{"id":22280,"date":"2026-06-12T21:57:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T01:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=22280"},"modified":"2026-06-12T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T01:57:57","slug":"ritu-kumar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/ritu-kumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ritu Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Ritu Kumar is a physician and picture book author. She lives in British Columbia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Juvenile, Picture book)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Picky Princess and the Dragon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Illustrated by Kelsey Marshalsey.<br>Breslau, Ontario: Brown Paper Fox, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A whimsical tale about a South Asian Princess named Diya, a quick-witted and picky girl who refuses to eat vegetables\u2014until a sweet-toothed dragon raids the castle, devouring all her favourite treats.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To avoid becoming the dragon&#8217;s next meal, Diya cleverly convinces Dragon to try vegetables, only to discover they&#8217;re not as &#8220;icky&#8221; as she thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, the Princess and the Dragon embark on a delightful feast, sparking Diya&#8217;s newfound love for exploring different flavours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownpaperfox.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brownpaperfox.com\/\">Brown Paper Fox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ritu Kumar is a physician and picture book author. She lives in British Columbia. Fiction (Juvenile, Picture book) The Picky Princess and the Dragon Illustrated by Kelsey Marshalsey.Breslau, Ontario: Brown Paper Fox, 2025. Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website) A whimsical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/ritu-kumar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22280"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22285,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22280\/revisions\/22285"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}