This picture book has sweet illustrations and a simple story about a young girl from India who wants to help her father by painting the wooden toys that he sells. He doesn't want her to help, since he wants her to focus on the education that he's committed to providing for her, but he comes to appreciate her artistic skills and lets her assist him with his business.

It's a nice concept, but I don't like the fact that she goes behind his back to paint the toys. It works out in this scenario, but it's not a good example for kids to follow, especially since they could destroy something their parent is working on without understanding why their parent has set this boundary. Even though there are a lot of sweet things about this book, I'm not rating it higher because of the story's implication that children know better than their parents and should completely disregard their instructions.

Ashes dad is a hard worker, doing everything in his power to give her the life he couldn't have, even at his own expense.

Asha loves to paint and decides one day she wants to help her dad some can have a good life too.

This story has beautiful illustrations and a wonderful message about working together to make each other happy. I agree that a child should be studious and enjoy whatever their passion is and I'm so glad the characters found a way to work toward a mutual goal.

What a lovely picture book! The story itself was nice, although a bit sad for the father who works so hard to provide his daughter a better future. Just a sweet and simple book that was a joy to read.

Asha's Papa makes wooden toys to sell at the market, but some days he doesn't sell any, and Asha knows he's not always eating because he can't afford to feed them both. So Asha has an idea one day, she'll paint the toys and make them beautiful! Asha's Papa doesn't like the idea at first because he wants Asha to focus on her schoolwork, but to his surprise, he sells so many toys. Asha was right, all he needed was a little color!

Loved the whole book and the illustrations, I just didn't like the idea of her going behind her papa's back, even if it was to help him out.