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Growing Our Bilingual Tribe

Joyful hippos from children's picture book Happy Hippotastic Holi! How to Celebrate with Consent making rangoli patterns and playing with colors

Part 4/4 Where the Story Lives: Happy Hippotast...

Geshu Sugandh

A behind-the-book reflection on how Happy Hippotastic Holi! lives beyond the page, helping children explore celebration, consent, and belonging across cultures and languages.

Part 4/4 Where the Story Lives: Happy Hippotast...

Geshu Sugandh

A behind-the-book reflection on how Happy Hippotastic Holi! lives beyond the page, helping children explore celebration, consent, and belonging across cultures and languages.

Part 3/4 Weaving a New Bilingual Rhythm for Holi with Consent: Behind-the-Book Series

Part 3/4 Weaving a New Bilingual Rhythm for Hol...

Geshu Sugandh

Why hippos, why consent, and why a no-transliteration bilingual design? Explore the creative choices behind Happy Hippotastic Holi.

Part 3/4 Weaving a New Bilingual Rhythm for Hol...

Geshu Sugandh

Why hippos, why consent, and why a no-transliteration bilingual design? Explore the creative choices behind Happy Hippotastic Holi.

Story Behind Our First Super Simple Hindi Songs for Children: Shubh Din ('Good Day')

Story Behind Our First Super Simple Hindi Songs...

Geshu Sugandh

From morning micromoments to musical learning, discover how “Shubh Din” became a rap-style Hindi children’s song that supports beginning Hindi learners of all ages.

Story Behind Our First Super Simple Hindi Songs...

Geshu Sugandh

From morning micromoments to musical learning, discover how “Shubh Din” became a rap-style Hindi children’s song that supports beginning Hindi learners of all ages.

An artist holding a drawing pad with a Dinosaur shaped Diwali diya wishing Happy Dinomite Diwali

The Light We Carry Forward: A Diwali Reflection

Geshu Sugandh

This is a story of inheritance, intention, and the joy of co-creating the ritual of celebrating light with my children. 🪔🌸

The Light We Carry Forward: A Diwali Reflection

Geshu Sugandh

This is a story of inheritance, intention, and the joy of co-creating the ritual of celebrating light with my children. 🪔🌸

Illustrator and Author of the children's picture book Happy HIppotastic Holi discussing storyboarding.

Part 2/4 Storyboarding Consent: Pausing the Rhy...

Geshu Sugandh

The hardest part of storyboarding Happy Hippotastic Holi! was not color or conflict. It was capturing the pauses to hold space for the nuance between them.”

Part 2/4 Storyboarding Consent: Pausing the Rhy...

Geshu Sugandh

The hardest part of storyboarding Happy Hippotastic Holi! was not color or conflict. It was capturing the pauses to hold space for the nuance between them.”

Part 1/4 Culture Cannot Cancel Consent: Behind-the-Book Happy Hippotastic Holi

Part 1/4 Culture Cannot Cancel Consent: Behind-...

Geshu Sugandh

Holi is often taught as pure color-filled fun, but what if we also taught our children that they can say yes, no, or watch from afar, and still belong? In...

Part 1/4 Culture Cannot Cancel Consent: Behind-...

Geshu Sugandh

Holi is often taught as pure color-filled fun, but what if we also taught our children that they can say yes, no, or watch from afar, and still belong? In...