Mimi, the Little Umbrella, my first picture book, debuted at the Bay Area Book Festival on June 1, 2025!
In a very busy town, on a very busy street, was a very busy umbrella store with lots of fancy umbrellas. At the very back of which lives Mimi. So plain is she that nobody even notices her. But.. shhhh… Mimi has a secret, which makes her special… very special indeed. Is she forever relegated to the back of the store ? Or will she ever see the light of day? What is her secret?
This story is ultimately a timely and timeless reminder to find joy in things in the simplest of things even when the world seems dark and stormy!
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Other books with my illustrations and design
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Posters for a Green New Deal. Creative Action Network. Workman Publishing Company. 2020.
What Really Makes America Great. Creative Action Network. Andrews McMeel Publishing. 2018.
The Loudest Firecracker. By Arun Krishnan. Tranquebar Press. 2009.
Punchtantra. By Gautam Bhatia. Penguin Books, 1998.
Malaria Dreams and Other Visions of Architecture. By Gautam Bhatia. Penguin Books, 1996.
Silent Spaces and Other Stories of Architecture. Gautam Bhatia. Penguin Books, 1994.
ARCHITECTURE:
Children’s Retreat for Indian Council for Child Welfare. Gurgaon, India. ’10×10′, Phaidon Press, 2000, and ’10x10_2′, Phaidon Press, 2005.
Writing and illustrations for SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN:
CHPS 2006 Edition BPM Volume I – Planning. Architectural Energy Corp. (formerly for Eley Associates)
Hawaii High Performance School Guidelines. With Erik Kolderup. Architectural Energy Corp. (formerly Eley Associates). Dept. of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawaii. 2005.
Hawaii Commercial Building Guidelines for Energy Efficiency. With Erik Kolderup (Architectural Energy Corp. formerly Eley Associates). Dept. of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawaii. 2004.
Reference Specifications for Resource and Energy Efficiency. With Erik Kolderup (Architectural Energy Corp. formerly Eley Associates). California Energy Commission. 2004.
Energy Efficiency Design Guide for California Detention Facilities Guidebook. With Erik Kolderup (Architectural Energy Corp. formerly Eley Associates), and Jeff Ross Stein (Eley Associates). California Energy Commission. 2001.
Oakland Administrative Building. With Erik Kolderup (Architectural Energy Corp. formerly Eley Associates). City of Oakland. 2000.