Today Is My Day

by Anushka Ravishankar, Piet Grobler (Illustrations)

People are always telling Tala what to do—from her father to her sister and her teachers . . . Tala plots sweet revenge, just for today. This wicked and witty story in verse celebrates the child’s powers of imagination and fantasy. Lively art that captures the eccentricities of character and creative typeplay bring alive this irreverent and burlesque world that all children would love to identify with.

40 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Anushka Ravishankar, a mathematics graduate, has made a name for herself internationally as an Indian children’s writer, with over 10 books of verse, fiction and non-fiction. Her special talent is in the area of nonsense verse, where she brilliantly adapts this difficult genre to Indian English usage, without a false note. Anushka Ravishankar can be said to have pioneered the Indian English nonsense verse form and brought it to international attention. She recently returned from a UK tour with Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen, at the Children’s Bookshow.

from http://www.tarabooks.com/about/authors/

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Originally published with Tara Books (India & UK) in 2003.