Author Taranjit Shergill-Holait, who grew up in Yuba City's local community, has written and published children's books to help children cope with bullying and isolation after seeing youth face racism, according to a local news report.
As a local news report described, Taranjit Shergill-Holait published the children's books titled "Little Asha and Her Dancing Heart" and "Little Baljit Singh Shergill: Proud to Be Me." The author's family immigrated to the United States when Taranjit Shergill-Holait was nine years old. Years later, Taranjit Shergill-Holait attended and successfully graduated from Yuba City High School in nineteen ninety-five.
Opening lines obtained by a local news report read, "A little girl. A love for dancing. A beautiful discovery about happiness. Meet Little Asha, a young Punjabi girl growing up in California with a heart full of dreams and a special love for dancing."
In addition to writing children's books to help children cope with bullying and isolation after seeing youth face racism, Taranjit Shergill-Holait worked as a mail carrier in Woodland for twenty years. Taranjit Shergill-Holait told a local news report, "I learned to find happiness from within,"
Taranjit Shergill-Holait's broader family details from the public record show that Shergill-Holait's mother is age seventy-six and works in Woodland. Taranjit Shergill-Holait also has a family that includes eldest son Gagan Holwait, who is age twenty-eight, and youngest son Aaron Holwait, who is age sixteen.
As a local news report further outlined, author Taranjit Shergill-Holait grew up in Yuba City, where the author graduated from Yuba City High School in nineteen ninety-five, long before publishing "Little Asha and Her Dancing Heart" and "Little Baljit Singh Shergill: Proud to Be Me." These specific books were written after seeing children face racism, providing stories explicitly meant to help children cope with bullying and isolation. The author's life background includes immigrating to the United States when Taranjit Shergill-Holait was nine years old, working a twenty-year career as a mail carrier in Woodland, and raising a family while maintaining deep ties to the region. Furthermore, Shergill-Holait's mother, who is age seventy-six, continues to work in Woodland, while eldest son Gagan Holwait is age twenty-eight and youngest son Aaron Holwait is age sixteen, fully grounding the author's life across Yuba City and Woodland as documented by a local news report.
