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2012 2013

contents Tara books

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handmade Picture Books

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Tara books Founded back in 1994 by a group of writers and designers committed to feminist and egalitarian principles, we’re now a worker-owned cooperative based in Chennai, India. Our books are largely visual, spanning a range of genres: from children’s literature and picture books for all ages, to titles for adults featuring popular culture, photography and art. We are interested in the physical form of the book, the quirky pleasures of reading, and with genuinely changing the perspective from which stories are told. Collaborating with unusual talent from unlikely places – often bringing them into the form of the book for the first time – we ensure that our books reflect the richness and breadth of India in a very particular way. Our books are not generic, but very located, yet universally accessible. Universality to us is not a global sameness but a genuine connection with difference. This year marks an exciting new chapter in our history, with the opening of our Book Building in Chennai. A space that is at once a bookshop, a workshop space, a gallery and an office, we hope it will further our conversations around the book as a unique cultural object. We’ve also added an entire range of stationery to our creative output. For more details see our stationery catalogue.

handmade In 1996 we created our first handmade book, and began refining a process of bookmaking that is still going strong. Our print workshop here in Chennai now employs 17 artisans who are expert printers, binders and bookmakers. The workshop runs on fair trade practices, with the workers living together as a community. We use handmade paper and non-toxic inks, and misprints are recycled into Flukebooks, our ‘one-off’ notebooks. The statistics are astonishing: over the years, our handmade book unit has created over 200,000 books, which require 12.5 million impressions, or individual ‘pulls’ in the silkscreen printing process for each colour. As far as we know, we’re the only publishing house in the world that produces handmade books in these numbers. In effect, what we do is make artists’ books in enough numbers so that they become affordable for the average book buyer. It’s our way of nurturing the physical form of the book in an age that is busy writing its obituary.

tribal & FOLK ART Tara’s ongoing dialogue with the incredibly rich and varied forms of indigenous tribal and folk art in India goes back over a decade. We’re privileged that in India, unlike in many parts of the world, these artists are our active contemporaries, ready to engage with us. Our books are not ‘about’ such traditions in the conventional sense – we’d like to enable our artists to be authors: active creative voices in the space that a contemporary book provides. Many of them come from very remote and marginalised communities, but as is evident from the books themselves, their talent, intelligence and imagination is astonishing. The art traditions that we have worked with include Patua, Gond, Warli, Mata Ni Pachedi, Meena, Mithila, Kalamkari and Patachitra.

Books Featuring Traditional Art: Churki-Burki Book of Rhyme, The — Gond, Madhya Pradesh Circle of Fate, The — Patachitra, Orissa Do! — Warli, Maharashtra Drawing from the City — Urban Folk Art, India Enduring Ark, The — Patua, West Bengal Flight of the Mermaid — Gond, Madhya Pradesh Following my Paint Brush — Mithila, Bihar Great Race, The — Mata Ni Pachedi, Gujarat I Like Cats — Various, all India I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail — Gond, Madhya Pradesh I See the Promised Land — Patua, West Bengal London Jungle Book, The — Gond, Madhya Pradesh Mangoes & Bananas — Kalamkari, Andhra Pradesh Monkey Photo — Patua, West Bengal Night Life of Trees, The — Gond, Madhya Pradesh Nurturing Walls Meena, Rajasthan Old Animals’ Forest Band — Gond, Madhya Pradesh Sacred Banana Leaf, The — Patachitra, Orissa Signature — Gond, Madhya Pradesh Sita’s Ramayana — Patua, West Bengal That’s How I See Things — Gond, Madhya Pradesh Waterlife — Mithila, Bihar 3

design Experimenting with the physical form of the book is a Tara trademark. The narrative, the art, the artisanship and the object are all part of this process. In pushing the boundaries of the book form, we’re fascinated by its resilience. We’re ready to experiment with cuttingedge design, but insist that it communicates. Design for us is not an embellishment, but an integral part of how a book works: the final voice in the dialogue between text, image and production.

Clockwise from top: I saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tale, page 16, Matchbook, page 12 & Pictures from Italy, page 6.

Front List

Perhaps the most decorated in India’s thriving, multilingual industry. — The Globe & Mail

The Great Race, page 8

FRONTLIST – Adults – Fiction & Non Fiction

FRONTLIST – All Ages – Handmade Picture Books

Pictures from Italy

Drawing from the City

Charles Dickens Livia Signorini

Tejubehan

‘Take me to the city,’ the young girl whispers to the train, as it passes her dusty village. Her name is Teju. She is now a middle aged woman, and in this book, she has narrated her incredible journey into the rich inner world of art, in her self-taught style of lines and dots.

Pictures from Italy is one of Charles Dickens’ earlier works, a fantastic and whimsical foray into the twin worlds of travel and the imagination. Written in the 1840s when he travelled to the continent, it is a travelogue offering a rare glimpse into his life. Literature/Travel/Art HC; 130 pp; Colour 140 x 220 mm Offset printed 978-93-80340-16-6 ₹750 | $19.95 | €16.00 Postcards also available

In this illustrated edition, Italian artist Livia Signorini takes inspiration from Dickens’ words and plays with his sense of place, memory, and politics. The result is a contemporary dialogue with his work which renews our sense of his enduring vision. Pictures from Italy is a tribute to the world of the great master in the 200th year of his birth.

Art/Biography HC; 32 pp; 2 Colour 240 x 360 mm Screen printed; Numbered edition 978-93-80340-17-3 ₹750 | $35.95 | €29.00 Cards & prints also available

Page after page of sumptuous art is witness to a woman’s life, caught between endemic poverty and a unique imaginative world. Drawing from the City reflects upon hardship while also celebrating the remarkable story of a spirited woman.

… it is a fairy tale in the traditional sense of a story that can speak across generations and regions. — The Indian Express

FRONTLIST – Children – Picture Books

The Great Race

Picture Book/Folk Tale IA: 4+ RA: 6+; HC; 32 pp; 2 Colour 210 x 280 mm; Offset printed 978-93-80340-15-9 ₹375 | $16.95 | €14.00 Cards also available

The Enduring Ark

Nathan Kumar Scott Jagdish Chitara

Gita Wolf Joydeb Chitrakar

‘I’m the fastest animal in the forest!’ boasts Kanchil the mouse deer. ‘And I challenge any animal to race me!’ Who will step forward to accept this challenge, and can Kanchil be beaten…?

