If you or your children can read Tamil, please check the book link to read.
#TAMIL STORY BOOKS FOR CHILDRENS FOR FREE#
It will be available for free reading under the creative common license, encouraging people to collaborate and reuse. One can write, illustrate, translate and publish children’s books all by themselves on Story Weaver. In addition to books from their publishing house, Story Weaver also allows anyone around the world to add books in any language. Pratham Books is a non-profit children’s books publisher and all their print versions are also available for free reading at story weaver. Story Weaver is Pratham Books’ free online resource of children’s books in 155 languages. Somehow, I am motivated to create books for children in Tamil. Translations are treasures as well but they may miss out on the rhythm and rhyme of the original version. While there are a few original books in regional languages, most are translated from their English versions. Tulika Books, Pratham Books, Tara Books, Katha Books, to name a few. I am glad that today many Indian children book publishers are instrumental in bringing books in Indian languages. I have realized, though late, that children need to listen to stories in their native languages early, in order to build a bond with the language.
To children, the spoken Indian language and written language are certainly different. When I read out a Tamil book to my son, he reacts as though I am reading a book in another language and waits for me to translate. Today, I don’t think children are introduced to books in their mother tongue early, including my children. Those were the first books we listened to. When we were kids, my mom used to read Ambulimama books (Tamil children’s magazine) for us. It is a free platform and none needs to pay or get paid for writing, illustrating, translating, reading or re-publishing our works. Let me add, little readers will be our only form of compensation, if you are looking for one. If you are an illustrator or know someone, and would like to collaborate with me for children’s STEM books, please drop a word. I am unsure if illustrators get credit equal to authors, but this illustrating experience has changed the way I look at picture books. Not that I undermine the talent of authors and editors, but illustrators definitely do a far lot more for children. I have to mention that after this experience, my respect for illustrators has leaped a ton. A sense of angle, far and near, depth, light and shadow, facial and limb features – nothing I have! I just managed to do basic watercolour illustrations for every scene. Story Weaver does provide images by artists that can be accessed, to add to our stories, but none suited the scenes for my book. After this first attempt, I realized that I shouldn’t be doing it again in the best of my minds. I am not an illustrator and I have no intention to become one. They are sure to grow love and respect for the unseen people and vegetables!
For example, explain to them the people involved in the process until vegetables reach your home, from farmers to vendors. These early human connections can perhaps help them grow to empathetic and kind adults.Īlso, communities provide opportunities for children to become familiar with people of other cultures, religions and lifestyles which can potentially dissolve social inequalities in their hearts and minds as they grow.Īs you read out the book to your children or when your children read on their own, talk to them about the different lifestyles of people around you. I believe that when children interact with people in their immediate environment, like the little girl in the book does, they develop a subtle bond with the lives of people around. Through this book, I intend to bring in children, the feeling of community relationships. She sees a favour from her neighbour she feels the love from her family and she cares for her pet. In ‘ Pappa Veetu Vaasal,’ a little girl narrates the people she meets at her doorstep in her everyday life – the people who deliver milk, newspaper, vegetables, letters, and the school bus driver. Written and Illustrated by Nandhini Chandrasekaran
#TAMIL STORY BOOKS FOR CHILDRENS UPDATE#
(Will update here if and when translations in other languages become available). My first work for children in a book format!Īnd my first attempt at illustrating for children!
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