THAKITTA THARIKITTA BOUNCING BALL
Rhythmic text that bounces along
Thakitta tharikitta Bouncing Ball. Those are Indian dance words used to describe the ball that bounces through the pages. It is the adventures of the ball as it travels to many places, and the adventure of the boy who lost it after the first bounce.
I drew fast paced illustrations to keep time with the text's rhythm. Happily distorted figures to suit the dynamics of dance! Also included little figures along the bottom of each page, a kind of visual allusion to musical notes. The best picture books happen when text and visuals dance in harmony, as they do here. Text and picture should be complementary, not confrontational or repetitive. The former is disturbing while the latter is boring. And the child should have a good time with the book, that's paramount!
This book was originally written in Malayalam by Jacob Samson Muttada but it has been translated so wonderfully to English and many other languages!
Best read aloud to the little members of your family or class.
I have illustrated about 20 books for Tulika, and this book is one of my favourites. I illustrated the pictures using ArtRage, a software that gives pictures a remarkably hand-done effect. And a digital tablet, of course.
More of my books :)
THAKITTA THARIKITTA BOUNCING BALL
originally in Malayalam by Jacob Samson Muttada
Illustrations Ashok Rajagopalan
16 pages, 6.75” x 9”,full colour, soft cover, for 3 years and above
Available in English and
Hindi
Tamil
Malayalam
Kannada
Telugu
Bangla