Tara Books house description

Tara Publishing, whose core group is a collective of writers, artists and designers, represents some of the most creative and exciting developments in contemporary Indian publishing. At times handmade, on rice paper and using silk-screening, their insistence on literary and visual excellence—along with continuing explorations of form and content—has resulted in a select program that is radical, sophisticated, witty, and politically rigorous. Although very young, their titles have already sold in Europe and North America. They publish children and gift books, and fiction.

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Unselected starTara PublishingGangu Bai is an artist from Central India. She has many stories to tell of her community: their work, festivals, the way they grow or find food, their relationship to nature and trees...Gangu\'s stories are filled with exquisite details: the name of trees, what to eat and avoid in the wild, roaming in...[more] (posted on 2013-11-01)

Unselected starTara PublishingThis picture scroll book has been painted by Rohima Chitrikas, a young Patua scroll painter from West Bengal. In one seamless stream of images, she captures everyday life among the Santhals, one of India\'s oldest communities. We\'ve turned her scenes of work, play, leisure and festivity in to an interactive...[more] (posted on 2013-11-01)

Unselected starTara PublishingKoki Oguma lives in Tokyo, Japan. He teaches art at a primary school, and he loves to pain! Sometimes he goes for a walk down the street he lives, and sees the strangest , most wonderful sights. So he\'s decided to make a book about them! (posted on 2013-11-01)

Unselected starTara PublishingArtisan Camera is a testimony to an era of hands-on studio photography, when physical materials combined with the photographer’s artistry to shape the final image. \r\nThis book features work from Studio Suhag in Nagda, a small town in central India. Suresh Punjabi—the studio’s proprietor and photographer—...[more] (posted on 2013-09-26)

Unselected starTara PublishingEach year, people of the Bhil tribe from Madhya Pradesh in central India, celebrate a wonderful carnival. It’s called Bhagoria— which in their language means ‘run!’ When boys and girls meet at this happy fair, say the Bhils, they fall in love and run away together. That’s how the carnival gets...[more] (posted on 2013-05-01)

Unselected starTara PublishingThink of a day on the beach: sand, sun, waves, a fresh salty breeze, the blue horizon, open space as far as you can see. . . if there’s one place that calls your playfulness out, it’s the beach. Photographer Jill Hartley takes you through a day at the beach in South India. Wonderfully familiar...[more] (posted on 2013-05-01)

Unselected starTara PublishingMeet the ace detective Captain Coconut, whose great brain can solve any mystery, large or small. In The Case of the Missing Bananas, Captain Coconut finds himself on a slippery trail of peels… This is the first book in the Captain Coconut series. (posted on 2013-04-12)

Unselected starTara PublishingBased on traditional toys from different parts of India, Toy Design shows you how to make dynamic toys with simple materials. You learn many things along the way: how materials feel and behave, how to actually craft your project, the basic science behind each toy, and what to think about when your...[more] (posted on 2013-04-12)

Unselected starTara PublishingWhen you play with a toy, you tell stories. Toys can tell you stories too, and when you look at your favourite toy, you remember many happy things. In this book, Marcelo Vidales, a Mexican toymaker, introduces you to his favourite toy friends, and imagines what they do together. Marcelo Vidales is...[more] (posted on 2013-04-12)

Unselected starTara PublishingThe Brer Rabbit stories were originally told by slave storytellers on a plantation in Georgia, and after the civil war, a journalist called Harris wrote them down. He had a sincere appreciation for the stories – but over the years, critics have pointed out a great problem with his version: it seems...[more] (posted on 2013-04-10)

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Unselected starTara PublishingFrom a fish waiting to be born, to the beginning of art and the necessity of death… With radical simplicity, celebrated Gond tribal artist Bhajju Shyam gathers together his community’s myths of creation into a rich and luminous cosmos. Screen-Printed. (posted on 2012-10-17)

Unselected starTara PublishingMeet the most wily jackal in the forest… too lazy to hunt for food, he starts by tricking his friend the crane, and then proceeds to gobble up every animal he comes across… This story, with cumulative rhyme, is an adaptation of an oral trickster tale from Rajasthan. The book is illustrated with...[more] (posted on 2012-10-17)

Unselected starTara PublishingAripanas are a form of ritual floor patterning practiced by women in Madhubani, Bihar. Like similar womens’ art forms in India, Aripanas are created afresh everyday, with specially elaborate ones reserved for ceremonial occasions. Painted on the ground with a finger dipped in rice flour paste, they...[more] (posted on 2012-10-17)

