This document provides summaries of 8 forthcoming children's books being published by Tulika in 2012. The books cover a range of topics from a little monkey who prefers to run on earth rather than float in the sky, to photographs capturing the vast sky and tiny worms, to a story about a monkey who saves a banyan tree from being cut down. The last summary is about a bird-themed sequel involving games to determine the fastest fliers and divers.
2. THE SKY MONKEYS BEARD
Sky monkeys like nothing better
than to float for hours on their backs.
But what happens when a little sky
monkey discovers she prefers to run
about on earth?
3. WHY PAPLOO WAS PERPLEXED
Little Paploo has many questions
about the world and everything else
why this, why that, why not, why now.
And then he makes an important
discovery.
4. THE KITE TREE
The Kite tree changes. . . Its leaves fall,
they grow back, flowers appear and it
hums with life. But thats not all. It
comes up with an unexpected surprise!
Text and pictures celebrate the seasons
and the special surprises they spring!
5. MONDAY TO SUNDAY
On each day of the week Mani likes to
become a different animal. On Monday
he is a monkey, on Tuesday a crocodile,
on Wednesday A days-of-the-week-
book that gives a real ride to the
imagination!
7. MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS
My Facebook Friends colourfully maps
diverse lives and stories from all over
the world. With an appeal that cuts
across countries, the book draws from
the ubiquitous social network media
which young people everywhere relate
to instantly.
8. WHEN ALI BECAME BAJRANGBALI
Mr Moochhvaala and his mechanical
monsters are going to cut down Bargad
chawl, the banyan tree. Its residents are
worried. Ali, the monkey swings into
action in a story that evokes the ancient
visual concept of the Kalpavriksh, and
the connectedness of all living things.
9. THE GREAT BIRDYWOOD GAMES
In this sequel to Birdywood Buzz, the
bird world is all agog because The
Games are on! Who is the fastest
flier? Who is the fastest diver? No
matter who the best, the rest have
loads of fun.