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A picturebook for all ages, it contains a set of descriptive markers on each page, building up as a set of riddles or clues towards the reveal of the identity of the unknown entity being introduced as “language”. The descriptive markers highlight the centrality of language in our cultural experience over history and the role communication has played in this time. Illustrations brilliantly capture these aspects as well in muted, pastel shades, perhaps hinting at universality of language experience including interesting ways for signlanguage and braille.
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 powerful and complex poem that is brilliantly illustrated, this book stands as a strong critique of contemporary society. It communicates this through a series of complex illustrations, mostly abstract and in collage-form, and in pull-out ‘spread’ sheets seen through transluscent verses of the poem, as though the words reflect the deeper structures and events in society. Provocative and prospective in equal measure, this work has the quality of a musuem art show captured in a book, with minimal curatorial text.
A Song From Where I Live – Pin Code 678574
Lyrically written and equally lyrically illustrated. Here is a picture book for older children – a poetic celebration of the writer’s home in Kerala. Sparingly written in short couplets, with abstract illustrations which invite interpretation, this a book which readers can savour and go back to. What does home mean to you?
A History of South India For Children
A comprehensive introduction to the history of South India for older children that not only briefly traverses regional histories, but also looks at history from different sociocultural-political perspectives, in addition to rulers and kingdoms. The text is accompanied by numerous black and white photographs of buildings, inscriptions, coins, historic paintings, and temple architectural plans, along with occasional illustrations. Overall, the book makes facts, dates and events interesting and engaging compared to the textbooks available to children.
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!
Teacher Amma – Who was Sugathakumari?
A well-rounded biography of Sugathakumari — a poetenvironmental activist from Kerala — with great selections of incidents from her life and heart-warming illustrations. The development of Sugathakumari’s character and aspirations, along with key historical events in the environmental movements in Kerala are brought alive through her conversations with a young tribal girl, Muruki.
Persian Nights – An Indian Child in Iran
A nostalgic memoir of a young Indian girl who moves from India to Iran with her family, at a time when Iran was still a modern and forward–looking society. While she settles into a routine and lives a regular child’s life, calling Tehran her home; the country around her starts changing as religious fundamentalism increasingly takes hold of society. The graphic novel format helps the reader to visualize her world, and understand the universal values that make us more alike than different from each other.
