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  • Sep
    28
    2023

Arti Jain created Don't Climb on the Bullock Cart with Tanmay Acharya

Arti Jain created Don't Climb on the Bullock Cart with Tanmay Acharya

Dear Readers, I'm thrilled to announce that my second book is here. Yay! And it looks and feels just like I'd imagined it would. ...

By Arti Jain
  • May
    03
    2023

A story with an African witch at it's centre

A story with an African witch at it's centre

I was inspired to write Crooked Witch Soup because when my children were a little younger they loved a good rhythmic book. I must have read Julia Donaldson’s Room on the Broom a thousand times! I set out to write a story that had a similar prose style but that depicted an African witch. ...

By Victoria Blain
  • May
    03
    2023

Memories in picture book form

Memories in picture book form

Soon after I graduated high school, I left my hometown, Dehradun. I didn't know then that I'd never make my way back to the place of my birth except as a visitor. I've carried my birthplace, my home, within me no matter where I've lived in this world. ...

By Arti Jain
  • Apr
    24
    2023

My love letter to the color brown

My love letter to the color brown

Working on the illustrations for Crooked Witch Soup was such a generous moment of art for the sake of art in my life. I had one rule, which was I could only use material that was already in my house. As a result, every textile brings to it its own story. ...

By Victoria Blain
  • Apr
    24
    2023

So who are our new authors?

So who are our new authors?

We're launching two new amazing books here, please have a look and share our campaign to anyone who loves gorgeous, unique books. ...

By Judy Skidmore
  • Apr
    24
    2023

Two bold tales to thrill, mystify and inspire

Two bold tales to thrill, mystify and inspire

Don't Climb on the Bullock Cart is a true artistic collaboration between author, Arti Jain and illustrator, Tanmay Acharya. This book is a delightful blend of design, form, and content. Arti's dramatic adventure is well matched with Tanmay's sharp block print images. ...

By Judy Skidmore
  • Feb
    07
    2023

Abbi-Jean Reid

Abbi-Jean Reid

We have some very sad news. Just before Christmas Abbi-Jean Reid became ill and after some time in hospital she died. Abbi was our first author outside of the family and she wrote the beautiful and funny story Ready for an Adventure. ...

By Judy Skidmore
  • Sep
    23
    2022

We have sad news

We have sad news

My parents both died this summer. We’re a family business and they were part of Parakeet Books in different ways so we wanted to share this news with you all. ...

By Judy Skidmore
  • Feb
    09
    2022

There's nothing like banning a book to make me want to, you know, read it.

There's nothing like banning a book to make me want to, you know, read it.

Right now in Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania books are being removed from libraries and schools. Books by Black authors, books about Black history and books on critical race theory. Books on the Holocaust. Books about LGBTQ people. ...

By Judy Skidmore
  • Feb
    04
    2022

PRESS RELEASE FRIDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2022

PRESS RELEASE FRIDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2022

This LGBT History month Parakeet Books are relaunching their campaign to get more books normalising parents of the same gender into schools. ...

By Sheju Adiiyatiparambil John

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