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katha north east library<br />
Pub: 2005 | pp. 32 | 8.25”X6”<br />
ISBN 81-89020-37-8 [p b] [e n g] | Rs 80<br />
ISBN 81-89020-81-1 [p b] [h i n d i] | Rs 80<br />
World Rights: <strong>KATHA</strong><br />
Once Upon a Moontime<br />
The Story of Shangmiyang<br />
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya<br />
Art by Suddhasattwa Basu<br />
A little book about the gentle, BIG giant who sneezed up a<br />
storm ... A visual delight for children, superbly illustrated by<br />
Suddhasattwa Basu.<br />
This story is excerpted and retold from Yaruingam, a novel<br />
by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya, eminent Asomiya writer<br />
and winner of several prestigious national awards like the<br />
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 and the Jnanpith Award in<br />
1979.<br />
Presented by Mamang Dai<br />
Art by Nimret Handa<br />
Two brothers create the world; a river wanders over the<br />
mountain; the dove sings a lullaby; a wayward sun tries<br />
to scorch the earth. Four delightful tales from Arunachal<br />
Pradesh on how the world came to be.<br />
Each page of the story has delightful and beautiful life-like illustrations<br />
which grab your attention and transport you to an era gone by. A magical<br />
world about which we had only imagined unfolds in front of our eyes as we<br />
read each story ...<br />
— The Pioneer<br />
The colours add to the mood and highlight the magic of the drawings.<br />
— Young World<br />
Pub: 2005 | pp. 32 | 8.25” x 6”<br />
ISBN 81-89020-34-X [p b] [e n g] | Rs 80<br />
ISBN 81-89020-83-5 [p b] [h i n d i] | Rs 80<br />
World Rights: <strong>KATHA</strong><br />
Pub: 2005 | pp. 32 | 8.25”X6”<br />
ISBN 978-81-89020-32-3 [p b] [e n g] | Rs 80<br />
ISBN 81-89020-82-X [p b] [h i n d i] | Rs 80<br />
World Rights: <strong>KATHA</strong><br />
The Sky Queen<br />
Mamang Dai<br />
Art by Srivi<br />
The clouds form her silken white robes. Her sweat and<br />
tears are the running water and rain. Her voice rings out<br />
in the sweet songs of the birds and humming insects. She<br />
is Nyanyi Myete of the lovely, ever-changing natural world,<br />
the glorious celestial aunt of the Kojum-Koja.<br />
A superb retelling of an age-old classic folk tale from<br />
Arunachal Pradesh.<br />
U Sier Lapalang<br />
A Khasi tale<br />
retold by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih<br />
Art by Maya Ramaswamy<br />
Lapalang is a young deer in love with adventure. One day<br />
he sets off in search of something different. Not heeding<br />
his mother’s words, not listening to the voice inside him.<br />
Beware! Beware of the land of the humans ...<br />
The tragic and unforgettable story of U Sier Lapalang is told<br />
and retold in the cloud land of Meghalaya. Katha is proud<br />
to bring this classic to you and your family in a beautifullyworded<br />
translation.<br />
The sad and unforgettable story of U Sier Lapalang is told in the cloud<br />
land of Meghalaya. It is the story of Lapalang, a young deer in love with<br />
adventure ...<br />
— The Hindu<br />
What strikes us most about Mamang Dai’s The Sky Queen is its bright<br />
colourful illustrations that are sprawled across the 30 odd pages of the book.<br />
— The New Indian Express<br />
Pub: 2005 | pp. 32 | 8.25” x 6”<br />
ISBN 81-89020-31-5 [p b] [e n g] | Rs 75<br />
ISBN 978-81-89020-79-8 [p b] [h i n d i] | Rs 95<br />
World Rights: <strong>KATHA</strong><br />
katha north east library
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