Unselected starTara PublishingOne day little Musa sets off on his own to the forest to collect wood. Suddenly he hears a loud noise and becomes very afraid… What happens to Musa and how he learns to deal with it is explored in this powerful yet sensitive visual narrative of the psychology of fear. (posted on 2012-04-02)

Unselected starTara PublishingPart picture book, part graphic novel, The Patua Pinocchio is a fresh and exciting visual interpretation of the well known story of the puppet who longs to become a boy. Swarna Chitrakar, Patua scroll-painter from Bengal, visualizes the tale in her own idiom – turning Pinocchio into a kind of naughty...[more] (posted on 2012-04-02)

Selected starTara PublishingIf your community were to be represented in a museum, what would you put in it? India is home to a range of folk and tribal artists, from rich and varied cultural backgrounds. Much of what we learn about these communities – who often exist on the margins of mainstream society – is through their representation...[more] (posted on 2011-10-05)

Unselected starTara PublishingDo you speak colourish? In The Colo(u)r Book, artist Sophie Benini, author of the popular Book Book, enables the reader to converse with colours, an intimate experience that ranges from the magic of mixing them to exploring the feelings that they create. (posted on 2011-10-03)

Unselected starTara PublishingThis whimsical allegory on the art of storytelling is based on an old legend from India. We invited J. Borges, the world-acclaimed Brazilian woodcut artist and engraver, to an unusual collaboration - and he came up with these beautiful illustrations in the folk style of the cordel from north eastern...[more] (posted on 2011-10-03)

Unselected starTara PublishingOver 40 photographers come together in this book to tell the curious story of the mobile phone in India. Unlike any other technology, the mobile has reached almost every layer of Indian society. It is both tool and toy, cherished like no other object in a garrulous culture. The human stories in this...[more] (posted on 2011-10-03)

Unselected starTara PublishingTejubehn, singer and self taught urban folk artist from Ahmedabad in western India, recalls the events that brought her to the city and enabled her to become an artist. Page after page of sumptuous art are witness to a remarkable woman\'s life, caught between endemic poverty and a rich inner world. Drawing...[more] (posted on 2011-10-03)

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Unselected starTara PublishingAmrita Das, a young artist trained in the Mithila style of folk painting, steps off a train in an unfamiliar city. She is pleased with her privilege to travel, and starts to wonder about her vocation: what it is to be a woman artist? What should she draw and why? Her musings lead to a wonderfully imaginative...[more] (posted on 2011-10-03)

Unselected starTara PublishingPictures from Italy is one of Charles Dickens\' early works, a fantastic and whimsical foray into the twin worlds of travel and the imagination. Inspired by his words, Italian artist Livia Signorini plays with Dickens\'s sense of place, memory, and politics. The result is a brilliant contemporary dialogue...[more] (posted on 2011-10-03)

Unselected starTara PublishingWatch Selvi draw a beautiful kolam– a traditional South Indian floor pattern done with rice flour. Kolams are drawn outside homes everyday, to beautify the entrance, and as a sign of welcome. They are also seen as offerings to the natural world – ants and other small creatures feed on the flour. Womens’...[more] (posted on 2011-04-07)

Unselected starTara PublishingThis version of the well-known biblical tale of the flood and the rainbow comes alive in a startlingly new form. Illustrated in the colourful and bold style of Patua art from eastern India, the book is conceived as a flow of images. Each fold of the book takes the reader through the flood and to the...[more] (posted on 2011-04-05)

Unselected starTara PublishingThe third story in the popular series featuring Kanchil the mousedeer tales from Indonesia. Illustrated by an unusual style of textile painting from Gujarat, western India. (posted on 2011-03-10)

Unselected starTara PublishingThis well-known folk poem from the 17th century is a form of trick verse. Included in classic anthologies of children’s poetry, the verse appears nonsensical at first sight, but given a break in the middle of each line, begins to make perfect sense. At the simplest level, it is a lesson on grammar...[more] (posted on 2010-10-15)

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Unselected starTara PublishingMeet Neel, who has the most noble intentions, all of which have a weird way of going wrong...Excuses, Excuses! captures the gleeful childhood dilemma of knowing the importance of rules and yet being free enough to break them. A wildly absurd feast from Anushka Ravishankar, India's best loved children's...[more] (posted on 2010-09-01)

