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Article> ONmanorama

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.

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The article mentions translation of this book into Telugu, by Manchi Pustakam. Read the full article here.

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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.

Find ‘Tabella Kosam Eduru Choostu…’ on our website here.

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Interview> The New Indian Express edexlive

Our interview with edexlive, which is the higher education and youth news website of The New Indian Express.

Article publish date: 1st September, 2021

This day featured a memorable photoshoot – thanks to Mr. S Senbagapandiyan! Read full article here.

Article by Ms. Seema Rajpal. Pic: Mr. S. Senbagapandiyan

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In this spread, you can find books from our categories of Picture Stories, Science books and children’s Novels.

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Inside our office & store.

An excerpt from the article:

On a sailing ship, when an in-house monkey flees after taking a boy’s hat, it leaves it on one of the spokes of the ship jutting out towards the sea. In an attempt to retrieve the hat, the boy falls down only to be rescued later by one of the sailors.

The above story is a supremely abridged version of a story penned by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, specifically for children. The book we hold in our hand is called L Tolstoy: Stories for Children and is perhaps the first Telugu edition of it. “Tolstoy, while translating Aesop’s Fables, famously trimmed out all those lines alluding to the moral of the story. What lesson they wanted to learn from the story, or not, was left to the children,” says the very knowledgeable Suresh, who has a personal collection of about 150 children’s books from the Soviet Era from publishers like Raduga Publishers and Progress Publishers.

The beloved ‘Tolstoy Balala Kathalu’ – is currently on it’s 8th reprint!

Browse our Soviet Children’s Books tag for more.