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I'm
So Sleepy
This is a cute little story about
baby elephant Bahadur who has forgotten how to sleep...
The book also
has colourful illustrations to satisfy the kids curiosity and get their
imaginations working. And the style in which the story is written is also
simple and lucid...
– November
2004, The New Indian Express Illustrations
are precisely what makes I'm So Sleepy's charm too: colourful
and gay, most enjoyable for young children who will relish delightful
depictions of wild animals.
–
November 2004, The Book Review
Priya
Kuriyan's illustrations are appealing, especially the one of Bahadur getting
sleepier by
the minute. Simple and easy to draw, they fill the
pages with bright shades and make
following the story a delight.
– February 2005, The Hindu
If
you are the kind who thinks that a story should have educative value besides
having fun,
this one fits the bill. While the endearing little elephant is
trying to figure out how it should
fall asleep, the children also learn the
sleeping habits of various other animals in the jungle...
Priya Kuriyan's
illustrations...are radiant and so full of life.
– January 2005, The Hindu, Bangalore
Sunu-sunu
snail: Storm in the Garden
I read Storm in the Garden for
the kids on Friday and they LOVED it, they enjoyed the
Hee! Hee!s and
the Sitta Pittas as lot. They actually have for homework to
translate part
of it this week... It's a beautiful book!
– March 2005, Mette Ottosson, teacher and
photographer, Sweden
Simply
written, the book is a wonderful tale to read out to children of age three
and above. The sounds that Sunu-sunu relates to his mother is a joy for children
to listen to and makes for interesting reading even for parents... The story
is simple yet captivating.
– January 2002, The New Indian Express How
does one introduce the very young to books and how early can one begin?
Perhaps, one answer is to be found in the Sunu-sunu Snail books from Tulika
books. Storm in the Garden is available in five languages – English, Tamil,
Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada – and the basic story by Sandhya Rao is
straightforward... The illustrations by Ashok Rajagopalan are eye-catching
and colourful, especially as they seem to be from the snail's eye-view...
The availability of these books in regional languages is a plus since rarely
does one find books for toddlers in languages other than English.
– July 2002, The Hindu
It's Only A Story
It
has the prodigious element of simple repetition, which gives the child a
sense of mastery with it and boosts their involvement multifold...the
unique illustrations tell the story on their own, making the words a mere
formality. And they serve the added purpose of jumpstarting your memory
should ever the chain be broken. Not to forget the feeling of giving your
child a slice of history in the form of these folk paintings.
– July 2007, saffrontree.org
Sameer's House
...it
addresses directly the fascinating concept of how we are all interwoven into
this universe, and how there is so much more beyond the extent of our direct
vision in this world. And it feels like a great starting point to whet a
child's curiosity about how this world came into being, what makes it tick
every single minute and day, and are there any other worlds like ours, out
there? Pretty heavy ammunition to offload into a tiny mind, no doubt...but a
start is made very simply in this book.
– Oct 2007, saffrontree.org
What Shall I Make?
Flour Power
The book is more than a book - a down-to-earth culinary project for
small children; the making of a chapati, a favorite that has
withstood the wrath of time in the Indian household. Ample scope for turning
kitchen interference from small children into wholesome fun! Needless to
say, a playdoh equivalent, the dough is like a blank canvas. It
triggers creativity in little minds and acts as medium to help them give
shape and life to their favorite objects and scenes. For those who have not
yet had a chance to discover the hidden power of chapati dough, the
idea is fresh, hot and totally Indian!
– Sep 2007, saffrontree.org |