Unselected starTara PublishingThe Flag records the astonishing—and everyday—moments of the Indian tricoloured flag. Ranging from its use as a bodily ornament to an item of trade by the poor—the flag has a host of meanings, each with a distinctive claim on the nation. Bearing witness to these claims, this book is a powerful...[more] (posted on 2010-08-18)

Unselected starTara PublishingI Seen the Promised Land narrates the life of Martin Luther King. African-American writer and griot, bard and blues singer Arthur Flowers does the telling, while Patua artist Manu Chitrakar adapts King’s life to the colour and vivid grammar of his art. This extraordinary telling is replete with...[more] (posted on 2010-08-10)

Unselected starTara PublishingWaterlife features Mithila art, a vibrant and delicate form of folk painting from Bihar in eastern India. The artist Rambharos Jha grew up on the banks of the legendary Ganga, and surrounded by lush fields and ponds, developed a fascination for water and water life. Here he adapts the traditional Mithila...[more] (posted on 2010-05-05)

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Unselected starTara PublishingBased on Dulari Devi’s oral narrative Following My Paint Brush is the story of Dulari Devi, a domestic helper who went on to become an artist in the Mithila style of folk painting from Bihar, eastern India. Dulari is from a community of fisherfolk, whose occupation is river-fishing. Used to a life...[more] (posted on 2010-04-30)

Unselected starTara PublishingLotus, jasmine, marigold … here, for the first time as a full colour board book, are the common flowers of India for young children to discover. Accompanied by a list of names in English, Hindi and Tamil..and space to add your own language. (posted on 2009-09-09)

Unselected starTara PublishingBittergourd, eggplants, banana flowers.....here, for the first time as a full colour board book, are the common vegetables of India for young children to discover. Accompanied by a list of names in English, Hindi, and Tamil...and space to add your own language. (posted on 2009-09-09)

Unselected starTara PublishingMango, banana, melon.....here, for the first time as a full colour board book, are the common fruits of India for young children to discover. Accompanied by a list of names in English, Hindi, and Tamil...and space to add your own language. (posted on 2009-09-09)

Unselected starTara PublishingStanding in for our deepest fantasies and fears, the snake is as much a creature of our minds, as it is of the forest and field. Combining art and legend, this stunning handprinted book invokes the beauty and terror of Indian snake lore - from the enigmatic snake goddess Manasa to Buddha\'s sheltering...[more] (posted on 2009-09-09)

Unselected starTara PublishingMonkey lives in a jungle that tourists love to visit. But he’s getting tired of them taking pictures of him all the time and he never gets to see any of them! So he decides to help himself to a camera and swing around the jungle, surprising friends and foes... $15.21 (posted on 2009-06-16)

Unselected starTara PublishingSita's Ramayana accomplishes a rare thing: it brings a fresh perspective to a timeless epic. Told from the heroine Sita's point of view, this version draws on a little known, though long, tradition of female retellings of the well known saga. Two women from vastly different contexts – Patua scroll...[more] (posted on 2009-03-27)

Unselected starTara PublishingThis unique picture book for young children is painted by artists of the Warli tribe, who live in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. The Warli people paint the mud walls of their homes with white chalk or pigment, showing wonderfully detailed scenes of everyday life in the village. There are special...[more] (posted on 2008-11-17)

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Unselected starTara PublishingFirst published in 1905, German poet Christian Morgenstern’s Im Reich der Interpunktionen is a brilliant comic poem on language. Morgenstern himself called it a linguistic caprice; and it is a fun romp, populated by punctuation marks as characters with their own agendas... and yet the political undertones...[more] (posted on 2008-11-17)

Unselected starTara PublishingFat cats, brat cats, grinning cats, wigged cats, cats with scowls and cats with jowls... I Like Cats emerges from the brushstrokes of the best-known tribal artists of India. Silk-screenprinted by hand, this book features a gallery of irresistible feline characters across a variety of Indian tribal art...[more] (posted on 2008-11-12)

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Unselected starTara PublishingBased on the original Hans Christian Andersen story, this poetic, letter-pressed version of the mermaid’s tale becomes a classic feminist parable on the warring claims of love and choice. Expressive Gond tribal art bridges the worlds of water, land and air. Art/Classics Letterpressed text; Images...[more] (posted on 2008-11-12)

Unselected starTara PublishingNine-year-olds Churki and Burki are twins who lead a happy, busy life in their village with their grandmother. They spend the day fishing in the river, driving the parrots from the corn field, gathering fruits, and enjoying the outdoors, yet it is nightfall they excitedly await for story-telling time...[more] (posted on 2008-11-12)

Unselected starTara PublishingA silk-printed version. Garuda the divine eagle of the God Vishnu, sees Lord Death hastening towards an exquisite little bird. he does not want it to die and decides to save it. But can Death be held at bay? The Circle of Fate, a parable of destiny and love, gently mocks at our desire to control the...[more] (posted on 2007-11-05)

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Unselected starTara PublishingFingerprint is a visual fable that celebrates resistance to state surveillance and control. Actual fingerprints, letterpressed onto the pages of a book, produce a set of progressively complex patterns and sequences, transporting the fingerprint from the world of forensics and law into the freeing world...[more] (posted on 2007-11-05)

Unselected starTara PublishingAsanas or poses in all Hatha yoga traditions emphasize transcendence, an inexpressible merging of the body, mindand spirit. Yoga is also a practical science, and many poses seem to have been derived from observing everyday beings and objects – birds, animals, trees, mountains, bridges or ploughs –...[more] (posted on 2007-11-05)

Unselected starTara PublishingThe art from the walls of Meena tribal homes in Rajasthan is celebrated on the pages of this stunning handmade book. The women of the Meena tribe practise this art form—known as Mandana—painting the mud walls and floors of their homes to mark festivals and changing seasons. Mothers teach their daughters,...[more] (posted on 2007-11-05)

Unselected starTara PublishingAn overview of the Gond pictural style in Central India. A study of several artist's "signature" in their precise pictorial style. In the intricate art of the Gond tribal community of central India, decorative patterns fill the surface of images in amazing profusion. The Gonds are one of India’s...[more] (posted on 2007-11-05)

Unselected starTara PublishingFollow Kanchil\'s new adventures in the Indonesian forest! As Kanchil the mouse dear is returning from market eating some delicious rice cakes, he trips and falls into a large pit. Unable to get out on his own, he sets up a ploy that will save him and abuse the other animals that will meet his path (and...[more] (posted on 2007-03-19)

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Unselected starTara PublishingLove. Courage. Anger. Sorrow. Peace. Disgust. Compassion. Wonder. Fear. As set down in the earliest Indian theory of aesthetics, these universal feelings form the range of nine emotions which the superior work of art should evoke and represent. In modern day India, this theory informs all aspects...[more] (posted on 2006-10-09)

Unselected starTara PublishingAn Ideal Boy is a uniquely illuminating and hugely entertaining survey of a fascinating Indian phenomenon - charts. Intended primarily as educational material, charts also act as guides to morality and offer marvellous cautionary tales. A mixture of stylised popular culture and sanctimonious pedagogy,...[more] (posted on 2006-06-13)

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Unselected starTara PublishingDionysus, son of Zeus and god of wine and dance, returns to his native city of Thebes. While the city’s women are enchanted by his powers, Pentheus, king of Thebes, is determined to end the revelry on the streets. But destiny wills otherwise and a horrific nightmare unfolds... This re-telling of Euripides’...[more] (posted on 2006-06-07)

Unselected starTara PublishingDesigned as a large matchbox, complete with slipcase and striking edge, Matchbook is the first ever collection of Indian matchbox labels. Sold in every road-side booth, matchboxes are a significant part of daily life in India – whether to light up a beedi or a kerosene stove. Matchbox manufacturers...[more] (posted on 2006-06-06)

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Unselected starTara PublishingA baby elephant is lost and alone in the forest when a herd of buffaloes comes along and taken him into their fold. So what is he now – elephant or buffalo? Inspired by a true story, this is a joyous tale in verse that touches lightly on the themes of loss, adoption and integration. Illustrated...[more] (posted on 2006-05-28)

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Unselected starTara PublishingChildren's love for parallel worlds, their burning curiosity for stories, their taste for collecting and keeping treasures, the pleasure they take in trading, in making things with their own hands, the single-mindedness they have in developing their own ideas: these are all qualities that have a lot...[more] (posted on 2005-04-21)

