Any and all creative pursuits are subject to censorship and judgement. Should they be? 

In the last episode of Season 1 of The Little Book Makers, Devika Rangachari and Sowmya Rajendran discuss censorship, gate-keeping, and covering taboo topics in children's literature.

Both of them are acclaimed authors who have written bold books for children. Devika is the author of one of our books - A Hundred Cartloads - and has also authored a series of historical fiction books including Queen of Ice, Queen of Earth, and Queen of Fire among others. Sowmya has authored the wildly popular Mayil books, along with Niveditha Subramaniam, and has received the Sahitya Akademi's Bal Sahitya Puraskar. She has also written School is Cool and The Boy Who Asked Why among many other books.

Reporting is significantly different from writing a piece of fiction. Although both require skill, the expected products in these genres of writing are nowhere close. How, then, did reporters from PARI (People's Archive of Rural India) write the chapter books we published in 2020?

In this episode of The Little Book Makers, Aparna Karthikeyan (No Nonsense Nandhini) and Vishaka George (House of Uncommons), authors of two books from the series, talk about journalistic writing and fictionalising real life. 

Get the entire PARI Series as a box set here - https://www.karaditales.com/catalogue/combos/the-pari-series-complete-collection/

A whole generation of children has grown up listening to Karadi Rhymes, rendered to perfection by Usha Uthup. With her warm personality and one-of-a-kind voice, she has enraptured us all with her effervescent voice!

In this episode of The Little Book Makers, listen to an animated conversation between our Publishing Director, Shobha Viswanath, and the legendary singer, Usha Uthup, who opens up on working with Karadi Tales and the importance of touching the lives of children, through music! 

You can buy your copy of the Karadi Rhymes audiobooks and picture books here – www.karaditales.com/shop.

In this episode of The Little Book Makers, our illustrators and renowned animators Chetan Sharma and Vaibhav Kumaresh talk about their processes of illustrating and animating, focussing on the difference between illustrating for children’s books and animation for children, their inspirations, and advice for up-and-comers in the field of art.

Chetan Sharma is Co-Founder and Director of the animation studio, Animagic. He’s illustrated many Karadi Tales books including The Monkey King (which he did when he was just 19!), The Lion's Feast, The Tallest Tale and Truth about the Tooth.

Vaibhav is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and the Founder and Director of Vaibhav Studios. A graduate of the NID, he’s the Honorary Secretary of The Animation Society of India (TASI).

Check out their books here – www.karaditales.com/shop

Listen to a hilarious conversation between two of the most recognisable names in the Indian publishing world - Anushka Ravishankar and Samit Basu - where they discuss the use of humour in children's literature, different kinds of humour, and various incidents where their humour was not very well-received! They also read some humourous writing of their own!

Anushka Ravishankar is the co-founder of Duckbill books and has written numerous books for children including 5 books for Karadi Tales. Samit Basu is a novelist and filmmaker and writes for both children and adults. 

Check out their books here - www.karaditales.com/shop. 

For our first episode, who else could we have on but our first-ever voice of Karadi the Bear! Naseeruddin Shah's brilliant voice breathed life into Karadi 25 years ago which led to thousands of children, across more than one generation, falling in love with Karadi's audiobooks. Full of zeal, our first narrator helped us kick-start a journey of a lifetime, turning Karadi into a common household name.

Karadi Tales' Publishing Director, Shobha Viswanath, talks to Naseeruddin Shah about his journey as an actor, the books he read as a child and how he got into the role of everyone's favourite storytelling bear!

To check out audiobooks narrated by him, visit www.karaditales.com/shop.

For the past 25 years, Karadi Tales has been one of India's leading children's publishers. Several of our titles have won awards and recognition internationally and have been translated into numerous languages around the world. Over the years, Karadi has explored many different formats - audiobooks, picture books, animated books, and even a movie! Now Karadi is on a brand new venture.

Presenting The Little Book Makers. 

A series of conversations between some of the most prominent names in Indian children's publishing including authors, illustrators, animators, and more. Get a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of your favourite children's books!

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