About the Book
The Magic of Friendship Book Tour |
BABBAR is a fierce and mean tiger who cannot
tolerate anyone, but he is lonely and sad. HASMUKH is a funny donkey but gets
scared of everyone. When the Magic of friendship touches them see how it
transforms not only their characters but also transforms the whole environment
around them.
The Magic of friendship is a hilarious, action
packed entertaining story. There are scary moments, celebration and comical
moments. While the core focus of the story is about friendship it has elements
of Father son bonding and family values as well.
Book gives plenty of opportunity for parents to
entertain kids with their own version of animal noises. And bright and
interactive illustrations is sure to leave a mark on eyes.
This is a story about change -- a transformation that
comes with the magic of friendship. Personality may not change, but nature can
surely change. This story will show the value of friendship and how that can
change a person, particularly, one who is lonely and never really had the gift
of laughter.
Book Excerpt
A flock of migrating geese stumble upon Tadoba, the
land of the fierce tiger Babbar who does not tolerate anyone in his area. Will
Babbar show any mercy? Can he change? Will the geese make it to safety?
Title of Book: The Magic of Friendship
ISBN:
9-7-80-99031781-4
Genre: Children's Picture Book
Publisher: Kommuru Books
Publication Date: September 2014
# of Pages: 40
Guest Post
Life in the First Draft - In one word writing ‘The
Magic of Friendship’ was cool! Right from get go this story I knew it deep
inside is going to be a hit. One afternoon my son went to sleep and I haven’t
written a story for him for a long time. He has been asking for a new story for
a while by then. So during afternoon I sat back and all I had in my mind was a
tiger and a donkey as characters. I focused on these two animals and was
thinking they are so much opposite but what can they possibly teach other. What
can happen when you bring them in front of each other? Well in real life you
obviously know what would happen J
but when you think of such opposite figures and what can they do for a
meaningful story it is amazing read.
When writing the story I did not have ‘magic’ in
mind in fact there is no magician in the book. Magic is true to this book not
only on how it came together in the form that it is and also its about how two
characters change each other’s lives without actually changing themselves. When
you think of it, it’s a learning lesson not just for kids but for everyone. You
need not change you can be exactly opposite of the other and yet see a
transformation.
Core of the story never really changed after that
afternoon when I first wrote ‘The Magic of Friendship’. But before it took
shape of a book, I added quite a few characters which play supporting role in
this book. Initially the book was just focused on Babbar the tiger and Hasmukh
the donkey and story was in first person tone. But then I introduced the geese
as assisting characters and changed tone of the story to be one of third
person. And these assisting characters actually did more than just filling gaps
in story they actually move story in a different pace, they are curtain opener
and also close the story and they actually bring family values and a
multi-generational relationship on focus.
I totally loved writing this book and I guarantee
that anyone reading ‘The Magic of friendship’, old or young, men or women, boy
or girl, will love it and will be entertained throughout.
About Sujata & Subhash Kommuru
Subhash
and Sujata hail from India. They migrated to the United States along with their
memories of childhood and youth. Now that they are parents, just like every
immigrant they crave to introduce their child to the culture and values of
their upbringing. Yet it is challenging to teach something while you are in the
midst of adjusting to a different culture yourself. Subhash and Sujata both
work in different disciplines and have different styles and backgrounds, but it
is the upbringing of their son that brings them on the same page. That exact
place where they meet is captured and reflected in their stories, where Subhash
can express in words, and Sujata can illustrate them beautifully. Where he puts
it in black and white, she adds color to it. You get the idea! These stories
are their attempt to share a glimpse of their childhood days with their son. He
is their inspiration to write short stories that have meaning to them and
provide teaching in some shape or form.
Our Goal
Our
goal is to introduce kids to Indian culture one story at a time and along the
way have some fun. While stories are primarily written in Hindi they are
tastefully being narrated in English as well, while maintaining the essence and
moral.
Our Promise
Our
promise is to always write sensible story with some moral to them.
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2 comments:
a lovely book to know, rebecca.
Thank you for the post!
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