Dimensions
228 x 309 x 12mm
Meet the most wily jackal in the forest. Too lazy to hunt for food, he decides to trick his friend the crane, and soon gets carried away, gobbling up every animal he encounters. A lighthearted Indian folktale reminiscent of "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." This story, with cumulative rhyme, is an adaptation of an oral trickster tale from Rajasthan, north India. It is illustrated with finger painting by the talented Sunita, a young woman artist who hails from the Meena tribe in Rajasthan. In this handmade, silkscreen printed children's book, Sunita adapts a traditional Meena art form called Mandna, which is traditionally painted by women on the walls and floors of their village homes.
This is the first time that Mandna - rarely seen outside the confines of Meena villages - has been used in a children's book. Each book is made completely by hand, shrink-wrapped, and numbered out of a limited edition print run.
