Karadi Tales at Bookaroo!

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…

January Blog-Rolling

Here are some recent blog-links for you to look at! Saffron Tree, an amazing blog on books for children, talks about Karadi Tales here. Be sure to check out their other recommendations as well! They review children’s literature from a South Asian perspective. Sujatha, who blogs at Blogpourri, reviews our two most recent titles here. Sujatha’s…

Take home a storyteller…

Have you ever wondered what exactly an audiobook is? With new media and alternative formats of entertainment flooding the market, it is hardly surprising that people often ask us that question. The best answer we can ever give them is that an audiobook is a book that talks. And it really is just that. Karadi…

Once upon a time, there was a bear…

Ever wondered how Karadi became Karadi? Well, here’s Karadi’s story… In 1998, a young group of educationalists and musicians decided to recreate the joy of Indian stories for children through the medium of ‘talking books’ (or audiobooks). The creators saw the need for audiobooks not as a niche market, but as a product of mass…