PICTURE BOOKS
Little Gajapati Kulapati – Kweee!
by Ashok Rajagopalan
Trumpeting the start of the year, this is a rewind to the time we first meet everyone’s favourite ele-friend – the little Gajapati Kulapati!
Painted Walls of Malainagar
story Shyamala Shanmugasundaram, pictures Anthoni Guruz
Soori doesn’t like the dreariness of where he lives and wishes he could move somewhere else. Suddenly one day, the place is swarming with painters and brushes! What’s going on?
Nominated: Jarul Book Award
Asha the Auto-Driver
story Aruna Shekar, pictures Sandhya Prabhat
Follow Asha through her week as she drives her auto around Chennai – stringing and selling jasmine flowers along the way!
Winner: Atta-Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Prize for illustrations
Longlisted: Binod Kanoria Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature for illustrations
My Ammamma is Now a Cat
by Sowmya Rajendran, pictures Niveditha Subramaniam
Ammamma sleeps so much, has whiskers, and likes to watch birds... Just like a cat!
The Rooster that Would Not Crow
by Cheryl Rao, pictures Niloufer Wadia
A young rooster refuses to crow… Until one momentous day when he lays an egg and the kuk-roo-kooos burst out of him!
Ilham's Birthday
story Aftab Yusuf Shaikh, pictures Tishya Malya
Ilham’s papa has given her a fifty rupee note for her birthday. She needs a pocket stitched onto her dress to keep the money absolutely safe – but that leads to another problem.
Will Goondi Come Home?
story Adithi Rao, pictures Fida Hamid
Muthu’s best friend is a rooster called Goondi. But the village head wants to buy Goondi for his son’s wedding feast. Muthu can’t bear the thought! So she makes her move and her grandfather makes his.
Winner: Atta-Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Prize for story
The Monster at the Window
story Meghaa Gupta, pictures Soumya Menon
There is a BIG monster that only Montu can see, that shows up whenever he’s angry or sad. One day, Montu starts drawing – and the monster gets smaller and smaller. What’s happening?
Malli Goes to the Market (bilingual)
story Jeeva Raghunath, pictures Nancy Raj
The third in the bilingual Malli series, Malli and her friends are off to the local market to buy their favourite treats. But some things are too expensive... Then, Malli has a bright idea!
Chintu Loses a Continent
story Vrinda Baliga, pictures Tanvi Bhat
It’s time for school when Chintu Chitnis remembers he hasn’t made his model of the earth. He scrambles to finish it but, in school, an entire continent goes missing!
Sound Town
by Vibha Batra, pictures Priyadarshini Banerjee
ZIPZAP, SPLASH, POP, SIZZLE – it’s noisy in this town! Sound becomes action and character in this rip-roaring ride through Sound Town.
Muddy Feet Raya
by Shreya Pothula
Raya loves to wander around her backyard looking for creepy crawlies. One day, she spots a spider as big as her palm that is doing something quite strange.
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P. N. K. Panicker's Ghost Stories
by Suresh Eriyat, pictures Adithi Krishnadas
Dreaded Neetarukolas, deal-making Kuttichathans, poncing Eenampechis... There are spooks on the prowl on a dark Kerala night, and this jolly 93-year-old claims to have seen them all!
UPCOMING!
A peek into some books to be published early 2025
PICTURE BOOKS
5 Fantastic Facts About the Indian Constitution
pictures Ashok Rajagopalan
Celebrating 75 years of our adopting the Constitution, this is a first introduction for children to the remarkable document, with a focus on five fascinating features.
Go Go Flamingo
by Devashish Makhija, pictures Priya Kuriyan
In the haze of a grey city, a flock of flamingos gets draped in unspooled tape, shoes, plastic bags, syringes, even mixer blades… A telling picture of the violence humans inflict on the natural world.
The Night Sky
story Samina Mishra, pictures Vandana Singh
A quilt filled with stars becomes the sky and cosmic playground for Tipu and his puppies, Layla and Jugnoo. A story about the sheer joy of imagination, wonder and the need to make believe.
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Shera
by Arun Fulera, pictures Allen Shaw
Monu and Raju are desperate to see Shera, the elusive leopard that roams the forest by their village. Will they? How?
A film-to graphic novel adaptation set in Uttarakhand that touches on co-existing with the wild.
Kishore Ashore
story C. G. Salamander, pictures Sahitya Rani
It is Kishore’s first trip out to sea with his fisherman father. But he is afraid because the sea turns men into monsters, his friends have told him. A sensitive take on a father-son relationship.
And more to come later in the year...
ᴥ With Sri Lanka in turmoil, Nila and her parents have to leave her grandmother behind in search of safety across the ocean.
ᴥ Celebrating the spirit of the girl child, an empowering anthem.
ᴥ When Pinky Didi has a wrestling match, it is Azadvir and his Scooty friend to the rescue!
ᴥ Babuna the monkey is out at sea when there is a fierce storm – and he can’t even swim!
ᴥ Yasmin at least has a tin box for a home but Dubki, her stray dog friend, has nothing at all. Not fair, she thinks.
ᴥ No one has the time to help Selvi look for her puppy because Thanthai Periyar is coming to the village!
ᴥ What makes a home and who is family? A moving film-to-book adaptation that explores a different childhood.
ᴥ A towering Pathan who broke the stereotype of his clan to embody the power of non-violence. Badshah Khan’s inspiring story told in a graphic format.
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