This cool-cool book came hot off the press and landed in the hands of little children everywhere in dots and waves, swirls and curls in rich orange patterns – because it’s Henna on my Hands! From away in UAE, author Fawzia Gilani-Williams gently read the beautifully decorative book to children who then traced their hands on paper and filled them with their own designs – flowers and butterflies, squares and triangles... Get a copy today and design away!

Guthli swings into the White Ravens catalogue!

On an ordinary Thursday afternoon, we received the extraordinary news that one of our picture books has made it to the prestigious 2020 White Ravens catalogue! Which book? Guthli has Wings, written and illustrated by Kanak Shashi! As the language specialists at White Ravens say, “This premium label is given to books of international interest that deserve a wider reception on account of their universal theme and/or their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design.” Here’s to embracing fluid identities!

'Emerged' a winner!

The celebrations continue... the amazingly inspirational life of India’s genius mathematician as told by Priya Narayanan and illustrated by Satwik Gade in Srinivasa Ramanujan: Friend of Numbers won the 2020 Neev Book Awards in the Emerging Readers category! The jury said "Together with the illustrations, this powerful book is a rendering of his struggles and successes balanced with facts and figures from his work and life. The images will especially appeal to emerging readers as they are introduced to a force to reckon with in the world of mathematics." Yay! Available at an awe-sum price this month.

A warm shoutout to Ammama's Sari and The Gular Flower that were nominated in the Picture Book category.

Well, Ramanujan found friends in numbers and we’re looking for some in our book community! Do you love reading children’s stories? Giggling or marvelling over the illustrations? Can’t stop talking about them? Here’s what you can do. Our fantastic Friend of Tulika programme offers a chance to sell books within your group, through storytelling sessions or as an influencer on social media, and interact with like-minded book lovers. Interested? Read up, sign up, tie up!

“The Indianness is refreshing after all the foreign-only options on the internet.”
“We love the names, the sfx, the pace of the narration… Delightful mornings every day!”

We even had a young Chennai dad stop by the Tulika Bookstore to pick a pack of his six-month-old's favourites – that she has been listening to on a loop!
Yes, seven episodes into our podcast Talking Tales from Tulika, and we have an overwhelming response! Available in English, Hindi and Tamil, these bite-sized episodes with different themes, stories and songs have become a part of children’s everyday lives, especially at a time when providing them with quality entertainment isn’t always easy. Tune in with just a few taps on your phone. And don’t miss our Behind-the-Scenes shots!

The World Wide Web takes stories far and wide but brings us so much closer. Animator-filmmaker Nina Sabnani's award-winning film, Hum Chitra Banate Hai, was showcased at the popular Muse Charity event in Japan! This is the same film that inspired our stunning picture book, A Bhil Story – see it to Bhil-ieve it!

Books are always in season and for that reason here’s 15% off all our books! Choose our packs or choose in singles – choose to your cart’s content!