Panna - The Lonely Ducking
Panna
– The Lonely Duckling: Near a beautiful lake in a Himalayan
village, Asha finds a duck’s egg left by the migratory ducks. She
takes it home. A lovely duckling with a brilliant green neck hatches
out from it. She names it Panna, meaning emerald.
The
duckling remains lonely, as all the ducks have flown away.
The
story lurks between the struggle to keep the lake clean so that the
ducks could
return
to the lake and the picnickers leaving the place dirty. Asha gets
into action for
her
Panna.
Could
Asha succeed in her plans? Could Panna find its family?
There
exist constant images of habitual pollution, impact of pollution and
suggests
ways
to combat pollution. The message can be, easily, absorbed by very
young readers. The
suggestion
weaves itself into the story which remains the story of a lonely
duckling throughout and the duckling jumps out of the book as an
adorable pet.
Pictures
paint the word and the adorable duckling in vivacious colors. The
background of the Himalayan scenery is soothing in soft hues of the
colors of nature, where the Asha, Panna and other characters lift the
pages painted in dashing pastels. The total effect is comfortingly
gorgeous.
Gabbu's
Trunk: Little Gabbu is an adorable little elephant with a long
trunk. Accidentally, he steps
On
his long trunk. Ow! Quickly he puts it in his mouth and sucked.‘Suck!
Suck! Suck!
He
liked it. His eyes shone and ears glowed. He began to get funny
ideas.
He
wanted to tickle and tease.’ Thus begin a series on naughty
happenings, tantrums of Gabbu’s brother Dumdum and admonishing from
elders. The story leads to the marriage party of parrots, band,
dancing and more trouble. There is fun, frolic and terror from fire.
But Little Gabbu emerges a
winner,
his mother’s delight.
A
mixture of action, amusement and amity delivers Gabbu as a joyful pet
to the young reader. Gabbu charms with light hearted mischief and
humor. At the same time it finds its place in the heart of the
reader. The language is as simple as the tale, the situations
electrifying and the locale exotic where a variety of animals bear,
monkey, parrots and jackal add to the excitement.
The
success of a picture book depends upon the artist’s genius, style
and masterstrokes. Only a competent illustrator lends imaginative
heights to words. This book is a dream for children.
The
Road to Peace: Twenty–two
challenging pathways to peace and friendship.. the way is daunting
through thorny terrain that traverses time, people and places, but
the goal is always the same – PEACE.
On
this road to peace meet little Guido who awaits the Golden Palki
excitedly, the murderous Jugal Ghosh who has a change of heart and
Lobsang and Norbu who catch the mystical blackbuck
and find a friend.. Amber and Vir make a solemn promise, while it's
never too late to say sorry for Colonel Prakash. Bloody Wars, Peace
meets, Quarreling parents, Riots and Kite flying – a colorful
mosaic of stories written by eminent writers for children.
Tales
for Tiny Tots: Tales for Tiny Tots is a set of two story books.
The books, as the name
Suggests,
are meant exclusively for those who are in their nascent stage of
reading. It is a collection of forty-four very short stories. Each
story is of about 40 to 50 words and is supplemented with a
fascinating illustration.
Besides
colorful and amusing animals, even the common items and objects which
a child encounters in his daily life, take shape of the various
characters of the stories.
Who
would ever think that children’s Christmas books could feature a
duck?
But indeed they can, as demonstrated by Ira
Saxena
And why not? A unique take on the holiday spirit, Radical
Books
also does the illustrations, which will give children hours of fun,
from big duck
faces to the completely different setting—desert and no snow. It
would be no surprise if this became a tale read every year, multiple
times.
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