My books: Sunu-Sunu Snail - Storm in the Garden
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A book from Tulika Publishers, India
Sunu-sunu snail
STORM IN THE GARDEN
by Sandhya Rao, art Ashok Rajagopalan
24 pages, 6.75” x 9”, full colour, soft cover, for 3-6 years
Rs 70.00 (within India) US$ 4.00 (outside India)
Available at many online bookstores and at the Tulika Publishers site.
Storm from a snail's perspective
Sunu-sunu the snail and his friends, the ants play in the garden when they are startled by an approaching storm. Sunu-sunu hurries home to his mother lest she worries. He relates what happened - the lightning, the thunder, wind and rain from his own perspective. The author, Sandhya Rao, has used unique 'sound-words' that increase the fun, mood and drama.
My pictures dance to the rhythm of the text, creating a harmonious invitation to the story. The media I employed were watercolours, pencils and a bit of fun!
Available in English and:
Tamil
Hindi
Malayalam
Kannada
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarati
- The Hindu
A review of Sunu-sunu in a leading Indian daily.
A secret bonus!
There's a little element I added to the cover design to make the book more fun. If you stand the book with covers folded in as shown in the photo, you get an almost three-dimensional corner of the wall the snail travels along. I remembered how I used to not just read, but also play with my books, and wanted to add a bonus to readers who do that.
You can use the book as a garden corner backdrop when playing with toys. Have fun, readers!
Tulika is a publishing house based in India and produces quality books for children of all ages. In their own words:
"Our focus is to give children images of India we would like them to grow up with; images that go on to show how all parts of this world come together to make it a diverse and dynamic whole, a changing yet changeless continuum. Tulika's publishing programme, therefore, involves and draws inspiration from writers and illustrators sensitive to these issues."
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Another pic book I did, please take a look!
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Comments
Good Morning, Isabella! Oh, wow, that was fast! Thank you for calling my book gorgeous! And for the wishes! :D
it looks great! nice work. I have a 6 year old sister and she loves books with beautiful drawings
Kenny! Congratulations on a fabulous looking story book. Can you tell me when will it be available in Canada, or do you know yet? I hope before Christmas. My sidekicks are almost three and just over six.
Congrats again
regards Zsuzsy
Thank you Ulises, I am still a 6 year old that way: I love books with beautiful drawings too!
Fabulous drawings Kenny!
Zsuzsy, delighted to hear that your sidekicks would like the book! This book was published in 2001 or so, and can be ordered from tulikabooks.com and other online stores like biblio.com. I asked Tulika, but they don't have a physical presence in Canada.
Thanks a heap!
Thank you, Charlotte!
Hapy to hear that your Books are also in Malayalam. I am a Malayali Great person you are Kenny
Regards
Sukritha, almost all of Tulika's books are available in many Indian languages. They do great service to children's literature that way.
Thank you very much for the appreciation and regards!
excellent work, I also write childrens books but cannot find an illustrator so they sit on my desk.
Trakker, thank you for the appreciation.
Please take your manuscripts to publishers.
A writer can approach pubishers without illustrations as most
publishers would like to commision illustrations from their own panel.
You have vivid imaginations and that is a gift!
Cheryl, thank you again!
Good-day Kenny, I just want to echo the comments above;)
You are a very talented young. i wonder, Have you done any TV work? I think you could bring your stories/education to life within that media Film/cartoon/docu! That's if you haven't already!
;)
Good day, Compu-smart!
Thank you, but no, not so far: maybe someone will do it soon, as you kindly wish!
Fingers crossed;)
Yes, touch wood!
Hi Kenny,
Serious Question.
Have you any copies left to sell.I would love to promote them Please.
Let me know if you are interested. I have sold books throughout the world and to many countries.
I want yours, please.
Frank, that's a commited compliment! Thank you. The publisher reprints the book every year. I'll ask them if you are interested. I'll email you details too. Great show!
Your book looks absolutly charming-- glad I found this.
The book and illustrations are sure to be a big success. I like the gentle, though vibrant tones of colors.
Sorry, friends was away and saw the comments only today.
Thank you, Rochelle, you are very kind. You make me feel so proud! :)
Patty, how are you? Thanks. The book is a success. You are gentle and vibrant, and colourful too, so no surprise a comment like that! :)
Isabella Snow says:
2 years ago
Kenny! It's gorgeous! Very nice! Wishing y'all many sales! :)