrated by Alice Priestley
During a visit from her beloved grandmother, Gita realizes that her memories of India have faded and that America is her true home.

Grandpa Chatterji
Jamila Gavin, Illustrated by Mei-Yim Low
Neeta and Sanjay discover their loving and surprising Indian grandfather.

Grandpa's Indian Summer
Jamila Gavin, Illustrated by Mei-Yim Low 
Neeta and Sanjay go to visit their grandfather in Calcutta.

The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story
Uma Krishnaswami, Illustrated by Ruth Jeyaveeran
Meena is a tree in the class play, but trees have to stay still and Meena has trouble doing that. In yoga class, Meena learns to be a special kind of tree, one that is more than a costume in a play.

Kali and the Rat Snake
by Zai Whitaker, Illustrated by Srividya Natarajan
In contemporary Southern India, an Irula boy named Kali--the son of the best snake catcher in the village--experiences trouble fitting in at his school.

Lily's Garden of India
Jeremy Smith, Illustrated by Rob Hefferan
Lily's mother has a beautiful garden of plants from all over the world. When Lily visits the Indian section of the garden, she discovers her own adventure.

Mama's Saris
Pooja Makhijani, Illustrated by Elena Gomez
An East Indian American daughter pleads with her mother to be allowed to wear one of her mothe's colorful saris in honor of her seventh birthday.

Monsoon
Uma Krishnaswami, Illustrated by Jamel Akib
A child describes waiting for the monsoon rains to arrive and the worry that they will not come. 

Monsoon Afternoon
Kashmira Sheth, Illustrated by Yoshiko Jaeggi
A young boy and his grandfather find much they can do together on a rainy day during monsoon season in India.

My Mother's Sari
Sandhya N. Rao, Illustrated by Nine Sabnani
A little girl is entranced by her mother's sari and imagines all the different things she can do with it.

My Name Is Bilal
Asma Mobin Uddin, Illustrated by Stephanie Barbara Kiwak
Bilal, worried about being teased by his classmates for being Muslim, thinks maybe it would be better if people don't know he is Muslimand introduces himself as “Bill” rather than “Bilal.”

The Road to Mumbai
Ruth Jeyaveeran
Shoba and her pet monkey, Fuzzy Patel, set out overnight by flying bed to attend Fuzzy's cousin's wonderful wedding in Mumbai, India.

Robi Dobi: The Marvellous Adventures of an Indian Elephant 
Madhur Jaffrey, Illustrated by Amanda Hall 
An Indian elephant befriends a mouse, a butterfly and a parrot, and together they have many adventures.

Romina's Rangoli
Malathi Michelle Iyengar, Illustrated by Jennifer Wanardi
When her teacher asks each student to bring in something reflecting his or her heritage to display at an open house, Romina struggles over how to represent both her father's Indian culture and her mother's Mexican one.

Roses for Gita
Rachna Gilmore, Illustrated by Alice Priestley
Although Gita misses her grandmother and her grandmother's garden in India, she discovers a new friend and a new garden at her next door neighbor's house.

Ruler of the Courtyard 
Rukhsana Khan, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
After confronting what she believes to be a snake in the bath house, Saba finds the courage to overcome her fear of the chickens in the courtyard.

Silly Chicken 
Rukhsana Khan
In Pakistan, Rani believes that her mother loves their pet chicken Bibi more than she cares for her, until the day that a fluffy chick appears and steals Rani's own affections.

Swami on Rye: Max in India 
Maira Kalman
Max, the famous dog-poet and Hollywood director, faces fatherhood and searches for the meaning of life in exotic India

Tiger on a Tree 
Anushka Ravishankar, Illustrated by Pulak Biswas
After trapping a tiger in a tree, a group of men must decide what to do with it.