This Indian retelling of the great flood story is illustrated in the Patua style of scroll painting from West Bengal, India, offering a universal perspective on an ancient tale.

The Great Race is an exciting retelling of an Indonesian folktale, featuring the popular trickster Kanchil. Illustrated using the exquisite Mata Ni Pachedi style of ritual textile painting from Gujarat, this is the first time that this rare form of traditional art has been used to illustrate a children’s book. This is the third story in our Kanchil series, which includes the much-loved Mangoes & Bananas and The Sacred Banana Leaf, (see page 33).

Picture Book/Art IA: 6+ RA: 8+ HC; slipcase; 34 pp; Colour 153 x 240 mm Offset printed; Accordion book 978-93-80340-18-0 ₹800 | $20.95 | €17.00

The Patua is a folk form that combines performance, storytelling and art. In this book, the traditional essence of the style is retained, but the vertical Patua scroll has become horizontal, nudging the art tradition in an entirely new direction. Designed in accordion folds, and encased in a colourful slipcase, each flowing fold of the accordion takes the reader from a deluge of water to a rainbow of hope.

The red-and-black illustrations are striking, & the brisk story compelling — Kirkus Reviews A lovely way to enhance children’s sensibilities to the rich and diverse folk arts of India. — Young India Books

FRONTLIST – All Ages – Picture Books & Visual Arts

I See the Promised Land

The London Jungle Book

Arthur Flowers Manu Chitrakar

Bhajju Shyam

Bhajju Shyam – a brilliant artist from the Gond tribe in central India – was commissioned to paint the walls of an Indian restaurant in London, and spent two months in the city.

Special Mention, White Ravens Catalogue, 2011 This graphic novel version of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement is an exciting dialogue between two very different storytelling traditions. Graphic Novel/ Biography/Art HC; 156 pp; Colour 165 x 235 mm Offset printed New edition 978-81-923171-0-6 ₹550 | $16.95 | €14.00 Cards also available

The book that emerged from the journey is a visual travelogue of his first encounter with a western metropolis. With radical innocence and great sophistication, Bhajju brings the signs of the Gond forest to bear on the city, turning London into an exotic jungle.

Arthur Flowers – African American writer and griot – tells the story in lyrical prose, while the text is illustrated by Manu Chitrakar, traditional Patua scroll artist from Bengal, India.

This new edition of the now classic book marks the tenth anniversary of Bhajju’s momentous journey to London.

The artist allows the tale to resonate in his own context, translating it into the vivid and colourful idiom of Patua art. In the process, King’s struggle transcends its context, and becomes truly universal.

A book that truly shows you the meaning of the word enchantment — Robert Calasso

This revised edition includes new art and an essay explaining how this extraordinary cross–cultural project evolved. A myth-making take on King’s life that has both emotional and intellectual impact, the Flowers/ Chitrakar collaboration supplies fresh colour and richness to the oft-told history of this gamechanger. — Library Journal An extraordinary collaboration between devoted artists from three continents… an engaging and challenging graphic novel… — White Ravens Catalogue

A startlingly generous and colourful collection of images capable of making the most jaded metropolitan refocus & smile… — The Independent Co-published with The Museum of London

Art/Travel; HC; 48 pp; Colour 210 x 260 mm; Offset printed; New edition 978-81-923171-2-0 ₹750 | $19.95 | €16.00 REPRINT FORTHCOMING Prints also available

FRONTLIST – Adults – Pop Culture

Matchbook

Back List

V. Geetha Shahid Datawala

Sold in every road-side booth, matchboxes are part of daily life in India. Curious, hilarious and visually stunning, matchbox labels come in a staggering variety of designs. Inspired variations on successful labels are an accepted part of the matchbox world, deliciously turning the whole notion of branding upside down.

Fascinating… bright, simple images that together give something of the flavour of India itself. — The Sunday Telegraph

An independent publishing firm that has launched some of the most beautifully produced children’s and adult books in the last eighteen years… Browse through a typical Tara Books title and you would be hard put to gauge what you like more – the form or the content… — Kyoorius Magazine 12

Waterlife, page 14

Art & Design/Pop Culture PB; slipcase; 196 pp; Colour 120 x 160 mm Offset printed; New edition 978-93-80340-19-7 ₹650 | $19.95 | €16.00 Posters, prints & gift tags also available

Matchbook showcases over 500 quirky members of this extended family, from the personal collection of Mumbai based designer Shahid Datawala. This new edition comes with a thought-provoking essay which locates matchboxes within the web of Indian commerce and popular culture.

ALL AGES – handmade Picture Books

The Night Life of Trees

Bhajju Shyam, Durga Bai & Ramsingh Urveti

Waterlife

Winner of the BolognaRagazzi Award, New Horizons, 2008

Rambharos Jha BolognaRagazzi Award Mention, New Horizons, 2012

Art/Folklore; HC; 40 pp Colour; 230 x 330 mm Screen printed Numbered edition 978-81-86211-92-2 ₹950 | $44.95 | €36.00 REPRINT FORTHCOMING Cards & prints also available

Waterlife features Mithila art, a vibrant and delicate form of folk painting from Bihar in eastern India. Art is inseparable from the lives of the people of Mithila and traditionally the walls and courtyards of their houses were painted during festival times. In the late 1970s this art travelled from the walls to paper.

An exquisite hand-bound and screen printed book of art and folklore on trees. A collection of work by three of the finest living artists of the Gond tribe – traditionally a community of forest dwellers from central India – this quintessential Tara title is about to enter its 9th English language edition. A book where the nightingale sings until morning — John Berger

In this visually stunning book, artist Rambharos Jha creates an unusual artist’s journal, adapting the motifs of the Mithila style to express his own vision. He frames Art/Gift his art with a playful text that evokes both childhood HC; 28 pp; Colour memory and folk legend. 350 x 210 mm Waterlife is silk-screen printed by hand onto handmade paper. Waterlife is an exquisite book on every level. — Paper Tigers Without a shadow of exaggeration, the most beautiful book I’ve ever laid eyes on. — Maria Popova, Brainpickings.org 14

Screen printed 2nd Numbered edition 978-93-80340-13-5 ₹950 | $44.95 | €36.00 REPRINT FORTHCOMING Cards & prints also available 15

ALL AGES – Picture Books & Visual Arts

I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail

Sita’s Ramayana

Samhita Arni Moyna Chitrakar

Ramsingh Urveti

NY Times bestseller A USBBY Outstanding International Book Honour Book, South Asia Book Award, 2012

A well-known folk poem from 17th century England, I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail is a form of trick verse. The poem at first seems nonsensical, but given a break in the middle of each line, its meaning begins to unravel.

