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August 15, 2021


Raksha Bandhan 2021: Bond > Band
Raksha 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 2021
World 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, Size
With 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, Mayil
For 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 Aunty
Every 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 Aunty
Some 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 Ganesh
While 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 Gade
Our 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 nation
Foreword from Devika Cariapa's India Through People: 25 Game Changers India as a country is something of a wonder. Think about it. So...


Growing with Picture Books – Notes so far
Author-illustrator Niveditha Subramaniam shares interesting experiences from her journey with Tulika in this delightfully-written guest...


#MayilVerse for Better or Worse!
So it’s time to emerge And spread my wings to fly The expressions that I once submerged Take me through the sky – excerpt from the...


The Goshtarang project: Q and A with Geethanjali Kulkarni
When we read about The Goshtarang project spreading awareness on reading using Tulika's books in very unusual ways, we wanted to know all...


Guthli Has Wings: Q & A with author-illustrator Kanak Shashi
“Why do you keep saying I’m a boy when I’m a girl?” Guthli asks her mother. Tulika's latest picture book, Guthli Has Wings by Kanak...


Why 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...


Warrior 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!...
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