One of our efforts to bring engaging stories at affordable rates, and improve Telugu reading skills is ‘Pustakalato Sneham‘ series.
The books are organised in colour-coded levels, and are aimed at different reading levels. The series currently has 10 sets, with 5 or 10 books in each set.
Manchi Pustakam’s collaboration with Telugu Association of North America (TANA) began in 2017, with a common intent to encourage children reading in Telugu. The approach we took was to have an open invite for original writings in Telugu, and have a panel select the most appealing entries.
We celebrated Children’s Day in 2021 with the release of the prize winning books. They included ten picture stories for children below 10 years, and five novels for children above 10 years.
Weekly column by Suresh Kosaraju (of Manchi Pustakam), featured on TelupuTV, that ran for 19 weeks.
Article publish date: 19th October, 2021
Picture credit: TelupuTV
Each week introduced a new book that had been translated into Telugu. Genres included novels, sustainable agriculture, adolescent health and wellbeing, education reform, and philosophy. The columns often included a brief description of the book, parts that resonated with the columnist, what made the book unique, inspiring behind-the-scenes tidbits and more.
Cover page, Parusavedi (a Telugu translation of Paulo Coelho’s best-selling The Alchemist)
Cover page, Singaravva
Email from 2009, from the author of The Missing Rose. Translating The Alchemist brought forward this new opportunity. It resulted in the Telugu novel, Oka Roja Kosam
Release of Koumara Vayassu Baalalato Muchhatlu in the presence of Kamla Bhasin garu was an honour.
Manchi Pustakam mentioned in the article about the children’s book ‘Waiting for Turtles‘.
Article publish date: 3rd September, 2021
It is the story of Samrat who accompanies his mother to a small island in the Andamans, hoping to see nesting turtles. The book aims to raise awareness about Green sea turtles, through the events unfolding on the eco-sensitive Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Picture credit: ONmanorama.com
The article mentions translation of this book into Telugu, by Manchi Pustakam. Read the full article here.
Inside look: Tabella Kosam Eduru Choostu…
Cover: Tabella Kosam Eduru Choostu…
Appealing not just to the environmentally conscious, ‘Waiting For Turtles’ is authored by Pankaj Sekhsaria. It features mesmerising illustrations by Vipin Sketchplore, and has been published by Karadi Tales.
2003లో మొట్టమొదటసారి హైదరాబాదు పుస్తక ప్రదర్శనలో ‘పుస్తకాలతో స్నేహం’ పేరుతో పాల్గొన్నప్పుడు అందుబాటులోకి తెచ్చిన పుస్తకాలను ఇలా జాబితాగా ప్రచురించాం. రెండవ పేజీలో ఇందుకు వివిధ రకాలుగా సహకరించిన వాళ్ల పేర్లు అన్నీ ఉన్నాయి. విషయ సూచిక, ముందు మాట మిగిలిన విషయాలను వివరిస్తాయి.
Manchi Pustakam is our go-to place for well thought out, neatly put together, affordable children's books, especially in Telugu. The collection of books is vast, and is renewed regularly with new books with different themes. It is always a pleasure to visit Manchi Pustakam office or their stall at book exhibitions. Thank you to Bhagyalakshmi garu and Suresh garu for this selfless service for children and the language.
Srihari D
31/10/2023
Good books r available for children
Aruna Chaparala
09/09/2023
Very Humbling to have met them
Shyam karri
09/08/2023
Knowledge heaven
Gulam Hussain Zaman
01/08/2023
Suresh Reddy
04/07/2023
Good books. Inexpensive.
S S
11/04/2023
our amma, padmini, was a big fan of manchi pusthakam all her life. she got us several russian children's books when we growing up in the 80s. manchi pusthakam fills the void with the tiny ukranian tales that they practically give away for free (at rs. 20 or less a book in year 2023!). she'd also cherish seeing bhagyalakshmi gaaru and suresh gaaru at manchi pusthakam stalls at book exhibitions in bezawada and vizag. thank you for continuing to be a joyful resource for kids books!
Ajantha -
05/04/2023
Compassionate book publisher. Making the books available economically to masses. These books are not available in regular book stores