Art/Poetry HC; 56 pp; B&W 155 x 247 mm Offset printed 2nd Edition 978-93-80340-14-2 ₹600 | $17.50 | €14.00

In this pioneering visual exploration of I Saw a Peacock, Gond tribal artist Ramsingh Urveti and book designer Jonathan Yamakami use art and design in the service of language. Working together, revealing and concealing, they brilliantly mirror the shifting ways in which poetry creates meaning. … outcharms even the most impressive die-cut books of the past decade. — Maria Popova, Brainpickings.org … delightfully illustrated… — New York Times

Graphic Novel/ Epic/Art HC; 156 pp; Colour 165 x 235 mm Offset printed 2nd edition 978-93-80340-03-6 ₹550 | $16.95 | €14.00 Cards also available

Sita’s Ramayana shifts the point of view of the Ramayana – the saga of a heroic war – to bring a woman’s perspective to this timeless epic. Narrated by the heroine Sita, it is a powerful meditation on the fate of women, as they become pawns in the wars between men and kingdoms. The book unites two women from very different backgrounds: young urban writer Samhita Arni, who lives in Bangalore, collaborates with Patua scroll artist Moyna Chitrakar from the village of Nirbhaypur in West Bengal. … provides a fresh perspective on the eternal epic. — The Times of India A must purchase… Brilliant and fresh. — School Library Journal

ALL AGES – Picture Books & Visual Arts

10 Marion Bataille

I Like Cats

Anushka Ravishankar Various Artists

A spectacular pop-up number book from French designer Marion Bataille – the author behind the bestselling ABC3D.

Pop-up/Design HC; 10 pp; B&W 140 x 135 mm Offset printed 978-93-80340-07-4 ₹750 (India only)

In 10, Marion experiments with the shape of numbers and explores the pleasure of constructing and counting them, one to ten and back again. Imaginative and sophisticated, this superbly made object plays with the architecture of bookmaking. 10 is the third book in Tara’s French Focus series of classic visual arts titles, published in association with the French Embassy in India.

I Like Cats features some of India’s most talented folk and tribal artists. With sunny cats from West Bengal’s Patua tradition, to greedy cats in the Gond style, this book is sure to delight both art and cat lovers. I Like Cats (top) Art/Gift HC; 48 pp; Colour 177 x 177 mm Offset printed 978-81-90675-61-1 ₹350 | $24.95 | €20.00 *Screen print included

Revolution

Jennifer Abel Emanuele Scanziani

With picture-book style content that is discernibly political, this is a powerful allegory of revolution in red, black and white by French artist Sara. Her simple yet forceful collage art evokes revolt, repression and war, but also immutable freedom in the face of tyranny. Revolution is the first book in Tara’s French Focus series of classic visual arts titles, published in association with the French Embassy in India. A collector’s item… this is a book you must possess — The Hindu

I Like Cats (handmade edition) Art/Gift; HC; 48 pp; Colour 177 x 177 mm; Screen printed Numbered edition 978-93-80340-08-1 ₹750 | $30.00 | €24.00 *Screen print included REPRINT FORTHCOMING Prints also available

Metamorphosis

Sara

Art/Politics HC; 74 pp 2 Colour; 195 x 280 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-46-5 ₹395 | $22.95 | €18.00 18

Available in a fully handmade edition, and as an offset printed book with a screen printed cover.

Art/Gift HC; 48 pp; 2 Colour 177 x 177 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-48-9 ₹395 | $16.95 | €14.00 Poster also available

Metamorphosis playfully explores the extraordinary moment when the body of the yogi meets the object of contemplation. Twenty one stunning paintings coupled with evocative text visualize yoga’s potential to transform the relationship between body, mind and imagination. The perfect springboard for shape-shifting your body, mind and heart. — Yoga Journal

ALL AGES – Photography

I for Imagine

Photography HC; 160 pp; 2 Colour 210 x 280 mm Offset printed 978-93-80340-10-4 ₹750 | $34.95 (India & US only)

The Flag

Catherine Chaine Marc Riboud

M. Lakshmanan Various Photographers

I for Imagine features the work of renowned French photographer Marc Riboud. Catherine Chaine curates his work in this book, using the alphabet as a pointer that leads us through landscapes marked by memory and history.

The Flag records the astonishing – and everyday – moments in the life of the Indian tricoloured flag. With images ranging from its use as a bodily ornament to an item of trade by the poor, this book is a powerful yet accessible visual essay on identity and citizenship, national pride and political indifference.

Delicate, whimsical and inexorably political, these pictures of war, love, the working class, revolution and the everyday recall ways of seeing which belong to the golden age of photography. Magnum contributor Marc Riboud was one of the first European photographers to travel to China in 1957, and is best known for his extensive reports on the East. I for Imagine is the latest book in Tara’s French Focus series.

Photography HC; 104 pp; Colour 150 x 200 mm Offset printed 978-93-80340-05-0 ₹500 | $18.00 | €15.00

Featuring 30 tremendously insightful but littleknown photographers from across India, This visual anthology contemplates the Indian flag in all its human moments of glory and poignancy. Striking and compelling images of the flag in use, in decoration, and in creation… The Flag is an exceptional photographic collection. — New York Journal of Books

Chaine’s careful curating of her husband’s archive lets large moments and small stand whimsically and powerfully side by side. — Wall Street Journal

ADULTS – PICTURE BOOKS & VISUAL ARTS

The Circle of Fate

SSSS: Snake Art & Allergory

Gita Wolf, Ianna Andréadis

Radhashyam Raut Raja Mohanty sirish Rao

Art/Myth HC; 24 pp; Colour 230 x 230 mm Screen printed 2nd Numbered edition 978-81-86211-58-8 ₹750 | $30.00 | €24.00

Above the Himalayan peaks, Garuda, the divine eagle of the god Vishnu, sees the Lord of Death hastening towards an exquisitely beautiful little bird. He decides to save it, and hides the bird away – but can death be cheated? An evocative take on a timeless Hindu parable of destiny and love, this handmade book is illustrated in the delicate and ornamental Patachitra tradition of art from Orissa in eastern India.

