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Stories-within-stories, all emerging from a tree who knows about the struggles of displacement and its emotional and ecological impact on people. Sabri loves to draw but paints are expensive, and Shankar tells stories to get through tough situations. The children ask questions and the tree tells fables which critique power and progress. Sabri and her pack of friends will take you through a range of emotions from anger and despair to humour.
Rogues and Rajas – Dark Tales from Tumultuous Times
A refreshing change from the tales of the glorious past, this one is about the evil, cruelty, intrigue, and betrayals that are as much a part of our history as the bravery and sacrifice and noble acts. A sort of fictionalised history, the stories are based on historical characters and events, but written like stories of adventure and make for interesting reading. A timely reminder that not everything in the past was good, and that human nature has many dark corners too.
Bold charcoal illustrations by Priya Sebastion introduce us to mothers of all kinds — as human and quirky as any of us. Perhaps you’ll spot your mother among the pages or you might use words and pictures to paint her your way. A book about mothers without their children! Mothers will like to see themselves in the book and children will wonder how they see their mothers.
A brilliantly designed book, on the theme of “wanting to be” something. Children have a wonderful time flipping through it, engaging in the play of words and the shapes, size, and colours of alphabets associated with the words symbolising their meaning in the design. Each page in itself is a masterpiece in wordplay and the layout. The book is a wonderful space for wordplay and engagement for older children, a lively companion for parents and teachers and a lesson in good design principles for children’s book authors, illustrators, designers, and publishers.
A Higgledy Piggledy Growing Up
A multi-layered book with an exciting mystery complete with misdirection and surprises, intertwined expertly with issues of adolescent angst and joys, and a growing socio-political awareness. Death and loss, the growing distance between communities, and having to handle a girl having a crush on you — they are all there, and make for a gripping read. The story builds to a satisfactory ending where everything that was puzzling throughout begins to make sense at last!
Spooks, supernatural happenings and a sprinkling of horror — this collection of short stories has it all. Is Mila imaginary or a ghost? What if a painting on a wall horrifies you? What if your grandfather came back from the dead? If you enjoy a good fright, then dive right into these strange stories where nothing seems to be what it is.
The Misadventures of a Diamond Thief
A typical rather rebellious teenager, an overbearing helicopter mom, a grumpy pompous father, and so on, except that they are not humans but gem-stealing djins! The timetravelling young djin has to save the family honour by stealing a fabled diamond, but he himself only wants to be a chef! Written with a lot of humour and imagination, this plot makes for a rollicking read, while also giving glimpses of Nawabi old Hyderabad, where the main action is set.
Sabu loves the sea, and it feels like the sea loves him too. But one day his world is turned upside down by a raging cyclone. His family and the whole fishing village is evacuated to shelters. After it is over, Sabu has to get over his fear and mistrust of the sea, and learn to live with it, and even love it again. The evocative illustrations take us on this journey with him, to the tentative reconciliation in the end.
