If you’ll be in Delhi this November, be sure to check out Karadi Tales at Bookaroo on 27 and 28 November! On 27 November: 12:00 to 01:00: Art workshop at Crafty Corner with Malavika P. C. 04:00 to 05:00: Jamming with actor Jaaved Jaaferi at the Stage On 28 November: 11:00 to 12:00: Collage-making workshop at…
In October 2010, Shobha Viswanth and Manasi Subramaniam represented Karadi Tales at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2010. Here’s a quick report! In Germany for the Frankfurt Book Fair 2010 earlier this month, we experienced a very unique sort of joy: the joy of showing off our wonderful collection of picture books to people from all…
At Karadi Tales, we get a lot of queries from writers and illustrators who want to work with us. And we’re always keen to explore these possibilities. But the volume of queries we receive can be quite overwhelming for our editorial team sometimes. Replying indvidually and making sure we have everything we need gets to…
We’re proud and delighted to announce that the first batch of Karadi Tales AfterSchool has graduated! Our warmest congratulations to all the Karadi kids and teachers at Sunny Smiles, our AfterSchool centre located in Navi Mumbai. Ms. Pratima Rao and the kids of Sunny Smiles Ms. Pratima Rao, who runs the AfterSchool programme at Sunny…
Somebody sent us the picture below recently… We have no idea who this little bundle of joy is, but we’re sort of in love with him. So here’s what we’re thinking. Send us a picture of a child reading a Karadi Tales book. It could be any child – your child, your neighbour’s child, a…
Saffron Tree is our favourite website on children’s content. We love the multicultural focus it has and the wonderful resources it provides for parents and teachers – and even children! Karadi has recently made two appearances on this wonderful blog. Take a look! A review of Listening to Poetry: ‘The books have companion CDs and…
Our mouse has certainly been making the news in recent times. Read these two reviews to know more about the Mouse Stories! The Hindu writes: ‘Theatre company Evam deserves appreciation for its professionalism in picking the right voices for the stories. Karthik Kumar, narrator, has done a commendable job, conscious of the young minds for whom…
We don’t really want our kids falling asleep to depressing lullabies like ‘Rock-a-by Baby’, do we? Lines like ‘When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. Down will come baby, cradle and all!’ are just plain cruel! Especially when we have a treasure trove of beautiful lullabies in Indian languages that celebrate babyhood in all…
A lot of thought goes into the development of any Karadi Tales audiobook. The books use a scientific combination of phonetic words and sight words to increase the child’s vocabulary. A conscious attempt is made to marry word, picture and sound, making it easy for your child to grasp the meaning of unfamiliar phrases. Concepts…