Art/Myth HC; 48 pp; Colour 170 x 170 mm Screen printed 978-81-90675-66-6 ₹650 | $24.95 | €20.00

This spare retelling of an ancient parable from India serves as an ideal complement to the ornate, jewel-like circular paintings. — Kirkus Reviews

The legends are complemented by the work of contemporary French artist Ianna Andréadis, who was inspired by the collection of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris. You can’t help but continually run your fingers over the screen-printed ink held on the textured paper as you read these sensuous and sacred tales. — Living Principles Design Blog

Fingerprint

Andrea Anastasio, V. Geetha Fingerprint is a visual fable celebrating resistance to state surveillance and control. Actual fingerprints, letter-pressed onto the pages of a book, create progressively complex patterns, transporting the fingerprint from the world of forensics and law into the freeing world of art and imagination. Art/Politics HC; 100 pp; Colour 140 x 190 mm Screen printed 978-81-90675-62-8 ₹950 | $29.95 | €24.00

Standing in for our deepest fantasies and fears, the snake is as much a creature of our minds as it is of the forest and fields. Combining art and legend, this stunning hand-printed book invokes the beauty and terror of Indian snake lore.

Playful yet provoking, this is both an art piece and a political communiqué. A poignant afterword by writer, social historian and activist V. Geetha adds to the visual tale, inciting deeper thought. Stupendously printed and published by Tara Books … the aesthetic-stylistic choice amplifies the great evocative power of this book. — Pattern Prints Journal 23

ADULTS – handmade visual ARTS

ADULTS – handmade VISUAL ARTS

Nurturing Walls

Signature

Bhajju Shyam, Gita Wolf Jonathan YamakamI Various Artists

Gita Wolf, Madan Meena

The art from the walls of Meena tribal homes in Rajasthan is celebrated on the pages of this stunning handmade book. The women of the Meena tribe practise this art form – known as Mandna – by painting the mud walls and floors of their homes to mark festivals and the changing seasons. Art/Gender Studies HC; 88 pp; Colour 185 x 215 mm Mixed screen & offset printed 978-81-86211-68-7 ₹595 | $24.95 | €20.00 Cards & prints also available

Nurturing Walls pays tribute to this extraordinary tradition of public art by women, recreating the art on kraft paper reminiscent of mud walls. The lives of the artists are captured in colour photographs, inserted between the art prints as the book unfolds.

Art/Design HC; 88 pp; Colour 230 x 210 mm Offset printed 978-93-80340-02-9 ₹550 | $24.95 | €20.00

In the intricate art of the Gond tribal community of Central India, decorative patterns fill the surface of images in amazing profusion. Each pattern is unique to a particular artist, making it his or her signature. Playing brilliantly on the skill, imagination, and meaning inherent in Gond patterning, Signature offers a unique compendium of Gond artists.

A tender tribute to the Mandana tradition of public art and the women who make it… — Maria Popova, Brainpickings.org

In the land of punctuation

Christian Morgenstern, Rathna Ramanathan, Sirish Rao

Illustrated Verse/ Art/Design HC; 32 pp; 2 Colour 165 x 235 mm Offset printed 978-81-90754- 60-6 ₹280 | $19.95 | €16.00

A unique picture book for all ages in which language, design and politics intersect. First published in 1905, German poet Christian Morgenstern’s piece is a darkly comic linguistic caprice. This fun romp populated by punctuation marks as characters nonetheless suggests systems of control that go far beyond language. As featured in Wallpaper* Magazine’s India edition 25

ADULTS – pop culture

Baby!

The 9 Emotions of Indian Cinema Hoardings

Sirish Rao

V.Geetha, M.P. Dhakshna, Sirish Rao

Doctor Baby, Radio Baby, Apollo Baby, Farmer Baby, Army Baby, Biscuit Baby, Sweet Baby, Chairman Baby… bought by millions of people, painted baby posters are a popular household feature in India.

The Erotic. The Valorous. The Furious. The Terror-stricken. The Pathetic. The Comic. The Disgusting. The Marvellous. The Peaceful.

Art & Design/Cinema HC; 104 pp; Colour 230 x 280 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-27-4 ₹1200 | $35.00 | €28.00 Posters & postcards also available

There is a spectrum of nine emotions that the superior work of art should evoke, explains the Natyashastra, the oldest surviving text on stagecraft in the world. The 9 Emotions deconstructs each of these emotions and explodes them into their modern context: Indian cinema billboards.

Art & Design/Pop Culture HC; 104 pp; Colour 170 x 170 mm Offset printed 978-19-04587-01-9 ₹750 (India only)

Carriers of dreams – both personal and social – babies find themselves in a bewildering and delightful variety of professions and roles. These odd arrangements at once confound and confirm our sense of the ‘cute’. One hundred classic baby posters go to make this extravagant book unashamedly zany and happy. Simply divine — The Guardian, UK

ADULTS – FICTION & NON-FICTION

The To-Let House

Daisy Hasan

Shortlisted, The Hindu Best Fiction Award, 2010 Longlisted, Man Asian Literary Prize, 2008

Fiction; PB; 228 pp 140 x 210 mm Offset printed 978-81-90675-65-9 ₹275 | $10.95 | €9.00

Children’s Books

Set in Shillong, North East India, this contemporary coming of age story narrates four young people’s passage into adolescence, framed by the region’s own violent search for its identity. … magically evokes the beauty of Shillong. — The Hindu

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Perumal Murugan, V. Geetha Set in small town South India, the life of Sathi, a soda-seller in a run-down movie theatre, unfolds in the murky twilight world of the dispossessed. A turbulent train of events casts the meagre certainties of Sathi’s everyday life into disarray.

Fiction/Translation PB; 160 pp 120 x 196 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-81-6 ₹195 | $9.95 | €8.00

Apon Katha

A.Tagore, R.Chatterjee

Born into one of India’s most famous families, Abanindranath Tagore was a pioneering modern painter. Nephew of Nobel laureate and Bengali national bard Rabindranath Tagore, he grew up in a wildly creative household, which he recreates in this memoir.

