"I have been waiting 68 years for this book..."Five-year-old Peter Marmorek was fascinated by the elephants he had read about in books, especially Dr Seuss’s Horton and Rudyard...
2021 in BooksWe’ve tried to take you far and wide To give you the many sides Of people like or unlike you In many voices, many hues. And as we turn...
My Name Is Gulab: Interview with author-illustrator Sagar KolwankarHow did the idea for My Name is Gulab come to you? I'm a visual person. A picture says a thousand words – or rather, a story! That's how...
International Dog Day 2021Bow WOW! This International Dog Day take a ‘paws’ and turn into a dog with two tails! For it’s time to celebrate the furry friends who...
A children's book can transform a class!A story is entertaining. But it can also hold glimpses of history, geography, culture, art… It can spark discussions from simple,...
World Elephant Day!ELEPHANT ENCOUNTERS A dangerous face-off, cries of distress at night… A summer holiday in the jungles of Corbett country turns out to be...
Raksha Bandhan 2021: Bond > BandRaksha Bandhan is more than just tying bands, sharing sweets, giving gifts... It really is about that strong bond like Fevikwik! (if you...
World Nature Conservation Day 2021World Nature Conservation Day 2021 Books that help a child * Wonder * Understand * Care * Save * What is nature? Is it a rainbow or the...
Friendship Day Sing Along!What are friends made of? This Friendship Day (1 August) we dip into Talking Tales from Tulika, our lively collaboration with Spotify, to...
Imagine You're A Bird...In case you didn't know, we have a BRAND NEW activity book! Put together by the marvellously marvellous Sandhya Rao, this book is a think...
Celebrating Pride: Embracing differences, building acceptance and fostering love!“A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colours because it knows it is beautiful inside out,” says a Canadian philosopher....
Happy Parent's Day: A whole lotta love for all the pet, plant and human caregivers!‘Appreciate all parents throughout the world’ read this year’s global theme for Parents’ Day. Looking beyond the conventional notions of...
Happy Pride Month: Three cheers to diversity, inclusion and love!This month, along with our dear young readers, parents, educators and patrons, we are celebrating diversity, and honouring pride. We'd...
'Being aware is the first step towards gender equality': Excerpts from 'Gender Talk – Big Hero, SizeWith gender issues hitting the news hotspots more and more, there are questions and doubts, and the answers are covered by a smog of...
'Fiercely fun, madly morose and prone to spontaneous combustion': An extract from 'This is Me, MayilFor every moment of clarity, young people are faced with several others filled with anger, confusion and self-doubt. Our Mayil Ganeshan...
A Book is a Bee: Review by Myth AuntyEvery once in a happy while we come across something that elevates one of our books (and our hearts) to unexpected heights. We always...
Uncle Nehru, Please Send an Elephant!: A review by Myth AuntySome books are born of serendipity. When we chanced upon an article in The Caravan about Nehru’s unique ‘elephant diplomacy’, we saw...
Parthiban's Dream: A review by Shefali GaneshWhile some books are pacy and thrilling, some are rich, slow and unputdownable. Very few, not only fall in one of these categories but...
Following the Friend of Numbers: Q and A with Satwik GadeOur hot off the press picture book Srinivasa Ramanujan: Friend of Numbers written by Priya Narayanan and illustrated by Satwik Gade,...
"I often sit and wonder why I was drawn towards Ramanujan’s story"Our hot off the press picture book Srinivasa Ramanujan: Friend of Numbers written by Priya Narayanan and illustrated by Satwik Gade,...
"I'd like children to feel the joy, because that’s what Zakir Hussain is about"Our hot off the press picture book Zakir and His Tabla - Dha Dhin Na by award-winning author and illustrator, Sandhya Rao and Priya...
Authors of 'The Tenth Son' interact with young readers"What is fiction?" The fourth graders had insisted on joining the conversation meant for the fifth and sixth graders at Redwood...
Journeys that shaped a nationForeword from Devika Cariapa's India Through People: 25 Game Changers India as a country is something of a wonder. Think about it. So...