India's leading comic book series on History, Mythology and Folkloren - 90 million copies sold over 40 years in 20 languagesn - Teaches children Indian stories and culture, and enjoyed by adults as well Includes the following titles: The Jackal and the War Drum, The Brahmin and the Goat, How the Jackal ate the Elephant, Crows and Owl ,The Dullard and other Stories.
Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters. In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing Director.
Today, Amar Chitra Katha sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20 Indian languages, and has sold about 100 million copies since it inception in 1967 by Anant Pai, and in 2007 was taken over by ACK Media.
These were stories I had read once upon a time. It was delightful to read them again... the wit, the wisdom, the illustrations, everything added to the experience. Quick & enjoyable read.
Read this with the kids I nanny for - yes, the entire thing, all in one sitting - today. It was really cute, and some of the stories were basically the same as some of Aesop's Fables! It was amazing, and the kids and I were able to have some pretty great discussions about the stories.