Non-fiction/Memoir PB; 104 pp 125 x 200 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-50-2 ₹150 | $8.95 | €7.00

Tara has taken children’s literature in India into a totally new realm. — The Hindu Excuses Excuses, page 31

CHILDREN – PICTURE BOOKS

Following my Paint Brush

Dulari Devi, Gita Wolf

Excuses, Excuses

Anushka Ravishankar Gabrielle Manglou

Honour Book, South Asia Book Award, 2012 Following My Paint Brush is the story of Dulari Devi, a domestic helper who went on to become an artist in the Mithila style of folk painting from Bihar, eastern India. Dulari is from a community of fisherfolk, and she discovered painting while working in an artist’s house. Picture Book/ Autobiography IA: 6+ RA: 8+ HC; 32 pp; Colour 230 x 270 mm Offset printed 978-93-80340-11-1 ₹375 | $17.50 | €14.00

She learned by doing, and the story of her momentous journey is simultaneously inspiring and understandable for the young reader. In this – Dulari’s first book – Gita Wolf has recorded the story that was relayed to her orally, while Dulari has told her autobiography visually through her art. A nice off-the-beaten-track read for a growing child, exposing her to both folk art and a story of hope. — Parenting Magazine

Meet Neel, who has the most noble of intentions, all of which have a funny habit of going wrong… Excuses, Excuses! is a week in the life of a spirited boy as he tries to grapple with what’s expected of him by the grown-ups he encounters. Picture Book IA: 6+ RA: 8+ HC; 48 pp; Colour 210 x 270 mm Offset printed 978-93-80340-12-8 ₹375 | $16.95 | €14.00

A characteristically absurd tale from Anushka Ravishankar, India’s best-loved children’s poet, and Gabrielle Maglou, a zany photo collage artist from Réunion Island. Sure to delight young readers as they follow Neel on his madcap adventures. — Booktrust

CHILDREN – PICTURE BOOKS

The Old Animals’ Forest Band

Mangoes & Bananas

Nathan Kumar Scott, T. Balaji

Durga Bai, Sirish Rao

A deft re-telling of one of the best-loved tales in Indonesian folklore. Kanchil the mouse deer and his friend Monyet the monkey plant some fruit trees, but when they are finally ripe Kanchil must find a way to get his share.

After being kicked out of home by their ungrateful masters, a dog, cow, donkey and rooster unite to form a band and save the townspeople from thieves.

Picture Book/Folktale IA: 4+ RA: 6+ HC; 40 pp; Colour 210 x 280 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-45-8 ₹395 | $16.95 | €14.00

This Indian version of the much-loved Grimm Brothers’ tale comes to life in celebrated Gond artist Durga Bai’s intricate artwork. Tara Books strikes a chord with The Old Animals’ Forest Band. — Publishers Weekly

Illustrated in the traditional Kalamkari style of textile art from India, this is the first in our series of folk tales featuring the trickster Kanchil. Picture Book/Folktale IA: 4+ RA: 6+ HC; 32 pp; Colour 210 x 280 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-06-9 ₹375 | $16.95 | €14.00

the Churki-Bhurki book of rhyme

A visual delight and a pleasure to own. — Time Out Delhi

Nathan Kumar Scott Radhashyam Raut

A recounting of a rural childhood, The Churki-Burki Book of Rhyme captures the experience of growing up as a girl in a tribal village in central India. Adapted from the Gond tribal artist Durga Bai’s rendering of her own childhood in the village Patangahr, this merry tale of fun and rhyme introduces children to a very different way of life.

Also in this series: The Great Race, pg 8

The Sacred Banana Leaf

Durga Bai, Gita Wolf Picture Book IA: 4+ RA: 6+ HC; 24 pp; Colour 280 x 210 mm Offset printed 978-93-80340-06-7 ₹325 | $14.95 | €12.00

Stands out both for its artwork and the engaging text. — White Ravens Catalogue

When Kanchil the mouse deer falls into a pit he has to use his wits to get out. The tale he spins lures a gullible snake, a nervous wild boar and a hungry tiger into the pit, but will his plan to escape work?

Picture Book/Folktale IA: 4+ RA: 6+ HC; 32 pp; Colour 210 x 280 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-28-1 ₹375 | $16.95 | €14.00

The second in our series of Indonesian trickster tales is illustrated in the beautifully ornate Patachitra style of temple mural painting from India. … fascinatingly illustrated — The School Librarian

CHILDREN – PICTURE BOOKS

Do!

Education/Art IA: 3+ RA: 5+ HC; 32 pp; 1 Colour 210 x 280 mm Screen printed 978-81-90754-61-3 ₹400 | $14.95 | €12.00

That’s How I See Things

Gita Wolf, Ramesh Hengadi Shantaram Dhadpe

Bhajju Shyam, Sirish Rao

Winner of the BolognaRagazzi Award, New Horizons, 2010

IBBY Honour List, 2010

An introduction to basic verbs, aided by the elegantly minimalist pictograms of Warli art, which is practised by a tribal community from Maharashtra, in western India. Do! is screen printed onto recycled kraft paper, recreating the mud walls of the village homes where the art has its origins.

A happy artist, with an extremely weird and wonderful way of seeing the world, paints a bizarre set of animals. He gets into trouble though when suddenly the pictures he paints begin to come to life. A fable on the power of art and imagination, brought to life by renowned Gond tribal artist Bhajju Shyam.

Children relate immediately to this art style, and the book can be used in many ways – as a picture book, to learn about verbs, to discover new stories on each page, to talk about village life or to learn how to draw in the Warli style.

Picture Book IA: 4+ RA 6+; HC; 32 pp Colour; 210 x 280 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-10-6 ₹350 | $16.95 | €14.00

Strikingly different illustrations… elegantly produced… it shows that books are where wonders are found. — Sunday Times, UK

Monkey Photo

A unique & assiduously crafted book. — Publishers Weekly

Gita Wolf, Swarna Chitrakar Monkey lives in a jungle that tourists love to visit. But he’s getting tired of them taking pictures of him – so he decides to help himself to a camera and swing around the jungle, surprising friends and foes… Illustrated by Swarna Chitrakar in the brilliant Patua folk style from West Bengal, Monkey Photo captures jungle life at its best. A vibrantly colourful, funny rhyming picture book for children… — Midwest Book Review

Picture Book IA: 3+ RA: 5+ HC; 32 pp; Colour 175 x 280 mm Offset printed 978-81-90754-62-0 ₹375 | $16.95 | €14.00

CHILDREN – PICTURE BOOKS

Catch that Crocodile!

Tiger on a Tree

Anushka Ravishankar Pulak Biswas

Picture Book/Verse IA: 3+ RA: 5+ HC; 40 pp; 2 Colour 184 x 240 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-63-2 ₹350 | $16.95 | €14.00 Tamil version available

Catch that Crocodile is the hilarious nonsenseverse story of a rampant reptile who finds his way out of the water and onto dry land, and the hapless villagers who try to capture him. India’s much-loved nonsense writer Anushkar Ravishankar and award-winning illustrator Pulak Biswas work together to create a fun and energetic tale, imparting a subtle conservationist message along the way. A glorious poem, matched with bold, folkart illustrations. — The Guardian, UK

The tale of a wild tiger cub who wanders into an Indian village, and the reactions he encounters. The art, verse and typography run and bounce off the page, drawing both the curious child and the quizzical adult into the lively world of the book.

Picture Book/Verse IA: 3+ RA: 5+ HC; 40 pp; 2 Colour 184 x 240 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-38-0 ₹350 | $16.95 | €14.00

… the enchanting, rhyming blurb sets the tone for the singsong quality of the text which has delightful sound effects… a visual treat for children. — Indian Review of Books

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Elephants Never Forget

Anushka Ravishankar Christiane Pieper

A baby elephant is lost and alone in the forest, when a herd of buffaloes come along and take him into their fold… what is he now, an elephant, or a buffalo? This is a joyful tale that touches lightly on the themes of loss, adoption and integration.

Picture Book/Verse IA: 3+ RA: 5+; HC; 40 pp 2 Colour; 184 x 240 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-04-5 ₹350 | $16.95 | €14.00

A simple tale of nature versus nurture brilliantly rendered. — Kirkus Reviews

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CHILDREN – PICTURE BOOKS

Alphabets are amazing animals

Picture Book IA: 2+ RA: 4+ HC; 54 pp 216 x 216 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-72-4 ₹350 | $14.95 | €12.00

Anything but a Grabooberry

Anushka Ravishankar Christiane Pieper

Anushka Ravishankar Rathna Ramanathan

There is no end to the things animals get up to in this quirky world of alphabets. Alphabets Are Amazing Animals takes the young reader through sounds, words and sentences, and demonstrates how words work. As alphabets form words, and alliterative words form sentences, strange tales begin to emerge.

Letters and words take the form of the images they describe in this zany book, guiding the reader through a fluid visual space where the words become puzzles. Anything but a Grabooberry stands the world of meaning on its head, reflecting a child’s delight in the overturning of logic.

Art/Design/Poetry IA: 6+ RA: 8+; HC; 48 pp 2 Colour; 217 x 217 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-43-4 ₹350 | $14.95 | €12.00

the Slant Book

The Spectacular Spectacle Man

Peter S. Newell

Vishakha Chanchani

When little Bobby’s stroller is suddenly set adrift, he goes streaking down a hill, gleefully wreaking havoc on the town’s people. This wonderful book on a slant is a faithful recreation of the Peter Newell classic originally published in 1910. Picture Book/Classics IA: 6+ RA: 8+ HC; 48 pp; Colour 170 x 210 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-74-8 ₹350 | $24.95 | €20.00 (UK & Europe only)

A real period piece but also terrific fun and eyecatchingly unique. — The School Librarian

… so enchanting that one wants to go right back to the beginning. — White Ravens Catalogue

Picture Book/Verse IA: 6+ RA: 8+ PB; 16 pp; Colour 165 x 225 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-18-2 ₹150 | $14.95 | €12.00

Chashmuddin the street spectacle seller is always looking out for customers to lure into his stall. In this unusual accordion book, zany art and merry verse transform Chashmuddin’s sales pitch into a magical journey. Evokes the chaos and imagery of Indian street life. — The Indian Express

CHILDREN – PICTURE BOOKS

Fruits of India

Jill Hartley

CHILDREN – PICTURE BOOKS

Vegetables of India

Board Book; Ages 2+ 24 pp; Colour; 125 x 125 mm Offset printed 978-81-90754-69-9 ₹120 | $6.95 | €6.00 REPRINT FORTHCOMING

Flowers of India

Board Book; Ages 2+ 24 pp; Colour; 125 x 125 mm Offset printed 978-81-90754-67-5 ₹120 | $6.95 | €6.00

Jill Hartley

Helmut Wolf

Mango, banana, melon… Bittergourd, tomato, chilli… Lotus, jasmine, marigold… India is home to a rich variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Some are local to the region, while others travelled thousands of miles and have since found a home here. This series of board books introduces both rare and common Indian fruits, vegetables, and flowers to the very young reader. Each book comes with a list of words in English, with space to add words in other languages. Ideal for both home and classroom, this series takes children on a rich visual journey. This unusual and stylish little volume is great for learning first words… sumptuous photography… — Parenting Magazine 40

Wish you Were Here

Board Book; Ages 2+ 24 pp; Colour; 125 x 125 mm Offset printed 978-81-90754-68-2 ₹120 | $6.95 | €6.00 REPRINT FORTHCOMING

Anushka Ravishankar Various Artists

Picture Book/Verse IA: 6+ RA: 8+; HC; 28 pp Colour; 215 x 215 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-75-5 ₹250 | $14.95 | €12.00

A nonsense-verse picture book about a bizarre family that travels all over the world, sending postcards to their stay-at-home relative. Featuring wacky, colourful characters, as well as some of the most wondrous places in the world, this must be the strangest family album ever.

The Fivetongued Firefanged Folkadotted Dragon Snake

Anushka Ravishankar, Indrapramit Roy Rathna Ramanathan On one ordinary morning at school, Arun sees a strange creature in the playground, but no-one Picture Book; IA: 4+ RA: 6+ believes him! Is he making it all up? Or is something PB; 52 pp; 2 Colour really following him? With illustrations by Indrapramit 215 x 218 mm Roy and typography adding layers to the story, this Offset printed story will keep you in suspense until the final page. 978-81-86211-26-7 ₹95 | $7.95 | €6.00

We Are All Born Free

Various Artists

Everyone on this planet is protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We Are All Born Free introduces children to these ideas in a light yet unforgettable way. A unique co-operation between Picture Book/Human Rights 30 internationally-renowned illustrators, supported by IA: 8+ RA: 10+; PB; 64 pp; Amnesty International, UK. Colour; 210 x 270 mm Offset printed 978-81-90675-67-3 ₹240 | (India only) Tamil version available

Magical edition… visually vital, this book could bridge the generation gap. — The Hindu 41

CHILDREN: FICTION & NON-FICTION

The Mahabharatha: A Child’s View

Samhita Arni

The great Indian epic, retold from the perspective of a twelve year old. Samhita’s version is bold and unorthodox in its depiction of characters, and in the critical tone it adopts towards the epic’s main theme: war. This best-selling book offers children and adults a fresh perspective on a timeless classic. Classic/Epic IA: 8+ RA: 10+; PB; 288 pp B&W; 205 x 280 mm Offset printed New edition 978-93-80340-01-2 ₹475 | $25.95 | €21.00

This is no ordinary book… definitely a must read. — The Guardian Children’s Website A commendable and excellent version for a person of any age to have written… certainly one of those must-buys — Parenting Magazine

Trash!

Anushka Ravishankar, Gita Wolf, Orijit Sen A unique combination of fact and fiction, Trash! tells the story of Velu, a runaway village child who ends up as a waste-picker in a large Indian city. Unusual and thought-provoking, it explores a range of issues – from child labour and child rights to waste and recycling. Fiction/Child Rights Ages 10+ PB; 112 pp; Colour 184 x 241 mm Offset printed 2nd edition 978-81-8621-69-4 ₹275 | $12.95 | €10.00 Tamil version available 42

Succeeds in bringing about empathy and is a catalyst for constructive action. — The Hindu

CHILDREN: FICTION & NON-FICTION

David Days, Mona Nights

Andreas Steinhoefel, Anja Tuckermann, Gita Wolf Mona and David meet and then remain in touch through letters. Translated from the German original, this award-winning novel for young people captures the thrill of words and writing letters.

Fiction/Translation; 12+ PB; 120 pp | 125 x 193 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-89-2 ₹175 (India only)

A Wild Elephant at Camp

Anupama Mohorkar, Emanuele Scanzianai Based on a real-life incident, this is the moving story of Kutti, a tribal boy from India who finds an abandoned baby elephant and becomes both her caretaker and her friend.

Fiction; 8+ PB; 48 pp; B&W 180 x 240 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-73-1 ₹150 | $8.95 | €7.00

Four Heroes & a Haunted House

N.Gangopadhyay, S.Bhattacharjee Four Heroes & a Haunted House is the first English translation of a Bengali classic. Four friends take a holiday in a supposedly haunted bungalow, and are plunged into a set of absurd adventures.

Fiction/Adventure; 10+ PB; 92 pp; 154 x 233 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-34-2 ₹95 | $7.95 | €6.00

Four Heroes & a Green Beard

N.Gangopadhyay, S.Bhattacharjee The second in the series finds the four heroes spending their holidays in a mountain resort where they meet a nutty nature-lover with a green beard.

Fiction/Adventure; 10+ PB; 92 pp; 154 x 233 mm Offset printed 978-81-86211-52-6 ₹95 | $7.95 | €6.00 43

CHILDREN: FICTION & NON-FICTION

The Book Book

Sophie Benini Pietromarchi Artist Sophie Benini Pietromarchi invites children on a unique and poetic journey into the world of the book, giving ideas and inspiration on how to create books from everyday materials. This visual feast of a book – which evolved from Sophie’s bookmaking workshops with children – will appeal to young people, educators and booklovers alike. One of the most imaginative and beautifully designed manuals I have ever used. — Inis Magazine

Art & Crafts/Activity Ages 8+ HC; 132 pp; Colour 165 x 240 mm 978-81-86211-24-3 ₹625 | $19.95 | €16.00

Child Art with Everyday Materials

Gita Wolf, K.Arni, T. Bhattacharjee

Awards Latest Awards & Recognition

Past Awards & Recognition

Following my Paint Brush — Honour Book, South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2012.

Anything but a Grabooberry — Special Mention in the White Raven’s Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books, 2000.

Sita’s Ramayana — Notable Book, American Library Association, 2012; Special mention in the USBBY’s annual list of — Outstanding International Books, 2012; Honour Book, South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2012. Waterlife — Mention, BolognaRagazzi Award, New Horizons, 2012. I See the Promised Land — Selected by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, as one of their Top-10 YA Nonfiction picks, 2011; Special Mention in the White Ravens Catalogue of World’s Best Books for Young People, 2011. Do! — BolognaRagazzi Award, New Horizons, 2010 In the Land of Punctuation — Chosen for the White Raven’s Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books, 2010

Based on Indian art teacher Tarit Bhattacharjee’s successful teaching methods with everyday materials, Child Art is a playful work book for children and adults. It provides 75 exercises, suggesting creative ways of playing with line, design, colour, texture, form and space, as well as a unique philosophy of art education.

That’s How I See Things — IBBY Honour List, Illustrator Category, 2010

Art & Crafts/Activity; Ages 10+ HC; 76 pp; Colour; 210 x 280 mm Offset printed; Spiral-bound 978-81-86211-17-5 ₹350 | $16.95 | €14.00

I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tale — 3rd Place, National Library Award, Graphic Design Category, Brazil

To-Let House, The — Shortlisted, The Hindu Best Fiction Award, 2010

Sestri Levante, the Italian edition of The Circle of Fate shortlisted for the Andersen Prize, 2009. Elephants Never Forget — Special Mention in the USBBY’s annual list of Outstanding International Books, 2009. London Jungle Book, The — Honourable Mention, US Independent Publisher Awards (Multicultural Fiction), 2006. Mahabharatha: A Child’s View, The — Named as one of the Best Books Published of the year by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, 2004; The Elsa Morante Literary Award, Italy, 2004; Book of the Month Award, Society for Youth Literature and Media, Germany, 2000. Mangoes & Bananas — Special Mention, White Raven’s Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books, 2007. Night Life of Trees, The — BolognaRagazzi Award, New Horizons, 2008. Revolution — Winner of the Golden Apple, BIB, 2005 Sacred Banana Leaf, The — Selected for the 21st edition of the French Le Prix des Incorruptibles, 2009 Tiger on a Tree — Notable Books, American Library Association, 2005; Andersen Award, Italy, 2004; Biennale of Illustrations, Bratislava, 1999. Star from the French Union of Culture and Libraries for Excellence in the Genre, 1997. To-Let House, The — Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, 2008. Trash! — Special Mention in the White Raven’s Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books and a star for promoting understanding between cultures, 2001. Tara Book Craft Workshop — Johannes Gutenberg Award for Excellence in Printing, Madras Printers’ & Lithographers’ Association, 2007. 45

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Rights Unless otherwise indicated world rights have been given. 9 Emotions of Indian Cinema Hoarding, The — Dutch: Mets & Schilt Uitgevers & Oxfam Novib Book Book, The — Chinese: Art & Collection Co. Ltd; French: Éditions Milan; Italian: Gallucci Editora; Portuguese (Europe): Edicare Editora; Spanish: Thule Ediciones Catch that Crocodile — French: Éditions Syros; Italian: Edizioni Corraini; Korean: Blue Sky Publishing Co. Ltd; Portuguese (Brazil): Manati Produções Editoriais Circle of Fate — Italian: L’ippocampo Edizioni; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora WMF Martins Fontes; Spanish: Ediciones Ekaré Do! — French: Éditions Rue du Monde; German: Baobab Books; Italian: L’ippocampo Edizioni; Korean: Jogye Order Publishing; Portuguese (Brazil): Global Editora; Spanish (Americas & Mexico): Petra Ediciones Drawing from the City — French: Actes Sud; Italian: Gallucci Editore; Korean: Jogye Order Publishing; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora WMF Martins Fontes; Spanish (Mexico): Conaculta Elephants Never Forget — Catalan: Thule Ediciones; Dutch: Mets & Schilt Uitgevers & Oxfam Novib; English (USA, Philippines & Canada): Houghton Mifflin; French: Éditions Tourbillon; Italian: Edizioni Corraini; continued… 46

Japanese: Suzuki Publishing; Korean: Jogye Order Publishing; Portuguese (Brazil) Manati Produções Editoriais; Spanish: Thule Ediciones Enduring Ark, The — Italian: Gallucci Editore Excuses, Excuses! — Catalan (World excluding Mexico): Takatuka; Spanish (World excluding Mexico): Takatuka Following my Paint Brush — French: Éditions Syros; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora WMF Martins Fontes; Spanish: Editorial Kókinos Four Heroes & a Green Beard — Italian: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore Four Heroes & a Haunted House — Dutch: KIT Publishing; Italian: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore Great Race, The — Korean: Jogye Order Publishing ; Spanish (Mexico): Petra Ediciones I Like Cats — Dutch (Europe): Fontaine Uitgevers & Oxfam Novib; Italian (Europe): Adriano Salani Editore In the Land of Punctuation — Portuguese (Brazil): Bruno Berlendis; Spanish: Thule Editions I See the Promised Land — English (North America): Groundwood Books; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora WMF Martins Fontes I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail — Portuguese (Brazil): Editora Scipione

London Jungle Book, The — Dutch: Mets & Schilt Uitgevers & Oxfam Novib; French: Éditions Syros; Italian: Adelphi Edizioni; Korean: LIGEM; Portuguese (Brazil) Editora Cosac Naify Mahabharatha: A Child’s View, The — Catalan: RBA Libros; French: Éditions Gallimard Jeunesse; German: Nagel & Kimche; Greek: Agra Publications; Italian: Adelphi Edizioni; Portuguese (Brazil) Conrad Editora; Spanish: Ediciones Siruela Mangoes & Bananas — Japanese: Artone Co. Ltd; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora Comboio de Corda Monkey Photo — French: Actes Sud; Portuguese (Brazil): Manati Produções Editoriais; Portuguese (Europe): Edicare Editora Night Life of Trees, The — German: Baobab Books; Italian: Adriano Salani Editore; Japanese: Minoru Tamura; Korean: Borim Press; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora WMF Martins Fontes; Spanish: Editorial Kalandraka Old Animals’ Forest Band, The — Dutch: Mets & Schilt Uitgevers & Oxfam Novib; French: Actes Sud; Greek: Ekdoseis Kokkino One, Two, Tree! — Catalan (World, excluding USA): Fundacion Intermon Oxfam; Dutch: Mets & Schilt Uitgevers; French: Actes Sud; German: Carl Hanser Verlag; Japanese: Artone Co. Ltd; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora WMF Martins Fontes; Spanish (World, excluding USA) Fundacion Intermon Oxfam

SSSS: Snake Art & Allegory — Co-Published (French/English) with the Musée du quai Branly Sacred Banana Leaf, The — Danish: Förlaget Palka; French: Éditions Syros; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora UDP; Swedish: Förlaget Hjulet Sita’s Ramayana — English (North America): Groundwood Books; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora WMF Martins Fontes That’s How I See Things — Catalan: Editorial Juventud; Danish: Förlaget Palka; French: Éditions Syros; Hebrew: Agam Publishing House; Portuguese (Brazil): Global Editora; Spanish: Editorial Juventud; Swedish: Förlaget Hjulet Tiger on a Tree — Catalan (Europe & Venezuela): Thule Ediciones; English (North America): Farrar, Straus and Giroux; French: Éditions Syros; German: Blauburg Verlag; Hebrew (Israel): Agam Publishing House; Italian: Edizioni Corraini; Japanese: Hyoron-sha; Korean: Daekyo Publishing; Portuguese (Brazil): Manati Produções Editoriais; Spanish (Europe & Venezuela): Thule Ediciones Trash! — Dutch: KIT Publishing; Italian: Edizioni Gruppo Abele; Korean: Giant Publishing Company

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index 10 9 Emotions of Indian Cinema Hoardings, The Alphabets are Amazing Animals Anything but a Grabooberry Apon Katha Baby! Book Book, The Catch that Crocodile! Child Art with Everyday Material Churki-Burki Book of Rhyme, The Circle of Fate, The Current Show David Days, Mona Nights Do! Drawing from the City Elephants Never Forget Enduring Ark, The Excuses, Excuses! Fingerprint Fivetongued Firefanged Folkadotted Dragon Snake, The Flowers of India Following my Paint Brush Four Heroes & A Green Beard Four Heroes and a Haunted House Fruits of India Great Race, The I for Imagine I Like Cats I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail I See the Promised Land In the Land of Punctuation London Jungle Book, The Mahabharatha: A Child’s View, The Mangoes & Bananas Matchbook Metamorphosis Monkey Photo Night Life of Trees, The Nurturing Walls Old Animals’ Forest Band, The Pictures from Italy Revolution Sacred Banana Leaf, The

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Signature Sita’s Ramayana Slant Book, The Spectacular Spectacle Man, The SSSS: Snake Art & Allegory That’s How I See Things The Flag Tiger on a Tree To-Let House, The Trash! Vegetables of India Waterlife We Are All Born Free Wild Elephant at Camp, A Wish you Were Here

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Cover art by Tejubehan, from Drawing from the City, page 7 Cover screen printed by AMM screens Catalogue designed by Nia Murphy Printed in Chennai, India, 2012 Prices and publication dates are correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.

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