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Poetry on a Pushcart
If you live in Hyderabad, look out for a pushcart that has something for poetry lovers in the city.Rahul M tells us more about this pushcart and the owner on Scroll.in :“Let me sell books on a...
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Id Lee and Chil Lee - Ranjani S Shares a Story for the #6FrameStoryChallenge
The Chil Lee monster is in town and is creating a big powder cyclone. A dragon in a veshti rushes to do some damage control and he has a secret weapon. What happens next? Scroll down to find out. When...
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"The First Time I Have Completed So Many Illustrations in Such Little Time"-...
Shikha Nambiar's entry for the #6FrameStoryChallenge is aptly titled, "Finding the Stars." It took us all of one glimpse of her frames to get whisked away into her magical world of boat rides at dusk...
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The Dream - Aritra Roy's Story for the #6FrameStoryChallenge
The #6FrameStoryChallenge has led to the birth of a bunch of really adventurous and fun-loving bears! Aritra Roy's bear is eager to go up to the leaning tower of Pisa and is determined to get there...
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The Birthday Surprise - Vaishali Chudasama's Story for the #6FrameStoryChallenge
The protagonist this time round is not a dragon or a dinosaur- it's a grasshopper! Doesn't Vaishali Chudasama's story have a nice, holiday feel to it? We are impressed with her simple yet vivid strokes...
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#MathinIndia
Our friends at Akshara Foundation are hosting a campaign called #MathinIndia. The Akshara team tells us more :Did you know that only 25.3% of children in Std III can do two digit subtraction or that...
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Changes - Sharanya Kunnath's Story for the #6FrameStoryChallenge
Vulture is one of those neglected words from our Word Wishlist and so we're really thrilled that it has pecked its way into Sharanya's 6-frame story. Sharanya is interested in spirituality, theology...
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"It Was a Challenging Treat to My Imagination" : Priya Manikandan's on the...
Priya Manikandan's story for the #6FrameStoryChallenge is about a curious little girl who loves reading books. Priya says that the little girl is gifted with an extraordinary visualizing capacity which...
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The Little Women in Our Books
Our editor Mala Kumar shares a post about the little (and not so little) women in our books :At Pratham Books, we love children - and that you already know! We love the women who allow kids to be kids...
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Milan Nayak's Cartoony Take for the #6FrameStoryChallenge
As we reach closer to the date of announcing the winners for the #6FrameStoryChallenge, we can't help but rejoice at the sheer diversity we have seen for this challenge. We've seen a few cartoony...
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I Wish for Fish - Delwyn Remedios' Heartwarming Tale for the...
Don't we all love birthdays? Delwyn Remedios's delightfully heartwarming tale, "I wish for fish", traces a little birthday adventure of a bear and his zookeeper buddy. Scroll down and see for yourself-...
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Geetanjali B's Simple Black and White Tale for the #6FrameStoryChallenge
Just when we said that the we hadn't seen a 'vulture' (from the word wishlist) appear in many of the narratives for the #6FrameStoryChallenge, we received Geetanjali's story which featured this...
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"Challenging, Exciting & Cartharic!" : #6FrameStoryChallenge Entry by Ambica...
What we loved most about the #6FrameStoryChallenge was the disparate nature of the entries we received. People of varied ages and backgrounds submitted entries-ranging from mother-son/daughter duos,...
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The Fisherman's Umbrella - Shailja Jain Chougule's Story for the...
From 'Marchesa Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo' by Anthonis van Dyck (1623) and 'Japanese Girl Jumps' by Suzuki Harunobu (1750) to 'A portrait of umbrella (children without a roof on their head take shelter...
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The Girl Who Flew Away : Chitra Chandrashekhar's Story for the...
Chitra Chandrashekhar sent us a quote along with her story and the quote sums up the essence of her story :“If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children.”While...
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Nikita Modi's Kaleidoscopic Story for the #6FrameStoryChallenge
Red, blue, yellow and every colour in betweenit is colours that paint our lives and fills us with joy,If we take time to look around us,we will see beauty in the simplest things.The ordinary becomes...
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Weapon of Mass Instruction : A Tank That Delivers Free Books
There are times when you come across some crazy projects - so crazy that they are so AWESOME! Artist Raul Lemesoff has created a bookmobile that delivers free book. Imagine seeing one of these roaming...
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The Tall Cranes of Falmouth Shore : David Knight's Story for the...
Looks like many illustrators found out about the #6FrameStoryChallenge quite late but many of the illustrators enjoyed working till the last minute (which was evident by the mails that were pouring...
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"Time Just Flew By" - Geetali Tare on the #6FrameStoryChallenge
Geetali Tare's entry was one that came in by snail mail. A handwritten note came attached with her story and we were pleasantly surprised to see a second story come in too. Jump right in to see the two...
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That's What Friends Are For - Nilomee Jesrani's Story for the...
For the past one and a half months, our blog has been exploding with colours, illustrations and a whole lot of inspiration (all thanks to the participants of the #6FrameStoryChallenge). We have finally...
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