Up Down

by Vinayak Varma

Little Appu wants to play on the seesaw. But who will sit on the other side? A grasshopper? Or a mouse? Or . . .? A wonderfully simple approach to the concepts of light and heavy, up and down, aided by dynamic, lovable illustrations.

16 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Vinayak Varma is the author of "Ammachi's Incredible Investigation"; the author-illustrator of "The Sunshower Song", "Angry Akku", "Jadav and the Tree-Place" (Pratham Books), and "Up Down" (Tulika Books); and the editor of the science fiction anthology "Strange Worlds! Strange Times!" (Speaking Tiger). He was the founding editor and art director of Brainwave, a science magazine for young readers. His illustrations have appeared in several YA and children's books, including "The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense" (Penguin), "The Magic Store of Nu-Cham-Vu" (Puffin), "Phiss Phuss Boom", "The Vampire Boy" (Duckbill), and "Goodnight and God Bless" (Penguin). Vinayak is a recipient of The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award (for "Angry Akku") and the Publishing Next Digital Book of the Year Award (for "Jadav and the Tree-Place"), is a BSFA Award finalist, and has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. He lives in Bangalore with his partner Yamini and their cat-son Monkey. When not slumped at his desk pretending to draw and write serious things for serious people, he makes strange music for strange people. Follow Vinayak on Twitter @eyefry and on Instagram @moralpanicbutton.