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Dayal Kaur Khalsa both wrote and illustrated picture books that celebrate the joys in life: the love between grandparents and grandchildren, the togetherness of a family holiday, the ingenuity of a girl who wants a dog, the thrill of discovering a new and delicious food. Her books have won numerous awards, including being chosen twice for the New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year and twice as a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Dayal Kaur Khalsa died in 1989.
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How Pizza Came to our Town
Written by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction; Juvenile Fiction - Family | 978-0-88776-324-3 (0-88776-324-3) | October 1993 | 8.99
In May’s town, before there were frozen pizzas, and take-out pizza, and pizzerias, there was hardly anything good to eat. But that all changed when Mrs. Pellegrino came to town. When she arrived, she sniffed the air very hard and became very sad. The children all thought she was homesick, and... [read more]
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I Want a Dog
Written by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction; Juvenile Fiction - Family | 978-0-88776-326-7 (0-88776-326-X) | February 1994 | 11.99
Every kid wants one, but few are as persistent and inventive about getting one – or a substitute for one – as little May. It seems to little May that everybody has a dog except her. She tries everything, even bringing one home, with no success. Then one day she accidentally... [read more]
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Julian
Written by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction; Juvenile Fiction - Family | 978-0-88776-513-1 (0-88776-513-0) | December 1999 | 9.99
When May was little, she begged and pleaded for a dog. Now that she’s all grown up, she’s finally got him. Julian is a big-eared, high-spirited farm dog, whose job is to chase groundhogs out of the garden. In fact, Julian chases anything that moves, from cars to the neighbor’s horse... [read more]
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My Family Vacation
Written by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction; Juvenile Fiction - Family | 978-0-88776-629-9 (0-88776-629-3) | March 2003 | 9.99
This warm, nostalgic tale and the author’s brilliantly colored paintings evoke a real sense of time and place and family fun that children and parents alike will find irresistible.
May and her parents and her older brother Richie are off to Florida – May’s first vacation far from home. After a long... [read more]
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The Snow Cat
Written by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction; Juvenile Fiction - Family | 978-0-88776-489-9 (0-88776-489-4) | September 1999 | 9.99
This is a charming and poignant tale of Elsie, a girl who lives alone in the woods. Praying for a companion, she is sent a cat made of snow and is told not to let it inside. Elsie plays with the cat and they quickly become friends, exploring the woods and... [read more]
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Tales of a Gambling Grandma
Written by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction; Juvenile Fiction - Family | 978-0-88776-335-9 (0-88776-335-9) | October 1994 | 11.99
The grandma of this story is different. Not many grandmas teach their granddaughters how to play poker, or take train rides across the country, bathing in fresh orange juice. But this grandma is also not so different. Together grandma and granddaughter go to the movies, drink tea at a Chinese food... [read more]
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