{"id":11020,"date":"2019-07-04T17:11:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T21:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=11020"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:26:52","slug":"derek-mascarenhas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/derek-mascarenhas\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Mascarenhas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Derek Mascarenhas currently lives in Toronto. His parents immigrated to Canada from Goa, India and settled in Burlington, Ontario. Mascarenhas is a graduate of the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Creative Writing Program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction (Juvenile, Picture book)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

100 Chapatis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Illustrated by Shantala Robinson.
Toronto: Owlkids Books, 2023.
PZ7.1.M3754 O64 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Simon doesn\u2019t want the baby to come. He was happy with just his mom, dad, and Pappa. Now, Mom and Dad are at the hospital, and Simon and Pappa are waiting for news at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing how hard it is to wait, Pappa starts Simon on a project of making one hundred chapatis. They measure the ingredients, knead and roll the dough, and then drop them one by one into a giant frying pan. Soon, Simon is so busy that he forgets to worry. \u201cCan I show the baby how to make chapatis?\u201d he asks Pappa. And before they know it, Pappa is frying up the one hundredth chapati \u2026 and the phone is ringing!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction (Short stories)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coconut Dreams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Book*hug, 2019.
PS8626 .A795 C64 2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (from its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Coconut Dreams<\/em> explores the lives of the Pinto family through seventeen linked short stories. Starting with a ghost story set in Goa, India in the 1950s, the collection weaves through various timelines and perspectives to focus on two children, Aiden and Ally Pinto. These siblings tackle their adventures in a predominantly white suburb with innocence, intelligence and a timid foot in two distinct cultures. Derek Mascarenhas takes a fresh look at the world of the new immigrant and the South Asian experience in Canada. In these stories, a daughter questions her father\u2019s love at an IKEA grand opening; an aunt remembers a safari-gone-wrong in Kenya; an uncle\u2019s unrequited love is confronted at a Goan Association picnic; a boy tests his faith amidst a school-yard brawl; and a childhood love letter is exchanged during the building of a backyard deck. Singularly and collectively, these stories will move the reader with their engaging narratives and authentic voices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction (Juvenile, Picture book)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Mango Monster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Illustrated by Meneka Repka.
Toronto: Owlkids Books, 2024.
PZ7.1.M3754 M36 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After waiting all year for mango season, Marianne is excited that the mangoes on their tree are ripe and ready to eat. She loves mangoes and plans to eat all <\/em>of them. But when she and her sidekick cousin Zoe check out the tree, the lower branches have been picked clean. Someone is stealing their mangoes! Who could it be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marianne\u2019s neighbor says it could be a mango monster. This exciting idea is more than a bit scary, but the girls are not deterred, and they decide to catch the mango monster in the act. They set all kinds of traps, hoping to uncover the thief\u2014and end up with surprising results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2025 IODE Jean Throop Book Award<\/a> (Finalist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Derek Mascarenhas personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Book*hug<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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