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Katha Chest, The
Radhiah Chowdhury
Illustrator: Lavanya Naidu
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/S & S
ISBN: 978-1-6659-0390-5
Keywords: family, stories, storytelling, ancestors, Bangladeshi Liberation War, South Asian, Bengali, quilts
When Asiya visits her grandmother, she loves exploring all the quilts that depict their family stories. Bold textured illustrations bring the quilt stories alive. Author's note.