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Bookaroo in the City: Mayil Will Not Be Quiet
As part of Bookaroo in the City, we took Mayil Will Not Be Quiet to Satyug Darshan Vidyalaya, Faridabad. The auditorium was packed with 80 children (eight to twelve-year-olds) and we were excited and...
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Woohoo, Bookaroo!
Writers Niveditha Subramaniam and Sowmya Rajendran took snow kings, sky monkeys and a merry rakshasa with them to Bookaroo. Sowmya shares notes on their sessions.Who wouldn’t like to listen to stories...
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Magnificent Makhna: Meet the Author and Illustrator
A majestic elephant protects the forests from timber traders, tree-cutters and poachers. The animal becomes such a legend, that his photograph is a regular display piece on the walls of their homes....
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My Adventures with Night
Junuka Deshpande is an artist, filmmaker and teacher. She likes to explore methods and forms of documenting and understanding people and their environment in an involved, collaborative,...
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Bondas, Birds and More:Shamim Padamsee at Bookaroo 2012
Writer and educationist Shamim Padamsee has published many books with Tulika. Her first, Dancing on Walls, a fantasy story on how Warli art may have been born, is hugely popular as is A Silly Story of...
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Tulika Book Buzz
Birdywood BeatThe children of Nalanda School, Mumbai, grooved to the sounds of the Birdywood Beat with writer Shamim Padamsee, who did a storytelling session with The Great Birdywood Games....
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Tamasha with Rakshasa and Bulbuli's Bamboo too!
THE PLEASANT RAKSHASABook coverThe Pleasant Rakshasa was launched at Pappadum, on Saturday, 22nd December. On a fine Saturday morning, Jeeva Aunty captured the audience by dressing up as Karimuga, the...
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First Look Science
First Look Science These five books are perfect for a child’s first look at science, because they were born aspictures. In a classroom project with Srishti, Bengaluru, design students were asked to...
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Painting Stories
BLUE AND OTHER STORIES“Suniti Namjoshi’s Blue And Other Stories spurs young and adult readers to discover the deeper meaning of fables… The vivid yet surreal illustrations of Nilima Sheikh not just...
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The Pleasant Rakshasa story
When I was an editor with a children’s magazine, I sat next to a pillar in office that had the image of a purple-coloured rakshasa who looked like he was about to smile at me. However, he was part of a...
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Book Buzz
Tamasha with Kiran ShahKiran Shah Popular Australian storyteller Kiran Shah made her first visit to Chennai on 20th January and performed to an enthralled audience of parents and children at Just...
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Tulika Books Recommended by CBSE for schools
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has chosen over 50 Tulika titles as recommended reading for Classes I-XII to promote the habit of reading. Here they are, at a glance. Picture Books in...
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Review roundup
GUDDU'S PHOTO"Children will love the repetitive nature of the story, and find their own suspense elements within that predictable frame of preparing for shoot-no smile-and something butting in (much to...
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Satya's Boat: a reverie
What floats her boatAuthor, Saraswati Nandini MajumdarNandini loves boats and so does Satya!Nandini loves Banaras and so does Satya!Nandini loves the magic and colours that boats carry and of course,...
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Blogfest: My Science Story
National Science Day is celebrated on February 28th every year to mark the discovery of The Raman Effect. But who was CV Raman? Someone who loved the universe, science and children. Conceived by...
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My Science Story: Winners and a round-up!
Thanks to all those who participated in the My Science Story blogfest. We enjoyed reading through your entries.The winners are Vani Balaraman, Shruti Rao and Atula Gupta. They will each receive a copy...
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Riddle Us Red
It can speak, but doesn’t have a mouth.It can travel, but doesn’t have legs.It doesn’t have a nose.But sometimes has ears.And it definitely has a smell. WHAT IS IT?A book!!Piloo Paheliji from The 13th...
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Riddle Us Red: Winners
We announced the winners of the Riddle Us Red contest on March 15th on our facebook page.From The 13th Riddle, written by Nadine D'Souza and illustrated by Ajanta GuhathakurtaFor those of you may have...
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