Anushka Ravishankar, Illustrated by Emanuele Scanziani

A little girl sets off to market with some money in her pocket - and no idea what to buy...

In a bouncy, dynamic modern-day nursery rhyme, well-known children's poet Anushka Ravishankar suggests that the real fun may not be in the buying, after all. Featuring vibrant paintings by award-winning Italian artist Emanuele Scanziani, this is an exuberant pictorial tribute to the Indian market. Designer Rathna Ramanathan's innovative typography creates a unique cohesion between the verse and artwork of each scene - every element on the page adds to the story.
For ages 3 and up.

Bhajju Shyam, Gita Wolf & Andrea Anastasio

One day, Musa sets off alone to collect wood from the forest near to his home. Suddenly, he hears a deafening noise and is overcome with terror… Was the sound a wild boar? A whole herd of wild boars? Or something even worse?

What happens to Musa and how he learns to deal with his fear is explored in this powerful yet sensitive visual story of the psychology of fear. Typography, book design, narrative, and contemporary Indian tribal artwork by renowned Gond artist Bhajju Shyam come together in this new children’s book.

Gond tribal artist Bhajju Shyam is from Madhya Pradesh in central India. The Gonds are a community of highly visual people, who were traditionally forest dwellers, and the inspiration for this story came from Bhajju’s stories of his own childhood.

For ages 4 and up

Nathan Kumar Scott & Jagdish Chitara "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 the challenge, and can Kanchil be beaten? 'The Great Race' is an exciting retelling of an Indonesian folktale, featuring the trickster Kanchil. Illustrated in the 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 tell a children's story.

Another spectacular pop-up, this time a number book by Marion Bataille, author of the best-selling ABC3D.

In 10, she 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 book making.

Imaginative and sophisticated, this superbly constructed book will enchant readers of all ages.

10 is the third book in Tara’s French Focus series,with ABC3D being the second.  Tara’s French Focus presents a new series of visual arts titles published by Tara Books in association with the French Embassy in India.

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