Prakash Shetty: A tribute

Karadi’s family is huge. Amongst its extended members are the artists, musicians, writers, narrators, sound engineers, singers and everyone who has contributed to leave  an indelible mark in the hearts of children.  Prakash Shetty’s imprint on Karadi Tales, amongst many others, is the opening music sequence of the title song, ‘Welcome to my Jungle’. We…

Picture books from around the world

Have you read the Chitra English picture books yet? It’s a series of beautifully bound hard cover picture books printed on exquisite art paper. Each book is written brilliantly by some of India’s best known children’s writers and illustrated lovingly by internationally renowned artists. Our friend utbt (under the banyan tree) reviews these four books…

A Korean Sojourn

If you’ve read our post on the travels of The Lizard’s Tail, you’ll know that Karadi’s a globetrotter! The Lizard’s Tail, as you know, is available in French and Korean and will soon be available in other languages of the world as well. But we wanted to keep you posted on our other travels too.…

Links you may have missed!

Daily News Analysis (DNA) writes about audiobooks and the reading process in an insightful, detailed article.  For more information on the subject, do read two notes from Karadi Tales director, C. P. Viswanath, on audiobooks and reading. Also read his piece in the Times of India on multilingualism. Pratham Books showcases this piece on their blog. Tulika (another Chennai-based publisher) responds…