Unselected starTara PublishingMonyet the monkey and his friend, Kanchil the mouse deer, plant a garden and look forward to the fruit. When they are finally ripe and ready, Monyet climbs up the trees to pick them. But once he is up there, Monyet begins to eat the fruit all by himself… This re-telling of an Indonesian trickster tale...[more] (posted on 2005-04-20)

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Unselected starTara PublishingA series of paintings of weird animals - half cow-half fish, half rooster, half crocodile. It would show the animals separately at first, and then ask, what would happen if they became one animal? What kind of sound would this weird creature make? What would its behaviour be like? (posted on 2004-11-26)

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Unselected starTara PublishingThe Life of Trees is a fine example of Gond art from central India.Trees are fundamental to the Gond imagination, since the Gonds were until recenty forest dwellers. Bhajju Shyam, Durga Bai and Ram Singh Urveti Intricately drawn visions of trees fill the pages of this sumptuous book of art and folklore...[more] (posted on 2004-11-22)

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Unselected starTara PublishingGaruda the divine eagle of the God Vishnu, sees Lord Death hastening towards an exquisite little bird. he does not want it to die and decides to save it. But can Death be held at bay? The Circle of Fate, a parable of destiny and love, gently mocks at our desire to control the future. Illustrated in...[more] (posted on 2004-11-22)

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Unselected starTara PublishingA little girl sets off to market with some money in her pocket – and no idea what to buy… In a bouncy, dynamic modern-day nursery rhyme, well-known children's poet Anushka Ravishankar suggests that the real fun may not be in the buying, after all. Featuring vibrant paintings by award-winning Italian...[more] (posted on 2004-04-21)

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Unselected starTara PublishingThis project has been conceived by Bhajju Shyam, a brilliant tribal artist from the Gond community in central India. A few years ago, he was called to London, to paint murals in a restaurant. He found the citys mores and manners quaint and curious. He went on to compress his impressions, ideas, and...[more] (posted on 2004-04-21)

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Unselected starTara PublishingDoctor Baby, Radio Baby, Apollo Baby,Farmer Baby, Army Baby, Biscuit Baby, Sweet Baby, Chairman Baby .... bought by millions of people, painted baby posters are a popular household feature in India. Carriers of dreams, both personal and social, babies find themselves in a bewildering and delightful variety...[more] (posted on 2004-01-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingSultana’s Dream is an early feminist fable written by a Muslim gentlewoman, in the early years of the 20th century. In Sultana’s world, women are learned and men content with their places in the kitchen. This edition of a classic piece – illustrated by Durga Bai, a contemporary woman artist from...[more] (posted on 2004-01-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingMahatma Ghandi led a lifelong search for social peace and political non-violence. Committed to dialogue across classes, cultures and faith, his life and politics stand testimony to a remarkable civic life, which valuated restraint, tolerance and transparency above all else. This book historicizes his...[more] (posted on 2004-01-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingOedipus, king of Thebes, tries to uncover the dreadful sin for which the gods are punishing his city, and his search leads him into the dark depths of his own past. This sensitive re-telling of Sophocles’ masterpiece is powerfully illustrated and classically designed. - Certificate of Excellence...[more] (posted on 2004-01-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingThis stunning number book for young children has art by Durga Bai, a brilliant woman tribal artist from the Gond tradition of central India. The absurdly charming tale in rhyme can be read out aloud, as children hunt for the improbable number of animals who clamber aboard an ever-expanding tree. (posted on 2003-04-02)

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Unselected starTara PublishingThe contemporary coming of age story of Di, Lee, Kule and Addy’s passage into adolescence in the shadows of tormented adults, set in Shillong, north-east India. Framed by the region’s own violent search for identity, the children’s inner and outer worlds hold uncanny mirrors to each other, conjuring...[more] (posted on 2002-11-06)

Unselected starTara PublishingSet in a small highway town in South India, Current Show reveals moments in the life of Sathi, a young soda-seller in a run-down theatre. Sathi's grim and dreamy life is clocked by show time. The tedium of his ill-paid work is offset by his friends, young men who work around the theatre, fighting, playing,...[more] (posted on 2002-11-06)

Unselected starTara PublishingSeasons of the Palm tells the story of Koolaiyan, a young 'dalit' (so-called 'untouchable') farm worker and his painful growth into self-knowledge. Koolaiyan's life is hard–he is in bondage to his landlord, herding his goats, working in his field and home. But Koolaiyan also inhabits another world....[more] (posted on 2002-11-06)

