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Author & Illustrator: Prabhjot Kaur
ISBN 81-87649-94-1 [english]
ISBN 81-89020-13-7 [hindi]
Size: 10” x 8”
Pages: 32
Price: Rs 75 [english]

Rs 50 [hindi]
2004

Daddoo Nikli Dekhne Duniya
(Runner Up, 10th Noma Concours)

Daddoo, the little frog, decides to do something different on her day out ...
A lively book that celebrates friendship and introduces children to the world of animals, colours and sizes.

Prabhjot Kaur wrote and illustrated this book which won her the runner-up prize in the 10th Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations. She is presently in England continuing her studies and working as an illustrator.

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Author & Illustrator: Enrique Lara Robayo and Luis Fernando Garcia Guayara
ISBN: 81-87649-88-7 [hb]
ISBN 81-89020-07-2 [pb]
ISBN 81-89020-70-6 [hindi]
Size: 5” x 8”
Pages: 32
Price: Rs 100 [hb], . Rs 70 [pb], . Rs 55 [hindi]
2005

Patte

“From the window of my room I see amazing things ...” Leaves zooms into the colour and magic of nature. A book that can be read and enjoyed by everyone from the very young to the old!

Enrique Lara Robayo studied graphic design at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He loves to write and illustrate and works as a freelance illustrator and as a university teacher.

Luis Fernando García Guayara studied graphic design at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has always enjoyed playing with plasticine. After his degree, he started teaching claywork and origami to children in his art classes. He also works as a freelance illustrator and college teacher.

Friends since their university days, Enrique and Luis have worked together on several illustration projects. Their artwork in Leaves, their earlier book published by Katha, won an Encouragement Prize from the NOMA Concours for Picture Book Illustrations in 2000.

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Author: Geeta Dharmarajan
Art by Bindia Thapar
ISBN 81-89020-35-8 [hindi]
Size: 11” x 8.5”
Pages: 32
Price: Rs 80
2005

Barish ki Ek Jadui Boond

Wouldn’t you love to read a story about something which is bigger than the Big, Bigger, Biggest that you have ever known?

Come join us ... Step into a wonderland of magical raindrops and unbelievable kites, fairytold by Geeta Dharmarajan and breathtakingly illustrated by Bindia Thapar.

Geeta Dharmarajan loves writing stories and fantasies for children. She conceived and edited a children’s magazine called Tamasha. Geeta was earlier one of the editors of Target, a magazine for children, and The Pennsylvania Gazette, the magazine of the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania. She has 17 books and over 400 published pieces to her credit. She started Katha in 1988 and has been its principal team leader since then.

Bindia Thapar is a trained architect. She loves to illustrate and has been a designer and illustrator for various publishing houses. She is a visiting lecturer at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and is deeply committed to peace and environment issues. She lives in Delhi with her daughter.

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Author: Franz Hubner
Art by Mario Kessler
ISBN 81-87649-93-3 [English]
ISBN 81-89020-09-9 [hindi]
Size: 5” x 8”
Pages: 32
Price:  Rs 45 [hindi]
2004

Minmina Morris

A delightful little book that helps us realize that adapting to other people is easier than we think. And fun too!

Franz Hubner is a German writer for children, whose books have been published all over the world.
Mario Kessler began to draw and paint while in school. He likes painting animals for children.

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Author: Meenakshi Bharadwaj
Art by Sonali Biswas
ISBN 81-87649-96-8 [hb]
ISBN 81-89020-05-6 [pb]
ISBN 81-81-89020-98-6 [hindi]
Size: 10” x 8”
Pages: 32
Price: Rs 120 [hb], Rs 95 [pb], Rs 120 [hindi]
2004

Ek Akela Unicorn

Runner Up, Noma Concours, 2000.
Honourable Mention, Biennial of Asian Illustrators, Japan, 2002.

A splendidly illustrated and innovative book that introduces the concept of numbers through a story. Children will love the unicorn and her many animal friends!

She thrills to the mysterious sounds of the night and dreams off to sleep with a still-sleepy dawn waiting outside her window, somewhere in the hills of the Nilgiris. She says she can only write between midnight and 4 am. That’s Meenakshi Bharadwaj for you.

Sonali Biswas is a freelance illustrator based in Delhi. For this book, she is the recipient of The Chitra Katha Award 2003 for Outstanding Illustrations. She has also received the runner-up award from Noma Concours for Children’s Book Illustrations in 2000 and an honourable mention at the Biennial of Asian Illustrators, Japan in 2002.

The Story of Shangmiyang:
…gorgeously illustrated... Suddhasattwa Basu brings to life Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya’s story about the Naga giant Shangmiyang, whose face is as “wide as the sky” and who needs a hundred pigs for a single meal.

Moaning Morris
Morris the hedgehog complains so much, he’s nicknamed “Moaning Morris”. The hilarious story details his attempts to find a quiet place to take a nap. The artwork is by Mario Kessler.