Asma Menon has an MA in Fine Arts from the Government College of Art and Craft, Chennai. This painter and printmaker has been part of the art scene for around 20 years. Her works have been showcased in India and abroad. Ju’s Story is her first picture book with Tulika. She has previously illustrated two children’s books and also enjoys facilitating children’s workshops. She lives and works in Chennai.
Ju’s mother brings her hand-me-downs from the homes in which she works and Ju welcomes them like new friends. She especially loves the well-used textbooks and the treasures sometimes hidden among their pages: pressed flowers, poems, even a dead butterfly. Then one day Ju discovers a sealed envelope in a maths book, which has a stamp but no address... In...
