Aditi Adventures III : Heroes
by Suniti Namjoshi   pictures Proiti Roy

Gardy in the City of Lions
Monkeyji and the Word-Eater
Syril and the Spaceflower
Beautiful and the Cyberspace Runaway

In the third set of adventures, one or another of the friends is central and the others get embroiled. For example, Siril the ant falls in love or appears to fall in love, and they all find themselves setting off on a voyage to one of the moons of Jupiter. Or Beautiful Ele the Beautiful Elephant decides that she is going to turn into a rational elephant, but then finds that she and the others have to do some very peculiar things in order to help that most rational of creatures, Mistress i, who was born in a computer.
          There's also an adventure in which Monkeyji comes to the fore as she wields her mental powers with the skill and panache of a true hero. Gardy gets into difficulties when a distant relative asks him to help deal with a problem without realising that he is the problem, or at least a part of it.

Questions arise. Is being rational always good? Are impossible friendships sometimes possible? If a word disappears, does that mean that for all practical purposes, the thing itself also disappears? What is seeing clearly about? – guessing the future, seeing how things are or seeing how they should be? If you like to mix your admiration with an occasional smile, then these heroic deeds will entertain you.

for 8 years and above
available as a pack of four books and as individual titles
listed below

Rs 320.00      US$ 22.00
English ISBN 978-81-8146-782-9

GARDY IN THE CITY OF LIONS
by Suniti Namjoshi  pictures Proiti Roy

Rs 100.00 (within India)
  US$   7.50 (outside India)
English ISBN 978-81-8146-778-2

Is Gardy the lost lion cub prince who, legend says, will return to save the City of Lions? He isn't quite sure but rushes there all the same in response to an urgent email, along with the other adventurers. They find that the city is indeed under threat – from its very own haughty, crotchety, bickering guardians, Sir Leon and The Old Woman Under the Sea.
          The first book in the third set of the series sees the friends in a different part of the world – Singapore, the 'city of lions'. And this time their challenge is far from straightforward. How do they make the two venerable guardians see that they themselves are the problem? In another entertaining story, the author opens up our eyes to what seeing clearly is all about.

72 pages, 8.5" x 5.5", black and white, soft cover,
for 8 years and above

MONKEYJI AND THE WORD EATER
by Suniti Namjoshi   pictures Proiti Roy

72 pages, 8.5" x 5.5", black and white, soft cover,
for 8 years and above

Rs 100.00 (within India)
 US$   7.50 (outside India
English ISBN 978-81-8146-779-9

SIRIL AND THE SPACEFLOWER
by Suniti Namjoshi  pictures Proiti Roy

Rs 100.00 (within India)
   US$ 7.50 (outside India)
English ISBN 978-81-8146-780-5

Siril the ant is not his practical, rational self at all. He gazes at the sky all night, mumbles to himself, doesn't answer when spoken to... Beautiful is puzzled and upset. Is he in love? She is even more startled when she discovers that he intends to build a spaceship and fly to one of Jupiter's moons, in response to a sad cry for help!
          In spite of Beautiful's misgivings, the adventurers do zoom into space – with the help of anti-gravity pads, the scientific genius of the Techno Sage, and some very useful mind power from the other sages. But can they really help a moon correct its path? A sci-fi fan herself, Suniti Namjoshi takes the genre way beyond its usual orbit, combining the thrill and beauty of the world beyond with gentle sentiment and unusual insights.

72 pages, 8.5" x 5.5", black and white, soft cover,
for 8 years and above

BEAUTIFUL AND THE CYBERSPACE RUNAWAY
by Suniti Namjoshi  pictures Proiti Roy

Holiday plans for Aditi and the others go off track when a runaway computer programme, the irrepressible Mistress i, decides to take refuge with them. Hot on her heels is the scientist who created her, who threatens to put them in jail for kidnapping. And in the midst of all the commotion, Beautiful the elephant is determined to learn to be everything she thinks she isn't – rational, sensible, logical
and equable.
          From their peaceful home in Maharashtra, India, Aditi and her friends are catapulted into a strange encounter with cyberspace. In her astonishingly simple way, Suniti Namjoshi explores the connection between the two worlds – cyber and real – and throws up some interesting thoughts: Does a computer have a soul? And is 'getting updated' the equivalent of 'growing up'?

72 pages, 8.5" x 5.5", black and white, soft cover,
for 8 years and above

Rs 100.00 (within India)
   US$ 7.50 (outside India)
English ISBN 978-81-8146-781-2

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