Aai and I
by Mamta Nainy and Sanket Pethkar
Description
Aadya looks just like her mother (Aai)—same little nose, same delicate ears, same big eyes, and identical thick, long hair. But one day, Aai goes away to a big hospital with a promise to return before Aadya learns her next Math lesson. The long-awaited return shocks Aadya because now her mother looks completely unlike her. She wonders if Aai will ever greet her with her usual, cheery, ‘Hello! Mini-me.’ Or will Aadya have to take matters into her own hands just to hear that again?
With lyrical prose and a tender touch, Aai and I is an empowering story of the bond between a mother and a daughter, and of the little one finding her own identity as she finds herself no longer 'looking' the same as her mother. Mamta Nainy captures with elan Aadya’s innocence, impatience, and dilemma, and Sanket Pethkar’s vibrant, gorgeous artwork brings to life a typical Indian household in the state of Maharashtra.
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Author Biography
Mamta Nainy is a writer and editor based in New Delhi. She has authored over thirty books for children, including A Brush with Indian Art that won The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award 2019, and Mutthasi’s Missing Teeth that won the Peek-a-Book Children’s Choice Award 2019. She also works as a literary translator, translating primarily from English to Hindi, with several published works of translations.
Sanket Pethkar is a Mumbai-based freelance illustrator and designer for various publications in India. He graduated with a degree in fine arts and pursued his Master’s in Print Making and has worked as a resident artist at IDC IIT, Bombay. He loves developing picture books. Painting, sculpting, printmaking, theatre, and children’s workshops have been my tools to navigate through the exciting journey of making picture books.
Pickle Yolk Books
Pickle Yolk Books is a multi-award-winning Indian publisher of picture books in English. The titles, aimed mostly at readers between 4 and 8 years of age, encouraging curiosity, independent thinking and a questioning spirit among them.
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- Publisher Pickle Yolk Books
- Publication Date April 2021
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- Publication Country or regionIndia
- FormatHardback
- Pages32
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions279x222 mm
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