It's Only A Story/Idu Verum Kathaithaan (Tamil)

Author : Cathy Spagnoli
Illustrator : Uma Krishnaswamy

An ant's curiosity leads to adventure in this chain story of repetition and cumulative images. The illustrations within illustrations drawn in stark white on brown are adapted from the art of the Warli storytellers. The stories are illustrated in a flowing river-like fashion, capturing the pattern of the cumulative tale visually as well.

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Age 5+
Specifications 24 pages; 9.75” x 8.25”; full colour; soft cover
Translator Jeeva Raghunath
ISBN 978-81-8146-276-3
First Published 2006

An unusual and fun tale

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. Saffrontree.org

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It's Only A Story/Idu Verum Kathaithaan (Tamil)

It's Only A Story/Idu Verum Kathaithaan (Tamil)

An ant's curiosity leads to adventure in this chain story of repetition and cumulative images. The illustrations within illustrations drawn in stark white on brown are adapted from the art of the Warli storytellers. The stories are illustrated in a flowing river-like fashion, capturing the pattern of the cumulative tale visually as well.

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