Secret Tales from the Himalayas

The Woodcutter has come to cut the ancient Deodar tree up in the forests of the Himalayas. The animals and birds are determined to save their friend from him. This riveting tale is about the friendship between the animals and the trees. The plan they come up with to distract the Woodcutter will keep the reader engrossed : How were the Himalayas formed? How does a small stream reach the sea? Packed with information and stories about nature’s happenings told through the voice of various animals this is a story set in a Himalayan forest in Sirmaur.Interspersed with a mix of fact and fiction one meets cinnamon sparrows parakeets the Monal pheasant and the black-faced langurs along with a mythical Blue Bird and a magical plum tree. Sparkling with humour and imagination this story promises to entertain children with its creativity and conversational tone and even spurs them to create their own origin theories.• Fully illustrated 60-page book with over 20 full-page and over 20 smaller hand-drawn illustrations• Each vibrant scene is hand-drawn and brightly painted with dry pastels and water colours. About the Author Bulbul Sharma is a Delhi-based painter and writer. You can find her paintings in the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi and in Chandigarh Museum.She has published several books which include My Sainted Aunts (Penguin); Anger of Aubergines (Kali for Women); Devi (Penguin); Grey Hornbills at Dusk (Aleph); Murder at the Happy Home for the Aged (Penguin) and Love and Learning under the Magnolia (Westland Amazon). Her books for children include Fabled Book of Gods and Demons (Puffin) The Children’s Ramayana (Puffin) and Walking through the Hills (Tota Books). Her books have been translated into Italian French German Chinese Spanish and Finnish.Apart from writing and illustrating Bulbul conducts ‘Storypainting’ workshops for special needs children and is a founder-member of Sannidhi - an NGO that works in village schools of Himachal Pradesh.