- A perfect DIWALI gift - HOLIDAY SEASON favorite - Great for AAPI, ASIA, INDIA events - Combines STEM, MATH fiction, Math Storytelling MATH, FOOD, and FUN meet in this delightful story (counting, subtraction, arithmetic) Siblings Idu (Ee-doo) and Adu (Aa-doo) are very excited. Guests are coming over for dinner and Mama is making a special dessert-Gulab Jamuns! Sweet, golden, sugar-syrup-soaked Gulab Jamuns that melt in your mouth. But Mama asks them to stay away from the bowl of treats-they can only eat the Gulab Jamuns after the guests arrive. But can Idu and Adu wait? This light-hearted, humorous story will warm your heart and make you hungry to try some Gulab Jamuns yourself. It also includes STEM elements of counting, addition, and subtraction. The recipe in the back is also a great hands-on activity to do with your little ones. 10 Gulab Jamuns is ideal for children ages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (toddlers through third graders), and is a great gift for those who want to learn more about AAPI, South Asia, India, or south Asian/Indian/Desi culture, and value multicultural stories and diversity in children's literature. This book also makes a great gift for Diwali, Holi, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holiday celebrations for the family, as well as for baby showers and birthdays. Counting, math, cooking, food, crafts - everything is fun with 10 Gulab Jamuns! Will be loved by readers of Binny's Diwali, Ganesha's Sweet Tooth, Archies Diwali, My Diwali, Diwali In My New Home, 10 Spooky Pumpkins, Dozens of Doughnuts, Seven Golden Rings, and more. 10 Gulab Jamuns has been positively reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Booklist Online, and Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, Maththroughstories.org among others. It is included in the curriculum of the Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI.org), a U.S. Department of Education grantee. Curriculum Note for Educators and Teachers: A comprehensive and FREE! Teachers Guide for the classroom including lesson plans across STEM and math, language, social and emotional learning (SEL), music, and original counting songs is available on sandhyaacharya.com.