Chewang Dorjee Bhutia went to school in Gangtok, Sikkim, and studied animation film design at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He likes cooking and has a passion for model making. He derives inspiration from the place he grew up in and the people he has met.
Phumtopchen – meaning ‘Giant Girl’ in Tibetan – is a happy child who loves to blow passing clouds into different shapes and eat them up too. So when people are threatened by some big, black clouds, it is Phumtopchen to the rescue for she knows exactly what to do! A charming old-world folk-style story in verse about a big little special girl who stomps...
Norbu's father buys him a pair of yellow shoes. But then a monkey comes along, mistakes the shoes for bananas, and whisks them away! This simple bilingual book with strong, stylised illustrations introduces beginner readers to sights typical to Sikkim.
