Jeyanthi Manokaran started her career in advertising, and moved on to work in edutainment. She has been with corporate and voluntary organizations. Jeyanthi's picture books for kids are popular. She won a UNESCO Award for illustrating and a Highlights Scholarship for writing. In Gadagada Gudugudu, her first with Tulika, the delightful pictures capture the life and laughter of children as they play on the streets.
Gadagada gudugudu... the marble rolls from one child's hand to another in exchange each time for something exciting. The story moves in a straightforward childlike way as, one after the other, it reintroduces simple street games endlessly popular with children. Trundling alongside is the rhythmic refrain that fascinatingly echoes the circular movement of...
