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Animal Tales from India: Ten Stories from the Panchatantra

By Nikita Gill
Series: Nosy Crow Classics
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Animal Tales from India: Ten Stories from the Panchatantra by Nikita Gill offers enchanting retellings of classic Indian fables. This collection introduces young readers to a world where animals embark on adventures, teaching timeless lessons about friendship, wisdom, and morality. With vibrant narratives, the book captures the essence of ancient storytelling while imparting valuable life lessons.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to beautifully crafted tales featuring clever animals and timeless morals. It's perfect for those who relish enchanting storytelling with rich cultural heritage, and it's a delightful choice for young readers eager to explore classic Indian folklore with captivating illustrations.

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A gorgeously illustrated gift book of ancient Indian fables, retold by bestselling poet and social media star Nikita Gill

A stunningly illustrated gift book of ancient Indian fables, retold by bestselling poet and social-media star Nikita Gill

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A stunningly illustrated gift book of ancient Indian fables, retold by bestselling poet Nikita Gill.

The stories of the Panchatantra have been read aloud and shared for thousands of years, kept alive by generation after generation of storytellers. In this captivating collection of ten animal tales, reimagined with warmth and wit, you'll meet mighty elephants and courageous mice, cunning crocodiles and clever monkeys, talkative tortoises and little lapwing birds. Discover a world of wonder, wisdom, and friendship, of helping others, speaking out, and finding courage.

With vibrant, irresistible colour artwork on every page by Chaaya Prabhat, and sumptuous high-end finishes, including a jacket, foiled cloth binding, and a ribbon marker, this is a timeless gift book for every child to enjoy and treasure.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839944628

Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat
  • Illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 265.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 96

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Classic Fiction Modern Poetry Nikita Gill Penguin Books Series: Nosy Crow Classics

About the Author

Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet with a worldwide fan-base, who has the attention of600,000 Instagram followers for poetrycollections and plays that offer a largely femalereadership the chance to recognise the valueof their own experiences. She has given aTedX Talk, spoken at every major literaryfestival in the U.K., been shortlisted for theGoodreads Choice Award in poetry threetimes and has recently made her first forayinto music having written for AnoushkaShankar's newest single Sister Susannah. Shehas written for or been featured in The NewYork Times, The Times, The Financial Times,The Guardian, Stylist Magazine, TheBookseller, Cosmopolitan, The Times of India,Eastern Eye and many more. Gill has writtensix collections of poetry, and a novel in versewhich highlights Hindu mythology.

Chaaya Prabhat is an illustrator and letteringartist from Chennai, India, currently workingout of Goa. She has worked on a number ofpicture books, including The Culture ofClothes (Templar Publishing), The Best DiwaliEver (Scholastic), Bracelets for Bina's Brothers(Charlesbridge Publishing) and Hide-and-SeekHistory: The Egyptians (Little Tiger Publishing).She's previously worked with several clientssuch as Penguin, Hachette, Facebook andGoogle on digital illustration projects. She haspreviously received awards for her portfolioand projects from Behance and Adobe.

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