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Catching up
on the past few months . . .
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'Outstanding'!
Sandhya Rao's book, My Mother's Sari, was published in USA by NorthSouth Books even
before Tulika could send it to
press! An Oustanding International Book for 2007 based
on a selection by USBBY and the Children's Book Council, USA.
Now published in India in
English, Tamil and Hindi
and for Soma Books, UK, bilingually with English in Bangla,
French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Polish. Portuguese,
Punjabi, Spanish and Urdu. |
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ACROSS
BORDERS
Deux Amis, the French edition of Nina
Sabnani's Mukand and Riaz, was launched by Syros at the Paris Book fair
(Salon du Livre, more properly) on 18th-19th March. This simple,
endearing story of two friends dealing with Partition has also been
published in Pakistan by OUP.
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At a special evening at the Bologna
book fair,
Deepa Balsavar's bilingual book,
The Seed was conferred the honour of being included in the prestigious White Raven's Catalogue
2007.
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This One's Different
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Well known
writer-illustrator-cartoonist,
Manjula Padmanabhan, came up with an
inspired concept for one of Tulika's latest books called, well,
I Am
Different. This multilingual book carries the same line in 16
different languages
from around the world, with pronunciation guides: 'Can you find me?'
Find what? The one visual in each frame that is, well, different.
Fascinating for adults and children alike, the book has also been
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PRESIDENTIAL NOD
When she isn't out under the blazing sun, digging and collecting objects
from about a million years ago, archaeologist Shanti Pappu likes to work
with children.
So it is that she wrote The
Shining Stones, an unusual book that smoothly juxtaposes
on-site archaeological facts and processes with the fictional story of a
little girl working at digs in Tamilnadu — a combination that fitted
neatly into Tulika's Fact and Fiction series. The book even caught the
then President Dr. Kalam's attention.
A typewritten note from Rashtrapati Bhavan said,
"I especially liked the beautiful concept in
spreading interest in archaeology,"
— and the President added in his own handwriting,
"to the young."
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Solving Problems
T. V. Padma loves both words and
numbers. When the time came for college she chose numbers. But
Mathematwist: number tales from around the world, her newest in Tulika's Fact and Fiction series, brings her back to a happy mean.
She conjures up a world where numbers and mathematical concepts
unravel in stories, folktales and anecdotes. So whether it's
Dividing a Goose, Rounding up Camels or Gourmet Roulette, children
at the math level of classes 6, 7 and 8 will have fun with words and
numbers as well. |
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Listen...
Those of us who have listened to Cathy Spagnoli
paint pictures
have
been spellbound. Having travelled across Asia and
the USA, telling and
seeking stories, this seasoned storyteller shares
her
trade secrets through
The World of Asian Stories. This is her
second
such resource book in the series.
It invites parents, teachers and
children to
extend the scope of stories to know
other cultures. Useful
tips and techniques,
clever riddles, timeless sayings and
quirky illustrations
help to do just this.
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