Diwali: A Festival of Lights

ANITA YASUDA is the author of Bollywood Beat and Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains, in addition to more than 100 books for the educational market. She spent many years as an early childhood educator and a bilingual storyteller (English and Japanese).

Darshika Varma is a children’s book illustrator based in Mumbai, India. She can usually be found poring over a book and sniffing in the scent of inked pages, or taking long walks to draw inspiration for her vibrant illustrations.