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Hello, I'm

Kedaar

(say it: Kay‑daar) केदार

I'm 5 years old, I live in Canada, and I wrote a whole book about my favourite country. It's called From Aurora to Zamboni — an A to Z journey through Canada.

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Kedaar holding his book From Aurora to Zamboni
Author, age 5 ✨
Made with crayons
& big dreams

A little about me

I'm Kedaar.
Big imagination, small sneakers.

Kedaar by a river in the Himalayan foothills

Where I'm from

I'm Canadian — and my family is from the sub‑Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India. My name केदार means "Lord of the Mountains." Pretty cool, right?

Kedaar painting rocks at a craft table

painting day

Things I love doing

Painting rocks. Building things with real tools. Spotting maple leaves on the walk to school. Asking grown‑ups questions like "why do beavers have orange teeth?"

Kedaar wearing safety goggles working with wood and tools

tiny carpenter

I'm a maker

Safety goggles on, saw in hand. If I can imagine it, I want to make it. That's also how the book started — I just wanted to make one.

Kedaar bundled up on a kid-sized snowmobile in the snow

A proper Canadian winter kid

Toques. Mittens. Snowmobiles. Hot chocolate after. That's my whole personality from November to April. (Did you know Z is for Zamboni? Yeah.)

Quick facts about me

  • 5years old
  • 26letters in my book
  • 1very Canadian heart
  • ∞snacks per day

My book

From Aurora
to Zamboni

An ABC Journey Through Canada · written by Kedaar, age 4 · published when he turned 5

Cover of From Aurora to Zamboni by Kedaar Mungali

"A is for Aurora… Z is for Zamboni… and twenty‑four very Canadian things in between."

It's a beautifully illustrated 8.5"×8.5" board‑style children's book celebrating Canadian culture and heritage. Every letter highlights something Kedaar picked himself — from Beavers and Canoes to Poutine and the Northern Lights.

Each spread has bold retro illustrations, uppercase + lowercase letters to build alphabet skills, and one playful fact per page. (Yes — a beaver's front teeth really never stop growing.)

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A
A is for Aurora — page from the book
A is for Aurora
B
B is for Beaver — interior spread
B is for Beaver
C
C is for Canoe — interior spread
C is for Canoe
Q
Q is for Quebec — page from the book
Q is for Québec
V
V is for Vancouver — page from the book
V is for Vancouver
Z
Back cover of From Aurora to Zamboni
…all the way to Zamboni
Kedaar reading his book in the grass

"reading my own book is the best 📖"

Beyond the book

The Free Book Program

Because every kid in Canada deserves a copy.

Kedaar's vision didn't end with the first edition. He wanted the book to be accessible to every child — so he asked that it be made available for free to any family unable to buy a copy.

That's how the Free Book Program was born at maplebeaver.ca. Anyone can request a free copy. The program is funded by generous donors who sponsor copies for others, and by the sale of Maple Beaver merch featuring the Canadian icons from the book.

Read the full story → Sponsor a copy ($7.99)
An open spread showing every letter of the Canadian alphabet from the book

A to Z, every page, made for sharing.

How it works

1

Request

Any family in Canada can request a free copy through Maple Beaver.

2

Sponsor

Anyone can sponsor a copy for $7.99 and put the book into another kid's hands.

3

Share

Every shirt sold at Maple Beaver also sponsors a copy. Royalties go right back in.

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