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A quirky and funny little book about a girl who decides not to wash her hair when her parents are away. Her aunt taking care of her says “Okay” with a shrug, and so every day Divya’s hair gets more and more tangled and dirty and her pillow begins accumulating a lot of debris too! Her school mates and teacher cannot even sit near her any more, but somehow Divya has fun, doing all sorts of things in the time she saves by not washing her hair. The story ends in an unexpected and hilarious manner.
Mum in a Mess Publisher Duckbill (Penguin India) Published 2024 Author Sanjana Kapur On a busy morning a coffee pot breaks. And Vishi realises that all is not well with her mother. A sensitively written story about a girl and her father learning to understand the mother. Vishi’s attempts to grasp her mother’s mental state keep us involved. Read the book to find out how the coffee pot mess is cleaned up.
This stunning wordless book shows the story of the Sun after it has set in the horizon. Imagined as a young woman, the Sun is fantastically portrayed in all her finery as she returns home. Inspired by Buddhist temples and houses on stilts in the Northeast, she spends time doing beautiful things at home. Then she goes out to meet her friends before going to sleep. Next day, Sun sets out again as the silver moon returns home. The watercolour drawings are exquisite both in their detail and in the expanse of the Sun’s world, beautifully immersing us in it.
These short bios on the inside back cover of the book reveal that both writer Shikha Tripathi and illustrator Ogin Nayam are daydreamers. Together they have recreated the real story of young Tine Mena who worked with determination to make her dream of climbing mountains come true. Even as the story salutes Tine’s achievements, it touches your heart. It will inspire anyone who reads it, anytime.
This story about refugees highlights their painful journey of losing home and hope, of living with several uncertainties without family, familiar neighborhoods, known cultures. The refugees are often left questioning where they belong. The illustrations add beautifully to the story and support the questions it raises about the meaning of home and hope, of belonging and being.
