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Pavan
Contest Alert! Win a copy of Jaipur Jamboree!
Download this tricky little puzzle by clicking on the image below. Print the page and solve it using a brightly-colored marker. Send us a snapshot of your answer by email at yalibooks@gmail.com or by private message on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Three winners will be chosen at random to receive a copy of Jaipur Jamboree. Hurry, …
Sneak Preview – Artwork from Jaipur Jamboree
Jaipur Jamboree is nearly ready for a spring launch! While we are busy crossing our t’s and dotting our i’s, we thought our friends might enjoy a sneak preview of artwork from the book. Say hello to old pals Pavan and Bijilee, and meet new ones – Bhupi, a friendly fellow with a million questions for …
Back after an extended break!
Dear Yali fans, Yali has been in hibernation for a few months now and we do have good reason for being a bit quiet. It has been a busy end to 2014 with a long trip to India and some house-moving chaos around the holidays. We do have some big plans for the new year …
A Letter From Pavan & Bijilee
Dear friends, The last time we met, I, Pavan and my new friend, Bijilee, were leaving Ahmedabad city and our way to Dubai. We are still in hiding and we are keeping our whereabouts a secret – we don’t want Mr. M. on our tail! We wanted to let you all know that we are …
Simian Wisdom
At Yali, we are busy working on the second installment in the Pavan series that chronicles our dromedary friend’s journey from Ahmedabad to Dubai, the city of racing camels. In this book, Pavan makes a stop in the beautiful city of Jaipur, famous for its resident army of monkeys. As you may have guessed, our …
Storytelling is not for sissies.
I had imagined that publishing a book would be my biggest challenge. Marketing, perhaps. Little did I know that my test-by-fire would be reading ‘Bye, Bye, Motabhai!’ to a class of 20-odd first-graders. Armed with charts, activity sheets and an empty gallon jug, I entered the classroom with quaking knees and a stomach full of …
Little Pieces Of Paper And A Sharpie Marker
The Yali team has been busy, busy, busy. While Kala has been hard at work, tweaking and editing the story, I have been creating the artwork, one spread at a time. I thought it might be fun to share the process with you, dear readers. Here is how it is done at Yali HQ. First, …
That’s Just Plain Weird!
Have you ever met a camel? If you have, you are not likely to forget the experience. Camels are just really weird (in a lovable sort of way!). Let’s get to know them a bit better, shall we? Did you know that all the camels in the world belong to domesticated herds? There are no …
A Sea Of Camels
I have been drawing camels all day! I am sitting here surrounded by sheets and sheets of copy paper, covered with grinning dromedaries! To stop myself from going completely batty, I thought I would share some of the sketches with you. Take a look! The first attempts made Pavan look too docile, not like the …
Dromedary Dreams
I have always thought that writing a story was a process in which characters, dialogue and the plot’s twists and turns were pulled out of thin air by the author. However, that was not how Pavan and his tales came to be. On a holiday in Udaipur, I met “Pavan”, a camel with laughing eyes …