Have you seen the Karadi Tales animated series on Disney Channel yet? We’re on Season 2 now, featuring stories from Indian mythology and folklore. The show airs every weekday at 09:30 AM. Don’t miss it! Directed by Soumitra Ranade, the television series has 26 titles from the Karadi Tales catalogue rendered vibrantly in an animation…
Daily News Analysis (DNA) writes about audiobooks and the reading process in an insightful, detailed article. Read it here. 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…
Our director, C. P. Viswanath writes in the Times of India about language learning capacity in India. Read the article below or here at TOI. The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) lists a few guidelines on desired outcomes for children learning English as a second language in Classes I and II. These…
Read Part One!Continuing from the previous post, Shobha Viswanath writes more about her all-time favourite picture books. No, David! Author: David Shannon Illustrator: David Shannon Publisher: Blue Sky Press Ever been told ‘No’ by an adult when you were a child? My childhood only resounded with Nos – and having grown in a family that…
We asked our publishing director, Shobha Viswanath, to make a list of her favourite children’s picture books. Here’s a guest post from her in response: I collect picture books. There is something so compelling about a 24 or 32 page fully illustrated, sparsely written story that conveys more than tomes of written text. It is like…
Guess what! The Karadi Tales Creative Director, Narayan Parasuram, made an appearance on CNN-IBN alongside Chetan Bhagat, Mahesh Manjrekar and Shashank Vira. Read the article and see the video here. ChoxBox, who blogs at Life is a box of chocolates, writes about her experiences with Karadi Rhymes here. She blogs a lot about the books her…
Our newest audiobook title, Super Hathaman, is the exciting story of a yogi who wishes to become superhuman. He travels all the way to Tibet to find out how. Read the book to join Super Hathaman’s super journey! You can buy the book at your nearest bookstore – or you can pick it up online here. On…
Kids love him, teachers swear by him and parents are grateful to him. In an era where parents all over the world are terrified of the effects of television violence on their children, Eric Carle is a smart, exciting and wholesome solution. No, he isn’t a new action hero or a TV star. He’s the…
In November 2009, Karadi Tales participated in the Aviva Young Scholar Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival in Delhi.The festival is an effort towards promoting reading, children’s literature and Indian publishers for children. Conducted at Sanskriti Kendra Anandgram on Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, the fest saw a number of children’s authors, publishers, illustrators and storytellers come together through a…
