  | Archie celebrates an Indian wedding Author: Ruths, Mitali Banerjee | |
| Price: $23.08 | ||
Summary:
Archie helps Emma, who isn't Indian, learn everything she needs to know when Archie's Poppy Uncle and Emma's Auntie Julie get married. The girls go to the mehendi party and sangeet together. They help Julie at the wedding, steal Poppy's shoes, and eat ladoos at the reception. Now Archie and Emma are friends--and cousins!
| Illustrator: | Singh, Parwinder |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (-) (03/01/24)
Booklist (03/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 03/01/2024 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 Uncle’s wedding; it is, after all, an “Indian wedding . . . a lot of things happen. You’re 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, including a niece, Emma, who’s Archie’s age. It falls to Archie to explain the traditions and rituals to 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 Ameya Narvankar’s Ritu Weds Chandni (2020), Zain Bandali’s Mehndi Boy (2023), and Meera Sriram’s A Garden in My Hands (2023). - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
