Courage with Anandibai Joshee

by Saket, Pervin; Singh, Sriya

• ISBN13: 9788195785162
• ISBN10: 8195785166
• Format: Board Book
• Copyright: 2024-11-05
• Publisher: AdiDev Press

Summary

Discover COURAGE with Anandibai Joshee, one of the first Indian women to become a doctor. This simple text written in verse is the perfect way to introduce little readers to BIG VALUES.

At a time when most girls weren’t even allowed to go to school, Anandibai Joshee dreamed of being one of India’s first female doctors. Find out more about her courage and conviction in this book.

This board book biography features simple text written in verse and colorful illustrations.

Author Biography

Pervin Saket is the author of the novel ‘Urmila’ and of the poetry collection ‘A Tinge of Turmeric’. She is the 2021 Fellow for the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, and was shortlisted for the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2020. Her novel has been adapted for the stage, featuring classical Indian dance forms of Kathak, Bharatnatyam and Odissi. Her work has been featured in ‘The Indian Quarterly’, ‘The Joao-Roque Literary Journal’, ‘Paris Lit Up’, ‘Singapore Unbound’, ‘Usawa Literary Review’, ‘Tiferet’, and elsewhere. Pervin works as an editor for textbooks for primary, middle and senior school

Sriya Singh is an Illustrator and surface designer whose work focuses on themes of nature and feminine beauty with a hint of nostalgia. She taught herself illustration. After graduating with Honours in Zoology from Calcutta in 2019, she started working as a designer in a well-known Home & Furnishing company. Apart from full-time work, she loves to do freelance work in her free time. Over the years, she collaborated on various projects. She enjoys making children’s book Illustrations and working on picture books.