Unselected starTara PublishingApan Katha captures the world of colonial Bengal during the last decades of the nineteenth century through the recollections of the author. Abanindranath Tagore, who is said to 'write pictures', paints moods, thoughts and scenes of a bygone era, recalling his childhood and ancestral home with meticulous...[more] (posted on 2002-11-06)

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Unselected starTara PublishingThe Tamil film industry, the second largest in South Asia, is closely identified with its larger than life heroes. Yet Tamil heroes come in many shapes and sizes, confounding the notion of the ideally masculine. Framed by a playful feminist eye, Hero! presents images of Tamil heroes: on screen, in make-up...[more] (posted on 2002-11-06)

Unselected starTara PublishingCheck-out Time is a visual journey through Indian cities from a rare non-western point of view. A witty and original account of street life, kitsch and popular culture, it combines the eye of the ironic insider with that of the curious traveller. The book moves through the spaces and signs of the city–both...[more] (posted on 2002-11-06)

Unselected starTara PublishingA rich and rare bestiary rendered by some of India’s finest folk and tribal artists. (posted on 2002-10-10)

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Unselected starTara PublishingMasks and Performance centres on the adventure implicit in make believe, to foster creative and empowering self expression in the child. The book contains practical instructions on how to make a variety of masks and props, incorporate them into performance. For the educator, it also looks at the role...[more] (posted on 2002-08-05)

Unselected starTara PublishingTiger on a tree is a whimsical poem for small children about a wild tiger cub that wanders into a village. The art, verse, and typography run and bounce off the page, pursuing the tiger in his misadventures. Was the award winner of the biennale of illustrations , Bratislava 1999. (posted on 2002-05-31)

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Unselected starTara PublishingAnything but a Grabooberry captures the fantasy of a children nonsense verse. It uses typography in a radical and exciting way-as illustrations. Letters and Words take the form of images, so that the child deciphers words like puzzles. Received a special mention in the White Ravens Catalogue 2000. (posted on 2002-05-31)

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Unselected starTara PublishingThis is a unique compilation of writing and art by children living in different ecological zones: mountains, coastland, agricultural plains, drylands, and the city. Reversing the way knowledge about the environment usually flows, Landscapes contains a wealth of unexpected detail. Stories, games, puzzles...[more] (posted on 2002-04-22)

Unselected starTara PublishingWhen Monkey gets a thorn in his tail, he asks the village barber to remove it for him. But the barber shaves the tip of Monkey’s tail off by mistake. So Monkey demands the barber’s knife in exchange for the missing hair. But it doesn’t stop there... This traditional rhyming story of the trickster...[more] (posted on 2002-04-22)

Selected starTara PublishingIn this quirky world of alphabets, there is no end to the strange things animals get up to. Baby Buffaloes Blow Big Blue Bubbles, Fat Fish Frighten Funny Frogs and Wet Wolves Walk With Weeping Walruses. Designed for children who have begun to read and recognise words, these curious and happy scenes come...[more] (posted on 2002-04-22)

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Unselected starTara PublishingThis is a book about a strange family that likes to travel all over the world, from the Eiffel Tower to the Great Wall of china. wherever they go, they send postcards to their stay-at-home relative, saying ‘Wish you were here.’ But he would actually rather not be there. (posted on 2002-04-22)

Unselected starTara PublishingBrahma, the creator, is unhappy with the world he has made from his own mind. It is perfect, yet because it is perfect, it lacks death, and therefore life. At his bidding, Vishnu, the preserver, goes down in to the new world to set it right. Taking the form of a fish, he finds the man who can help him...[more] (posted on 2002-04-22)

Unselected starTara PublishingTwo sisters, Hamo and Ela, live on the edge of a great rainforest. When soldiers raze the trees to the ground, the sisters must try to find a new way of life. Then strange things begin to happen... Inspired by an Indian folktale, The Tree Girl is a lyrical fable about the connections between human beings...[more] (posted on 2002-04-22)

Unselected starTara PublishingChildren everywhere grow up in places excitingly different, yet basically similar. Going Places explores these similarities and differences through a common text illustrated by artists from different cultures. Artists from India and Surinam have already contributed their work. (posted on 2002-04-22)

Unselected starTara PublishingKutti, a young tribal boy, lives in a wildlife sanctuary that is home to herds of elephants. When an abandoned baby elephant is found in the sanctuary, Kutti becomes her caretaker and friend. Based on a real life incident, this moving tale is also the story of a child’s growth as he learns to care...[more] (posted on 2002-04-22)

