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Author: Sadhana Ramchander
Art by: Ragini Siruguri with help from Taposhi Ghoshal
ISBN 81-87649-89-5 [English]
ISBN 81-89020-85-4 [Hindi]
Size: 10” x 8”
Pages: 20
Price: 75
2004

Autorickshaw Ke Sang Tarah-Tarah Ke Rang

This great book by a mother-daughter team is all about you! A refreshing look at the parent-child relationship through poems.

Sadhana works as a consultant editor. This is her first book for children. Ragini is 10 years old. Besides drawing and painting, she likes music, reading, craft and puppetry.

Taposhi is an illustrator and designer for children's books.

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Author: Geeta Dharmarajan
Art by: Enrique Lara and Luis Garcia
ISBN 81-89020-40-4 [hb]
ISBN 81-89020-44-7 [pb]
ISBN 81-89020-66-8 [hindi]
Size: 8” x 10”
Pages: 32
Price: Rs 150  [hb], Rs 120  [pb], Rs 80 [hindi]
2005

Prithvi Ka Geet

... Our Earth's a gift in green and blue
To men and women, children too
So let's enjoy this planet rare
Let's remember to care and share ...
A lyrical tribute to the earth and its amazing diversity, by Geeta Dharmarajan. With fun facts, information and superb, out-of-the-world artwork by Enrique Lara and Luis Garcia.

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: Madhavi S Mahadevan
Art by: Srivi
ISBN 81-89020-30-7 [hb]
81-89020-29-3 [pb]
ISBN 81-89020-36-6 [hindi
Size: 11” x 8.5”
Pages: 40.
Price: Rs 200 [hb], . Rs 175 [pb], . Rs 95 [hindi]
2005

Hanuman Aur Pataal Lanka Ka Jadugar

The master magician, Mayil Ravana, has cast a stupendous spell! He has kidnapped Rama and Lakshmana. Now, no one can ever find their way to the Lotus Kingdom to rescue the princes.

But, wait! There goes Hanuman, the son of the swishing wind, and a trusted friend of the princes, gliding across the bluest sky in search of the nether world. He dares through crashing waves, fire-sparks and mirror-demons, to blow out the slithering flames under the sea.
Slip into your invisible diving suits   for a splashing, big adventure!

Madhavi S Mahadevan’s past avatars include bookseller, advertising copywriter and also, associate editor with Katha. She has published several short stories for children in magazines like Target, Children's World, Tinkle, Deccan Herald and in anthologies of prize-winning stories published by CBT. She likes reading suspense stories and loves dogs. Madhavi is based presently in Bangalore.

Srisrividhiya K or Srivi is a designer, writer and a visualizer. She holds a masters degree with distinction in Fine Arts from Stella Maris College and is currently working in Amber Valley Residential School, Chikmaglur, Karnataka. Srivi loves children and likes teaching them drawing and story-book making. She has co-designed the interiors of the children's ward at Sankara Netralaya, Chennai. She has held several exhibitions of her paintings, is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer, and art, mythology and poetry are among her varied interests.

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Author: Geeta Dharmarajan
Art by Sonali Biswas
ISBN 81-89020-74-9 [English]
81-89020-97-8 [Hindi]
Size: 8.25 x 6
Pages: 32
Price: Rs 80
2006

Ma Ganga Aur Razai Ka Sandook

A delightful story that combines mythology and contemporary environmental issues. A miffed Ganga, an awakened hill people – together they spread once again Shiva’s matted locks – the mesh of roots and branches holding back the topsoil from being swept away by the river.

Geeta Dharmarajan loves writing stories for children. She conceived and edited a children’s magazine called Tamasha!, named after a big fat elephant created by her. Tamasha and her friends Hulgul the monkey and Chichinda the snake – were a great hit with children. 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 16 books and over 400 published pieces to her credit. She started Katha in 1988 and has been its principal team leader since then.

Sonali Biswas is a freelance illustrator based in Delhi. She is the recipient of The Chitra Katha Award 2003 for Outstanding Illustrations for One Lonely Unicorn, a story-counting book published by Katha. 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.

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Author: Mamang Dai
Art by Srivi
ISBN 81-89020-32-3 [ English]
ISBN 81-89020-82-X [ Hindi]
Size: 8.25” x 6”
Pages: 32
Price: Rs 75
2005

Aasmaan Ki Rani

The clouds form her silken white robes. Her sweat and tears are running water and rain. Her voice rings out in the sweet songs of the birds and humming insects. She is Nyanyi Myete of the lovely, ever changing natural world, the glorious celestial aunt of the Kojum-Koja.

A superb retelling of an age-old classic folk tale from Arunachal Pradesh.

Mamang Dai is a journalist who has travelled extensively in India and abroad. She is a member of the North East Writers’ Forum and has published a number of poems and short stories in various journals and magazines. Her popular work includes Arunachal Pradesh: The Hidden Land and the River Poems.

Srisrividhiya K or Srivi is a writer and a visualizer. She holds a masters degree with distinction in Fine Arts from Madras University and is currently working in a residential school. She has held quite a few exhibitions of her paintings and is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer.