Tulika Booktalk

World Environment Day

One cool evening on June 8, Ashvita in R.K Salai was filled with little nature lovers. Tulika celebrated World Environment Day with author and journalist, Aravind Krish Bala, who was excited to share his adventures. This interactive session was filled with questions and loads of laughter. Aravind has published two books with Tulika, Black Panther and Magnificent Makhna. Both stories are inspired by true events.

Aravind with the kids at Ashvita

When the author asked the kids what they would do if they were in a forest and suddenly came across a panther or any animal, one of them said that he would take the animal by its tail and fling it far away just like the character Kari does in the book!

The second half of the session with Magnificent Makhna was highly interactive with the kids coming up with apt and crisp definitions for some words in the book. Poacher: someone who illegally hunts animals. Tranquillizer: an injection that puts an animal to sleep. But when asked what is the government? They said Jayalalithaa!

Stitching Stories

Bookworm, Goa, recently began a collaborative patchwork workshop based on Nina Sabnani's Stitching Stories and Mukand and Riaz. Stitching Stories looks at the evolution of narrative art through stitches and Mukand and Riaz uses the art of applique work commonly used in India and Pakistan.

Busy stitching

Each individual works on an individual piece of cloth. A banyan tree is the centre; the vine that will hold together all the different pieces of cloth. Read their post to see what they've worked on so far!

And the story begins

World Environment Day Bonanza

Tulika celebrates World Environment Day, June 5th, by giving you the best offers on our books on the environment. And we have offers for all ages! 

Pick the book/s of your choice, shop on our website and use discount code GD0028 and get 25% off.

For 3 + 
Dinaben and the Lions of Gir and Baby Beboo Bear

For 4 +
Let's Catch The Rain!

For 5 +
Bulbuli's Bamboo

For 6 +
The Spider's Web

For 8 +

The Coral Tree

For 10 +
Free e-book! Water Stories From Around The World

For 14 +
Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Take a peek into the books.

FOR 3+

The Maldharis and the Lions of Gir who coexist 

Dinaben and the Lions of Gir revolves around the Maldharis and the lions who have coexisted peacefully for many years. Informative text and evocative photographs capture the life in Gir.

The baby sloth bear captured and made to perform

Baby Beboo bear is about a baby sloth bear that is captured and made to dance on the street for entertainment. Simple text, photographs and cartoons tell the story.

FOR 4+

The message in Let's Catch The Rain! is simple: rainwater is free, pure and precious- save it. The perfect companion to Let's Plant Trees.

FOR 5+

Bulbuli lives in a bamboo house in a bamboo grove, and is busy in her bamboo world! Bulbuli's Bamboo is an evocative story is told in an rhythmic, cumulative style and spotlights bamboo to make a green statement! 

FOR 6+

Ali notices the difference between looking and seeing as he spots a spider's web through his camera. The Spider's Web has photos and illustrations to take the understanding.

FOR 8+

The Coral Tree has captivating photographs and simple text to reveal the life in the Indian Coral Tree and around it. 

For 12+

With telling pictures, the Bhopal Gas Tragedy sifts detailed research, examining the causes and tracing the fallout of the world's worst-ever industrial tragedy at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, 1984.

Mother's Day Special Offers

3 for the Baby

Deepa Balsavar’s fabulous Round and Round Books are available for a special price of Rs.200! 

These wordless picture books are the perfect choice for early readers. Your baby can begin on any page and just go round and round! The best part: You can tell as many stories as you like with these books! The pictures are bright and colourful and the size perfect for little hands.

Buy the book on our website! Enter this discount code RR0026 and get the books (worth Rs.250) for a special price of Rs. 200!

2 for the Toddler

For trigger-happy mums and roleplay-loving children, the perfect bilingual set: Little Frog and Guddu’s Photo. Children will love holding their favourite toys while reading or listening Guddu's Photo and the conversation between Little Frog and Amma Frog is a great read-aloud.

Buy the books on our website! Enter this discount code GL0027 and get 20% off both books.

Tulika's Mother's Day Special Offers are on till Monday, May 13th 2013. If you have any questions of how to order or use the discount code, call or email us and we will guide you. For those in Chennai, you can avail of these offers at the Tulika Bookstore too.