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The great Indian epic, retold from the perspective of a twelve year old. Samhita's version is bold and unorthodox in its depiction of characters, and in the critical tone it adopts towards the epic's main theme: war. This best-selling book offers children and adults a fresh perspective on a timeless classic.

A tribute to the Seed, the basis of all life. Linked by short concise essays, four distinct paper forms explore a diverse set of themes: each designed to capture a particular aspect of the cosmos contained in a seed.

Letters and words take the form of the images they describe in this zany book, guiding the reader through a fluid visual space where the words become puzzles. I Want to Be brings together joyful nonsense verse and brilliant typography to play with meaning, reflecting a child's delight in the overturning of logic.

Amazingly off-beat, feisty, fashionable, fun-loving and self-assured... the women that young artist Sangita Jogi conjures up in her imagination are incredible. Playfully balancing the limits of her life as a woman with the freedom of her imagination as an artist, this book leaves the reader with a felt sense of the radical potential of art.

Ideas Methods Process.

A funny and rhyming cat story with stunning, expressive art in the Warli style. Silkscreen-printed on handmade paper.

A haunting parable of love and destiny, printed and bound by hand, and illustrated in the delicate and ornamental Patachitra tradition of Orissa in eastern India.

In the light of continuing debates on Indian women's mobility and choices, young Mithila painter from Bihar, India, Amrita Das offers a disarmingly fresh perspective on being female and an artist in the making.

The ways in which the great Mexican artist is kept alive in popular memory through countless souvenirs, images and mementos is unprecedented in the world of art... did Frida herself lay some of these trails?

People from the Rathwa tribe in Gujarat create a ritual wall painting as a way of worshipping their gods. To paint is to mirror - and honour - creation. This sophisticated conception of the transformative power of art has been turned into a deceptively simple children's tale, featuring a fold-out Pithora painting.

Activity book introducing Indian art traditions, showing how art is as much about the imagination as it is about depiction.

A retelling of traditional Gond tales about the tiger, illustrated with richly symbolic art - capturing not only the mythic and iconic status of the great beast, but also a time, place and relationship that is lost to us.

Zany artist Koki Oguma loves to wander around his neighbourhood in Tokyo, watching people go about their business and doodling their stories. What happens when a timid barber sees a moustache too magnificent to cut? Hmm... read the story and find out!

"Did we take more than our due?" Weaving his tale around a Gond fable about water, artist Subash Vyam muses on the history of our relationship to this most primeval of elements.

Trace, flip and bring each animal in this book face to face with his or her twin... What happens next? That's entirely up to you!

This unusual art activity book featuring fish introduces children to a variety of Indian art traditions.

African-American griot retells the Brer Rabbit tales, reclaiming them from their discredited ideology; comes with a music CD/download code

“Where’s my bear?” asks a little girl as soon as she comes home from school. But... he’s missing! Where could he be? So she sets off to find him, knocking on the door of each apartment in her building. As she climbs higher and higher, she meets all kinds of people, makes a lot of new friends, and sees some strange sights… but what about her bear? Will she find him?A child’s quest turns into a wonderful adventure that literally unfolds, step by step, into a building full of life. Knock! Knock! is book architecture at its inspired best.

A book sure to delight cat lovers, art lovers and artsy cat lovers!

Through tracing, patterning and coloring the elephants, this book introduces children to a variety of Indian art traditions.

Hailed as a book that reverses the anthropological gaze, 'The London Jungle Book' is the personal story of Indian tribal artist Bhajju Shyam's first encounter with a western city. Revised & fully updated to mark the 10th anniversary of that momentous journey, Bhajju's rich art and poignant reflections are as relevant today as they ever were.