Talking About Pictures
Tulika author-illustrator Deepa Balsavar spoke about her thoughts behind creating illustrations for picture books in a video event for Kahani Takbak. Find out all that goes on behind the scenes in the...
View ArticleGuest Post by Niveditha Subramaniam: Stepping away from the Storyboard -...
Tulika author and illustrator Niveditha Subramaniam describes what she learnt about illustration during her master’s degree in this guest post.Though I did Art and Design in senior secondary school, I...
View ArticleQ and A with Lavanya Karthik
A Walk with Thambi is our latest book which will be released on Sunday 19 November (11 am to 12.30 pm) at the Anna Centenary Library (Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kottur Gardens, Kotturpuram, Chennai) in...
View ArticleRepost: Here are three children’s books featuring disability that fared...
We came across this wonderful article that perceptively describes our books on children with special needs way back in February. On the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities on...
View ArticleThe Exclusive Inclusive Book List
Why Are You Afraid To Hold My Hand? by Sheila Dhir was the first book on disability we published in 1999. Since then almost every year we have published disability-themed books, some with a child with...
View ArticleSkyping about Arif
In this delightful Guest Post, Zai Whitaker describes her experiences of discussing ‘Andamans Boy’ on Skype with the Grade 6 kids of the École Mondiale World School in Mumbai.Last week I had a most...
View ArticleA clean sweep at The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2018
We're over the moon to have won in ALL four categories in The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2018. Here are the full citations from the jury:BEST PICTURE BOOK: STORYCHATURA RAO for Gone...
View ArticleThe Colour Thief is here! Q and A with Sandhya Prabhat
Hot off the press, this picture book is a riot of colours which have a story to tell! The Colour Thief by Stephen Aitken and Sylvia Sikundar, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, is a rich visual...
View ArticleThe Colour Thief is Here! Q and A with Stephen Aitken and Sylvia Sikundar
Hot off the press, this picture book is a riot of colours which have a story to tell! The Colour Thief by Stephen Aitken and Sylvia Sikundar, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, is a rich visual...
View ArticleIf There Is a Title, Will the Needle Come Out of the Well? – The Neverending...
This is a guest post by Sharanya D.G., editorial intern at Tulika. For a child reluctant to fall asleep – like I was – no bedtime story is ever long enough. Children want stories that go on and on –...
View Article‘Shabana and The Baby Goat’ is here! Q and A with the illustrator Roshini...
The adorable picture book Shabana and the Baby Goat written by Samina Mishra and illustrated by Roshini Pochont is here today – hot off the press! We spoke to the illustrator Roshini about her...
View Article‘Shabana and The Baby Goat’ is here! Q and A with the writer Samina Mishra
The adorable, Shabana and the Baby Goat written by Samina Mishra and Roshini Pochont is hot off the press! The sweet story about a girl and her goat. We took this opportunity to talk to Samina Mishra...
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We’ve had a slew of new in our fiction list, with the total now hitting half-century! It’s boom-time in general for children’s fiction and time too, we thought, to get some cosy, critical conversations...
View ArticleQ and A with Mini Shrinivasan, author of ‘I Didn’t Understand!’
I Didn’t Understand! by Mini Shrinivasan and illustrated by Shubham Lakhera is here now! Watch out for it on the Tulika website! We spoke to the author Mini Shrinivasan, who has two award-winning books...
View ArticleSCIENCE MEETS RHYME: Scientists A to Z
Of the several manuscripts that we receive daily, most are stories, some are verse, a few nonfiction and smattering of alphabet books. But there has never been a manuscript that focuses on nonfiction,...
View ArticleMy Experience Narrating 'A Home of Our Own' by Meghaa Aggarwal
Our own Meghaa Aggarwal has turned author with ‘A Home of Our Own’ (Tulika, 2018). Here she writes perceptively about her experiences reading it to children. This year I ticked one off my bucket list —...
View ArticleWorkshop on Creative Non-Fiction for Young Children
Presented by Parag and EdelGive in collaboration with Tulika Publishers18 - 21 March 2019About the WorkshopThis four-day intensive workshop will be a think tank for writers and illustrators interested...
View ArticleWhy the Elephant has Tiny Eyes: Q and A with author Pow Aim Hailowng
The first chaang, the first elephant, once had big eyes,Which the animals thought looked beautiful and wise.Then along comes a little wagtail and changes the chaang...
View ArticleWarrior Women: Q and A with author-illustrator Tara Anand
Flashing swords, firing guns, charging on horseback, planning strategies and talking peace… these twelve warriors did it all, and how! Some were royalty and some ordinary, but extraordinary courage...
View Article#MayilVerse for Better or Worse!
So it’s time to emergeAnd spread my wings to flyThe expressions that I once submergedTake me through the sky – excerpt from the winning poem, I Am, by winner Aditi V (age 15)The third...
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