I remember playing dress-up with my cousins. We would run upstairs and raid my grandma's closet, delighted by the brocade, satin and polyester dresses we found. Each cousin had her favorite look. I loved anything with pink or red. I would slip the dress over my head, slide my feet into wobbly high heels and pretend to be grown. It was a fun and memorable time.This Mother's Day, I got to relive that memory with my daughter. We pulled out a special book, Mama's Saris (Little Brown, 2007), and journeyed with a girl who helped her mother pick out a sari and dreamed of wearing one herself.
Mama's Saris, written by Pooja Makhijani and illustrated by Elena Gomez, is a sweet tale that celebrates a beautiful part of Indian culture and a magical bond that exists between mothers and daughters.
