Announcements

Dear all, 

Women in Yelavali, Bhimashankar are organising Wild Vegetable Festival on 8th September at 11 AM. You all are cordially invited for this event! 

For details please check the brochure. 

Kalpavriksh

Kalpavriksh in association with Pratham Books presents ‘Kahani Din’ on 8th September celebrating the World Literacy Day with Stories, Children and Books!

Children’s Books on Nature and Wildlife on sale!

For more details please click on the brochure

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Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary contains over 100 essays on transformative initiatives and alternatives to the currently dominant processes of globalised development, including its structural roots in modernity, capitalism, state domination, and masculinist values. It offers critical essays on mainstream solutions that ‘greenwash’ development, and presents radically different worldviews and practises from around the world that point to an ecologically wise and socially just world.

TO KNOW MORE CHECK THE BROCHURE.

Yay! We are back with 2nd edition of Circle of Life book…

To place your order, write to [email protected].

You can also order it online here: https://www.amazon.in/dp/8187945834

If you are in Pune, collect it from Pagdandi, Baner!

Inviting young artists and storytellers to a 3-day workshop to reimagine existing structures and values of development and progress through visual narratives that envision a democratic, inclusive and sustainable world.

12th to 14th June

At DEL Lab, Shrishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore

Limited slots available! To register, please write to [email protected]

Meet author Sujatha Padmanabhan. 
A special fun session on her new book – THE POOP STORY followed by a fun activity. She will also speak about her experience living in Leh Ladakh and her stories from there.

Saturday 16th Feb 2019
Age 7-13 Time – 4-5:30 pm Fees – Rs 400/-

PYJAMA STORYTIME
Animal stories with a twist 
Age 4-7  Time – 6-7 pm Fees – Rs 200/-
Books on sale too.

Whatsapp 9820229003 to reserve your seats

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We are looking to publish fiction and non-fiction books for children. Do send in your manuscripts at the earliest!

Types of books

Illustrated storybooks and non-fiction books for children aged 6 to 14 years

Themes

We are looking for fiction and non-fiction books on the themes of environment, nature, wildlife (especially lesser known species) and community conservation based in India.

Additional Comments

Our main criteria for selection of fiction are that the story should be original and engaging for children, with interesting plots and characters. It shouldn’t be preachy and moralistic. It should have an Indian setting. We value diversity. Natural history information, if any, should be woven in seamlessly. Language and length should be age-appropriate and correlate to the complexity of the story.
Our main criterion for non-fiction is, again, that it should be interesting for children. Information should be presented in creative ways. We are NOT looking for textbook-ish or encyclopaedic books on wildlife.
Our books are usually published under a Creative Commons license.

How to submit

• Please send all manuscripts by email to Sujatha Padmanabhan [email protected]
• Authors may discuss initial ideas with us OR they may submit a complete manuscript. In either case, a decision will only be taken on seeing the final work. Please do not submit previously published work.
• If you plan to write a fresh manuscript specifically for this proposal, we recommend that you send us an outline first. This will help avoid situations where we have to reject a perfectly good manuscript only because we have already published a similar book.
• You may send as many manuscripts as you like.
• Once selected, we will get the illustrations done. However, if you already have illustrations for your book, please submit those as well, for consideration.
• We will take up to three months to review your manuscript. After you have submitted the manuscript to us, we request that you wait till you hear from us OR for a period of three months before submitting it to other publishers, at which time, we would appreciate if you inform us.

Kalpavriksh has published a new children’s book: ‘Saving the Dalai Lama’s Cranes’ by Neeraj Vagholikar and illustrations by Niloufer Wadia. Please see the flyer for more details.
The book can be ordered by writing to [email protected] or bought online on Amazon amzn.to/2EMz4zJ

Po Tricks His Foe: A fun new children’s story book co-published by Kalpavriksh and Eklavya.

This book about the adventures of a pangolin, is written by Sharmila Deo and illustrated by Niloufer Wadia.

Price: Rs. 75

To order, write to [email protected]

Announcing a new publication by Kalpavriksh – The Poop Book!

Meet jellyfish, tree shrews, lions, vultures, bees and lots of other creatures who all have their own special way of pooping – or using poop! Read about the extraordinary world of animal poop!

Order your copy now. There’s a surprise gift inside!

Price Rs.100

To order, write to [email protected]