Eli and the Uncles - Hardcover

Bedtime is better with eight uncles -- each one louder, taller, and more magnificently bearded than the last. Eli and the Uncles captures the particular joy of growing up surrounded by extended family: the inside jokes, the big personalities, and the warmth of belonging to a loud, loving community.

• Hardcover, 32 pages, fully illustrated; published November 2024 by Candlewick Press (ISBN 9781536228113); illustrated by award-winning Iranian-American artist Rashin Kheiriyeh
• Dimensions: 8.9 x 10.5 in, standard print -- a generous format for Kheiriyeh's vibrant artwork
• Juvenile fiction for early readers -- a joyful bedtime countdown celebrating South Asian-American family life