The Spice Box

Book Summary Rishi, a young Indian boy, is awaiting the arrival of his grandmother from India. He wants to make her potato curry using his family’s spice box. As he opens the spice box, the fragrances of the spices elicit memories of his family. One memory is of his grandmother’s dream of becoming a......more

A young boy, Rishi, yearns to have a spice box, the one first used by his paati (grandmother), the box she passed down to her son. It's a box filled with dreams that came true. The grandmother became a chef at a time when few women worked. The father followed his dream to be a student in the U.S., t......more

This picture book about a grandson who wants to try his hand at cooking to surprise his grandmother who is visiting from India and using the contents of a special box passed down from one generation to the next is quite spicy--literally. Rishi loves touching the box and smelling the spices inside, a......more

I included this book in a "Families" themed Storytime. As a librarian that serves a wonderfully diverse community, I love books like this that represent the families that are our neighbors! This book did just that. I love how the language and illustrations work together in this book, you can almost......more

The Spice Box is a beautiful picture book that celebrates the passing down of recipes and spices in an Indian family. Young boy Rishi is taken in by the family spice box that has been passed down from his grandmother to his father. The box not only contains special spices used to make potato curry b......more