Unselected starTara PublishingOne morning, Falguni the fruitseller finds a crocodile in a ditch. ‘Catch that crocodile!’ shout the terrified townspeople. But who will do it? Catch that Crocodile! is a book of comic verse with a subtle environmental message. yet another delightful picture book from the award-winning illustrator...[more] (posted on 2002-03-27)

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Unselected starTara PublishingFour friends spend their holidays in a remote bungalow and are plunged into a set of absurd adventures. Written by a well-known Bengali children’s author, Four heroes and a Haunted House is an eccentric book which plays with the form of the detective novel. Swati Bhattacharjee’s excellent translation...[more] (posted on 2002-03-27)

Unselected starTara PublishingFour Heroes and a Green Beard is the second book about the comical adventures of the Four Heroes. This time they spend their holidays in a hill resort and meet a dotty nature-lover with a green beard. They are plunged into a new mystery, every bit as funny and exciting as their adventures in the Haunted...[more] (posted on 2002-03-25)

Unselected starTara PublishingLike a pair of spectacles? Life will be full of miracles! come one, come all! buy spectacles at my spectacular stall. Chashmuddin the street spectacle seller is a man with bizarre wit. In this never-ending book, zany kitsch art and merry verse transform Chashmuddin’s innovative sales pitch into...[more] (posted on 2002-03-25)

Unselected starTara PublishingOne ordinary, boring mourning at school, Arun sees a strange creature in the playground. No one, not even Arun himself, is sure of what the creature actually is. This suspense story for small children uses typography to capture the nuances of character and speech. (posted on 2002-03-25)

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Unselected starTara PublishingDesigned as a scroll, HenSparrow Turns Purple also makes a long wall picture. This cheerful adaptation of a folk tale tells the story of HenSparrow, who falls into a vat of dye, and turns quite purple. The illustrations recall the exquisite art of Indian miniature painting. Hensparrow Turns Purple...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingFive men are out walking on a moonless night, when suddenly they bump into something. Each of them sees something different, yet each is convinced that he is right. How is that possible? And what could this thing be? In the Dark is a tale of wisdom for all ages. This witty and unique version of a traditional...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

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Unselected starTara PublishingThe Very Hungry Lion is an adaptation of a traditional folk tale about a lazy lion who would rather trick other animals than hunt for his food. The vibrant and humorous art is rendered in the Warli style of folk painting from western India, usually found on the walls of tribal houses. * Silk-Screened...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingAntigone, pious, headstrong, and reckless, breaks the law and defies her uncle, the king, in order to honor her slain brother. The illustrations in this dramatic retelling of Sophocles' great tragedy are inspired by the classic pottery of ancient Athens. The book is hand-crafted and the screen printed...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingI hopped into a three-wheeled car And called out Take me there! The driver started off at once, He never asked me 'Where?' Illustrated with exquisite textile art, Excuse Me, Is this India? is a story of travel through a child's imagination. The brilliant nonsense verse captures the surreal mixture...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingTrash! is a unique combination of fiction and fact. Based on the real life experiences of ragpicker children, it tells the story of Velu, a runaway village child. He ends up as a ragpicker in a big city and must face the harsh realities of life on the streets. The story is accompanied by facts and arguments...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

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Unselected starTara PublishingHow can children closely and actively observe natural processes around them? Leaf Life enters the world of nature gently and personally, suggesting ways of retraining our senses, balancing information, observation, art and science. (posted on 2002-03-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingPuppets Unlimited with Everyday Materials shifts the focus from the finished product to the process of accidents, discoveries and mistakes by which puppets can be made, from everyday materials and found objects. Besides detailed instructions on how to make puppets, it also contains information on traditional...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingToys and Tales is a multilevel toymaking book, which addresses three age groups: Small Children It gives step-by-step instructions on how to make traditional folk toys with everyday materials. Older Children It explains simple and complex scientific principles through toymaking. Adults It addresses...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

Unselected starTara PublishingChild Art is an unorthodox and enabling approach to art education, where children experiment freely with different sorts of everyday material: newspaper sheets, clay, leaves, sand, and even vegetables. The book features over 75 practical exercises which suggest creative ways of playing with line, design,...[more] (posted on 2002-03-15)

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