Hyderabad Children’s Theatre Festival
If you’re in Hyderabad, be sure to catch our play on 6 November!
Art from India
An article on Art from India in a UK-based resource website on children’s books cites The Rumour: “Illustrator Kanyika Kani has used a mix of ink and colour pencils to create the appealing illustrations. Her vivid palette of strong colours and the interesting slants of perspective together with the expressive characters, complement the text perfectly.…
Windows on the World
“Windows on the World”, The Outside In Online Illustration Gallery is a gorgeous database of the best picture book illustrations from around the world. It features artwork from 2 Karadi Tales picture books – The Rumour and The Lizard’s Tail. Do check it out here!
Dorje’s Stripes
Recently, we worked on creating a book on the Royal Bengal Tiger. Author Anshumani Ruddra wrote a beautiful story about a Bengal tiger who escapes from the Sundarbans into Tibet and is taken in by a kindly group of monks. But this tiger is particularly unusual because he has only two stripes on his body. One morning, when…
Interview on SupportBiz
SupportBiz.com does an interview with Karadi Tales about how the company was formed, its milestones, the learning process, and so much more! Check it out here.
Happy Birthday, Uncle Pai!
Had he lived, today would have been Uncle Pai’s 83rd birthday. He was the visionary behind Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle and he deeply inspired several publishing houses in the country including Karadi Tales. For those of us who grew up on his creations, our very idea of Indian history and mythology was defined by…
Happy birthday, Roald Dahl!
“The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it. And that first love affair between the young child and the young book will lead hopefully to other loves for other books and when…
Remembering the story
The magazine Eves Touch has a really wonderful review of A Quiet Courage. Unfortunately, the magazine is not available online. But the entire piece can be read below!
