THE PLEASANT RAKSHASA
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Karimuga is a rakshasa, a pleasant rakshasa. He is a beautiful rakshasa too. But that makes all other rakshasas jealous of him. Karimuga can't bear to see them unhappy... Sowmya Rajendran inverts our ideas about beauty, happiness and rakshasas with humour. Niveditha's quirky pictures add to it with little and big rakshasas romping through the pages in jaunty colours.``
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Karimuga is a rakshasa, a pleasant rakshasa. He is a beautiful rakshasa too. But that makes all other rakshasas jealous of him. Karimuga can't bear to see them unhappy... Sowmya Rajendran inverts our ideas about beauty, happiness and rakshasas with humour. Niveditha's quirky pictures add to it with little and big rakshasas romping through the pages in jaunty colours.``
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Tulika Publishers
- Weight
- 110 grams
- ISBN-13
- 9789350463192
- Pages
- 24
- Reading time
- ~1 hrs
- Age
- 0-11
- Country of origin
- India
- Dimensions
- 21 ร 25 cm
- Language
- Kannada
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