Tara Books to Art1st, interactive books for children are increasingly engaging with form

[ad_1] In A Book is a Bee (Tulika Books), Lavanya Karthik writes: “A Book is a Bee, Buzzing in your head, With things to say. A Book is a Tree, With branches to climb, To see the world around.” Much has been written about the metaphorical forms a book takes: they are doors, windows, and […]

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This children’s book on Mahabalipuram explores the Shore Temple and other stone sculptures

[ad_1] The Shore Temple in Mamallapuram | Photo Credit: B VELANKANNI RAJ On a crescent-shaped beach where waves build along the coastline stands the ancient Shore Temple, some 60 kilometres South of Chennai. The lone survivor from a row of temples that once dotted the sands of Mamallapuram, it is one of the oldest structural […]

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Tulika Graphix launches Unknown Heroes of India’s Freedom Struggle to mark India’s 76th year of independence

[ad_1] The cover of the book | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In 1930, Demathi Dei Sabar, a tribal girl in Nuapada district in Odisha, was only 16 years old when she heard that her father was wounded by a gun shot in the village Saliha. She was out on the fields, working with 40 other […]

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Vikram Agnihotri, India’s first double-arm amputee, launches his book at Bangalore Literature Festival

[ad_1] An illustration from the book | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At the upcoming Bangalore Literary Festival (December 3 and 4), alongside the likes of workshops and lectures by children’s authors Bijal Vachcharajani, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, and Honey Irani is a book launch, Look Ma, No Hands! authored by Vikram Agnihotri. While this may seem […]

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Children’s books illustrators Nina Sabnani and Durgabai Vyam are introducing India’s indigenous art and craft to a new generation

[ad_1] Highlighting the art and craft of indigenous India, children’s books illustrators Nina Sabnani and Durgabai Vyam use everything from digna to embroidered saris to create stories with a global resonance  Highlighting the art and craft of indigenous India, children’s books illustrators Nina Sabnani and Durgabai Vyam use everything from digna to embroidered saris to […]

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Meet children’s books illustrators Priya Kuriyan and Rajiv Eipe

[ad_1] Bengaluru-based children’s books illustrators Priya Kuriyan and Rajiv Eipe people their pages with relatable characters and the occasional Malayali grandma Bengaluru-based children’s books illustrators Priya Kuriyan and Rajiv Eipe people their pages with relatable characters and the occasional Malayali grandma I am at Lightroom Bookstore, a much-loved independent children’s bookstore on a quiet street […]

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