Books published by publisher OM BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Classic stories and fairy tales go hand in hand with a child’s growing up years. However, in this age of comic books, the classics are gradually finding less and less takers. Keeping this in mind we have selected 24 such all time favourite classics and translated them into graphic format. While remaining faithful to the original plot, these stories contain neat, pithy text and vivid, colourful graphics that make reading a pleasure.Children as well as adolescents will find this series to be a fascinating read, and it can help your child to make the ascension from cartoons to the classics.

Rabindranath Tagore, like Chaucer's forerunners, writes music for his words, and one understands at every momentthat he is so abundant, so spontaneous, so daring in his passion, so full of surprise, because he is doing something which has never seemed strange, unnatural, or in need of defence. He is an exponent of the Bengal Renaissance, was a polymath who not only reformed Bengali literature and music, but also combined Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the 19th and 20th centuries. He also won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali, a profound collection of songs he authored. Also called the "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore's poetry is both spiritual and effervescent. Along with a writer, Tagore was a humanist, and belived in universal internationalism. He was an ardent supporter of India's freedom from the colonial regime. Other seminal works by him include Gora and Ghare-Baire, while he also wrote plays like Visarjan, Chandalika, and The Post Office. Tagore is also responsible for the composition of the national anthems of India and Bangladesh, and is said to have inspired Sri Lanka's national anthem as well. He passed away in 1941.

Oliver Twist is a story of a young orphan, Oliver, and his attemptsto stay good in a depraved society. The book exposes the miseriesof poverty and its degrading effects through society. Oliverembodies innocence and incorruptibility. He was born and raisedin a workhouse, then forced to live with a group of petty criminalsand finally was adopted by a generous old man to live with himhappily. He faces many obstacles and lives through many horrorsthroughout the novel.The cruelty of institutions and bureaucracies towards theunfortunate is perhaps the pre-eminent theme of the book, andessentially what makes it a social novel. Like a true Dickensiannarrative, the dichotomy between Good and Evil are very clearlymarked out. The story with many twists and turns keeps thereader engaged and imparts hope that benevolence can overcomeand depravity.

After losing his father, David Balfour sets out to meet his uncle with a letter in hand. His uncle turns out to be a cunning and miserly man. He conspires to take away David’s inheritance. No sooner, the young and trusting David gets kidnapped on a slave ship.Will the amazingly unlucky David succeed to claim his destiny?Set in 18th century Scotland, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped is the story of David’s struggle to claim his inheritance and find his place in the world. This timeless classic has it all: shipwrecks, crime, suspense, danger, adventure...even murder.

A fastidious Englishman, Phileas Fogg, puts his life’s savings at stake,claiming he can travel around the world in just eighty days.Thus begins his fantastic journey, full of excitement and a great dealof risk. Phileas Fogg and his servant, Passepartout visit many foreignlands, exotic and beautiful.Amidst all the excitement is a case of mistaken identity, which has aScotland Yard detective hot at their heels!Will Phileas Fogg lose the bet? Will he be put behind bars forrobbing a bank? Read on to find out.

These Buddhist parables, tell tales of Buddha in his previous lives, when he was called the Bodhisattva or Buddha-to-be. His incarnations included animals as well as humans. These stories reflect the travails and experiences that Buddha had to go through to attain enlightenment. The stories carry deeply profound esoteric messages. The evocative illustrations compliment the lucid text, making the book a must-have in any library.