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…
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…
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.…
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…
On brick-red walls in villages far, Stories sing in white rice flour… Warli is the name of the largest tribe found on the northern outskirts of Bombay. The Warli art form is beautiful and historic. At the same time, it is simple. In the form of rudimentary wall paintings, Warli art has a very basic…
Have you been to the Karadi Tales Chennai office? It’s the creative powerhouse of Karadi Tales – and it’s where pretty much everything happens. It’s in a lovely part of the city called Gandhinagar and is very close to the Adyar River on one side and the Bay of Bengal at the other. Situated on…
Have you read The Lizard’s Tail yet? It’s a lovely story based on a Tamil folktale about a little lizard that’s looking for a new tail. Adapted by Shobha Viswanath in prose and verse, this story has brilliant palette knife art by German illustrator Christine Kastl. The artist actually uses a knife, instead of a paint brush,…
The Vodafone Crossword Book Awards have a special section for children’s books this year. This is great news for children’s publishing in India. And it’s really great news for Karadi Tales because four of our audiobooks are on the long list for the award! That’s right. Little Vinayak (written by Shobha Viswanath, illustrated by Shilpa Ranade,…
This review appeared in i.witness, the Sunday supplement of the New Indian Express, on 9 May 2010. You can read the original article here.
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