Books with author Anushka Ravishankar

A baby elephant is lost and alone in the forest, when a herd of buffaloes come along and take him into their fold - what is he now, and elephant, or a buffalo? This is a joyful tale that touches lightly on the themes of loss, adoption and integration. The happy illustrations and contemporary design and typography combine a graphic feel with the woodcut style of an earlier era. Released as a beautifully produced paperback for the first time, this book has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide and has been translated into eight languages.

"Simple but clever verse and striking imagery give the book a refined aesthetic."—Publishers WeeklyFat cats, brat cats, cats with scowls, and cats with jowls. . . . I Like Cats emerges from the brushstrokes of the best-known tribal and folk artists spanning across various traditions of India. Silk-screen-printed by hand, this is a book for art, cat, and artsy cat lovers!International award-winning author Anushka Ravishankar writes another charming nonsense verse tale, this time about cats, perfect for all ages.

Kind Kiwis Kiss Kangaroos; Lazy Lions Lick Lollipops; Plump Penguins Play Ping Pong...There is no end to the things animals get up to in this quirkily alliterative alphabet book. Anushka Ravishankar's text plays with words: their sounds, rhythms, and meanings, combining into sentences that are syntactically precise, yet managing to conjure up the kind of absurd goings-on guaranteed to tickle every child's imagination. Christiane Pieper's joyful art brings these curious and happy scenes to life - every page in the book is a story in itself.

“Simple but clever verse and striking imagery give the book a refined aesthetic.”—Publishers WeeklyFat cats, brat cats, grinning cats, wigged cats, cats with scowls, and cats with jowls . . .I Like Cats emerges from the brushstrokes of the best-known tribal artists of India. Silkscreen-printed by hand, this book features a gallery of irresistible feline characters across a variety of Indian tribal art traditions.This is a book that will delight cat lovers, art lovers, and artsy cat lovers!Carrying on in the comic verse tradition, the witty and jubilant poetry-tales of Indian writer Anushka Ravishankar are internationally acclaimed, widely translated, and honored with innumerable awards.

Meet the ace detective Captain Coconut, whose great brain can solve any mystery, large or small. In The Case of the Missing Bananas, Captain Coconut finds himself on a slippery trail of peels and numbers. A detective tale that grips the reader's attention with its innovative illustrations and humorous raveling and unraveling of clues and numbers! This is the first book in the Captain Coconut series.

Catch this tigerAs he wanders from shore to field, a scaredy-cat tiger suddenly finds himself up a tree. "Get him! Net him! Tie him tight!" the local villagers say. But once they capture him, the villagers make a surprising decision about what to do with him - and soon the tiger is off and running again. Young readers can follow this simple, spunky adventure through vivacious verse, glowing orange-and-black pictures, and typography that soars right along with the tiger and his pursuers.

A family of eccentric and amiable travellers likes nothing better than to roam and take in the world’s wonders. Their stay-at-home relative receives postcards from them that marvel, complain and worry about what they have seen. This witty collection of bizarre traveller’s tales is enriched by art that is a sophisticated remix of the themes of Indian travel posters.