As the eldest of five siblings, I was always caught by one of my brothers or sisters to tell them stories every night before going to bed. I spent summer nights out on our verandah telling stories to my sisters and brothers before they could fall asleep and when I ran out of stories, I made up stories, and it worked! At only 10 years old, this began my long journey of storytelling adventures.

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Coming from a Christian family, I was often asked to tell a story during Children's Sabbath School, or at the Youth Fellowship, and so grew my audience, from siblings, to a group of children at Sabbath School, to a bigger Youth fellowship group. Today, I am so happy that I can reach out to every child through Bibia.

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I spent my childhood mostly outdoors, playing in the backyard, under trees, and in the garden. I was able to see many creepy, crawly, flying, yucky, scary, noise-making, slithery, buzzing, fluttering, creatures - among which the most beautiful one was my favorite: the butterfly! Soft, colorful, delicate, and always among the flowers.

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Born in India, settled in the United States, married to Stan, and having two beautiful children, daughter Nitasha Catherine, and step son, Stephen Mathew, convinces me to believe: What a wonderful world this is.

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If anything qualifies me to write these books, it is my sheer belief that every child should be given a chance to read and be read to. With great expectation and request, I turn towards parents, grandparents, teachers, aunts, uncles, and anyone who can read, to take some time out of your busy schedule to read to a child today!