Whispers in the Classroom, Voices on the Field: Stories of School, Friends and Life

by Richa Jha (Editor), Priya Kuriyan (Illustrator)

Overview

School! A splendid institution. It tells you about what's around you while helping you explore what lies within. It brings you face-to-face with personal triumphs and failures, victories and defeats, frictions and forgiveness, rivalry and team-work, lifelong friendships and heart-rending partings, and more. School, in short, is a complete life coach.



Whispers in the Classroom, Voices on the Fields brings together thirty one of the most sensitive contemporary children's Indian writers with as many school experiences neatly encapsulated between the covers. From the delightful to the mundane, the poignant to the quirky, the thought-provoking to the routine, the questioning to the traditional, the scary to the sublime–we have on spread the many many moods that define school-life for most. Read through for your own 'Hey, that's me in there!' moment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788183282062
Publisher:	Wisdom Tree Publishers
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

A freelance writer and editor, Richa Jha has remained under the spell of the written word all her life. When not bitten by the travel bug, she likes to wield the editorial scalpel, gently, without too many bruises. She hopes to eventually succeed in getting the balance right. Just as she hopes to someday get the science behind the exposure and the aperture in a camera right.

Priya Kuriyan is an independent animation film maker and illustrator based in Delhi. She has directed educational films for the Sesame Street show (GalliGalli Sim Sim) and has also worked on various TV commercials . Over the past four years, she has also been illustrating for a number of children's books and comics.