Padma Venkatraman

17 books

Born Behind Bars
Padma Venkatraman

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Born Behind Bars

Padma Venkatraman

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

The Bridge Home
Padma Venkatraman

194 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

The Bridge Home

Padma Venkatraman

194 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors by Yamile Saied Méndez, Aida Salazar

Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors
Yamile Saied Méndez, Aida Salazar with Emma Otheguy (Contributor), Mason J. (Contributor), Margarita Engle (Contributor), Leah Henderson (Contributor), Hilda Burgus (Contributor), Erin Entrada Kelly (Contributor), Saadia Faruqi (Contributor), Aida Salazar (Contributor), Veeda Bybee (Contributor), Naheed Hasnat Senzai (Contributor), Elise McMullen-Ciotti (Contributor), Ibi Zoboi (Contributor), Christina Soontornvat (Contributor), Nikki Grimes (Contributor), Yamile Saied Méndez (Contributor), Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Contributor)

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced

Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors

Yamile Saied Méndez, Aida Salazar with Emma Otheguy (Contributor), Mason J. (Contributor), Margarita Engle (Contributor), Leah Henderson (Contributor), Hilda Burgus (Contributor), Erin Entrada Kelly (Contributor), Saadia Faruqi (Contributor), Aida Salazar (Contributor), Veeda Bybee (Contributor), Naheed Hasnat Senzai (Contributor), Elise McMullen-Ciotti (Contributor), Ibi Zoboi (Contributor), Christina Soontornvat (Contributor), Nikki Grimes (Contributor), Yamile Saied Méndez (Contributor), Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Contributor)

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced

Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman

Climbing the Stairs
Padma Venkatraman

256 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional reflective slow-paced

Climbing the Stairs

Padma Venkatraman

256 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional reflective slow-paced

Island's End
Padma Venkatraman

240 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical young adult adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

Island's End

Padma Venkatraman

240 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical young adult adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

Thanku: Poems of Gratitude by Sarvinder Naberhaus, Diana Murray, Liz Garton Scanlon, Kenn Nesbitt, Patti Richards, Renee M. LaTulippe, Traci Sorell, Marlena Myles, Sylvia Liu, Margarita Engle, Padma Venkatraman, Kimberly Blaeser, Chrystal D. Giles, Baptiste Paul, Edna Cabcabin Moran, Miranda Paul, Janice Scully, Jamie McGillen, Naomi Shihab Nye, 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin, Joseph Bruchac, Ed DeCaria, Janay Brown-Wood, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Carole Lindstrom, Becky Shillington, Carolyn Dee Flores, Lupe Ruiz-Flores, Gwendolyn Hooks, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Jane Yolen, Charles Ghigna, Megan Hoyt

40 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction childrens poetry informative lighthearted fast-paced

40 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction childrens poetry informative lighthearted fast-paced

A Time to Dance
Padma Venkatraman

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

A Time to Dance

Padma Venkatraman

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights by Ashley Hope Pérez

Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights
Ashley Hope Pérez with Padma Venkatraman (Contributor), Kyle Lukoff (Contributor), Debbie Fong (Illustrator), Ellen Hopkins (Contributor), Trung Le Nguyen (Contributor), MariNaomi (Contributor), Nikki Grimes (Contributor), Bill Konigsberg (Contributor), Maia Kobabe (Contributor), Robin Stevenson (Contributor), Isabel Quintero (Contributor), Brendan Kiely (Contributor), Traci Sorell (Contributor), Kelly Jensen (Contributor), Elana K. Arnold (Contributor)

272 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir poetry short stories young adult

Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights

Ashley Hope Pérez with Padma Venkatraman (Contributor), Kyle Lukoff (Contributor), Debbie Fong (Illustrator), Ellen Hopkins (Contributor), Trung Le Nguyen (Contributor), MariNaomi (Contributor), Nikki Grimes (Contributor), Bill Konigsberg (Contributor), Maia Kobabe (Contributor), Robin Stevenson (Contributor), Isabel Quintero (Contributor), Brendan Kiely (Contributor), Traci Sorell (Contributor), Kelly Jensen (Contributor), Elana K. Arnold (Contributor)

272 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir poetry short stories young adult

The Cleverest Thief by Padma Venkatraman

The Cleverest Thief
StoryCove: A World of Stories

Padma Venkatraman with Baird Hoffmire (Illustrator)

32 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction childrens medium-paced

The Cleverest Thief

StoryCove: A World of Stories

Padma Venkatraman with Baird Hoffmire (Illustrator)

32 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction childrens medium-paced

Double Stars: The Story of Caroline Herschel by Padma Venkatraman

Double Stars: The Story of Caroline Herschel
Profiles in Science

Padma Venkatraman

176 pages • missing pub info (editions)

informative medium-paced

Double Stars: The Story of Caroline Herschel

Profiles in Science

Padma Venkatraman

176 pages • missing pub info (editions)

informative medium-paced

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