The villagers then try to sing him back to sleep, all with their own songs. Everyone from the banana seller to the postman fails and only manage to distract him further from sleep. The grandmother then steps in with a soft lullaby to help our gentle jumbo fall asleep. But now there’s a new problem—his snores! Luckily they are quite soothing, and the village is soon fully asleep again.
In Jungle Dhun, French author and illustrator Juliette Armagnac presents a wordless story about a young protagonist awakened by a loud sound in the forest at night, immediately setting him off in search of its source. Created during her residency with the Eklavya Foundation through Villa Swagatam, an Indo-French cultural residency programme, the work features…
Adi & Arya Visit Kolkata is just as lively. The city’s trams share the street with autos, yellow cabs, and jhalmuri vendors, all captured in a single, crowded, cheerful spread. The children admire St Paul’s Cathedral, take a horse-drawn carriage past Victoria Memorial, and visit Mullick Ghat, one of the largest flower markets, where garlands and gajras take shape before their eyes. A mangrove safari brings a glimpse of the Bengal tiger, while a sunset boat ride on the Hooghly passes under Howrah Bridge.
Growling bat, Batappa, disturbed in his sleep, scowls as both slide down a rock, slide through a windy tunnel confronting Gyanesh Goat, the quizmaster. Moving into another tunnel the twins face more creatures as they search for Sangeeta sheep to convey Batappa’s message—a song for his beauty sleep. It works and gets for them the magic to reach their bed. All inside the blanket.
This is yet another of the delightful books by AdiDev Press meant for very small children, those who need to grasp their books with their tiny fingers and perhaps even test their tiny teeth upon them. If reading has a primordial stage, it is to that stage this book caters. The concept by Chitwan Mittal…
Three sparrows hop and chirrup on one page; six girls play together on another. Numbers emerge naturally from these familiar scenes rather than sitting apart as abstract symbols.
The book also incorporates subtle visual search elements that turn counting into a hunt for detail. The page for number 8, for instance, features eight different sports balls, including a cricket ball,