Welcome, Uncle Nowruz!: A Persian New Year's Story | Rashin Kheiriyeh (Author) Deborah Willis and now the secrets she’s

and now the secrets she’s hiding will swallow her whole and take away the future she always dreamed of

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Welcome, Uncle Nowruz!: A Persian New Year's Story | Rashin Kheiriyeh (Author) Deborah Willis and now the secrets she’sBrilliant Iranian American creator Rashin offers her fun and fresh spin on a classic Nowruz folktale. Nane Sarma is winter herself, and every year she waits eagerly for her old friend, Uncle Nowruz. His job is to travel the land announcing the beginning of spring. But somehow, she always falls asleep before he arrives! This year, her three grandchildren will celebrate with her, so surely she will stay awake. But after the family shops for all seven