In this beautiful children's picture book, a five-year-old boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, the red dot commonly worn by South Asian women to indicate the point at which creation begins, and wishes to have one of his own. Rather than chastise her son, she agrees to it, and teaches him about its cultural significance, allowing the boy to discover the magic of the bindi, which in turn gives him permission to be more fully himself. The Boy & the Bindi is a joyful celebration of gender and cultural difference. --Publisher
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Settings: Unspecified
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Boy/Man, Gender Non-Conforming, Girl/Woman, Non-Binary
Race/Culture: Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American
Religion: Hindu
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary